Job Opening at GOAL

Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, the intern will review GOAL’s Health Social Behaviour Change approach in two different projects: the Ethiopia 2014-2016 Cordaid project and GOAL’s Behaviour Change response in Northern Sudan. The intern will receive support from the global health advisors and MEAL advisor to identify relevant literature and databases to further the analysis of the projects results. Travel to Ethiopia and Sudan might be required.

Duties/Responsibilities

The intern will develop a research plan to review the care group approach since 2014 which would include

• Working as a part of the Health & SBC global team to review the available literature and secondary data on GOAL’s implementation of Care Groups
• Work with the M &E team in country and the M&E team globally to design the collection of primary data either remotely or in-country.
• Working with the global health team to redesign the care group database in order to provide real time information and make recommendations on GOAL’s Care Group approach for future programming.

Requirements

Essential

• Recently completed Master’s degree in Public health, health promotion or related field, specialism in social and behaviour change communication preferred.
• A minimum of 6 months development related overseas experience
• Motivated and experience of working on own initiative

Desirable

• Experience in developing community materials for a variety of target audiences.
• Strong skills in community development and Care Group model is an advantage.
• Previous experience working overseas in a development setting
• Experience of conducting community research and or monitoring and evaluation

The successful candidate will also have excellent analytical, interpersonal, organizational, and cross-cultural skills; demonstrated ability to perform and prioritize a variety of tasks within designated deadlines, excellent team work skills and a demonstrated capacity to produce results.

The intern will report directly into the Regional Health Advisor based in Kenya. The contract on offer is for 4 months and a stipend of €300 per month will be provided. Applicants must be legally entitled to work in Kenya or possess a valid work permit at the time of application.