Country: United States of America
Closing date: 16 Oct 2015
Global Health Fellows Program II
Monitoring and Evaluation Intern
Strategy, Analysis, Outreach, and Evaluation Division, Office of Program, Planning, and Policy, Bureau for Global Health, United States Agency for International Development
Anticipated timeframe: January 2016 – March 2016: Compensated 12 week internship
Location: Washington, DC/Arlington, VA
INT-P5-002
The Global Health Fellows Program (GHFP-II) is a five year cooperative agreement implemented and managed by the Public Health Institute in partnership with Global Health Corps, GlobeMed, Management Systems International and PYXERA Global. GHFP-II is supported by the US Agency for International Development (USAID).
GHFP-II’s goal is to improve the effectiveness of USAID health programs by addressing the Agency’s immediate and emerging human capacity needs. The program seeks to accomplish this goal first through the recruitment, placement and support of diverse health professionals at the junior, mid and senior levels. These program participants include fellows, interns, corporate volunteers and Foreign Service National professionals. The program then provides substantial performance management and career development support to participants, including annual working planning assistance, and ensures that professional development opportunities are available.
Looking to the future, GHFP-II also seeks to establish a pool of highly-qualified global health professionals that will ensure the Agency’s ongoing technical leadership and effectiveness. This objective is supported by an extensive outreach program that brings global health opportunities and specialized career advice to a diverse range of interested individuals, with a particular focus on those underrepresented in the field of global health.
BACKGROUND:
The Bureau for Global Health (GH) is the USAID/Washington operating unit charged with providing technical support to improve the health of people in the developing world by expanding health services, including: family planning/reproductive health and maternal/child health; strengthening health systems; and addressing HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, avian influenza and other public health threats. GH’s primary role in the health program area is to strengthen field operations, promote research and technical innovation, and provide leadership and training.
Within GH, the Office of Program, Planning and Policy’s (P3) Strategy, Analysis, Outreach, and Evaluation (SAEO) Divsion leads the Bureau review of strategic plans and coordinates their approval. The Division facilitates periodic data collection, conducts analyses and provides written inputs for annual reports and other Agency performance reporting requirements. This Division serves as the primary GH resource for USAID monitoring and evaluation (M&E) policies and practices, oversees implementation of the Bureau M&E plan and analyzes and disseminates evaluation findings, conclusions, recommendations and best practices as appropriate. SAEO provides analyses for country and GH planning and portfolio reviews and supports planning efforts for the GH and in GH technical offices. USAID is the agency lead for M&E for the Global Health Initiative (GHI) and the SAEO M&E Team are responsible for monitoring progress toward GHI targets, coordinating interagency working groups that provide guidance on measuring the GHI principles, and overseeing the centrally funded GHI learning agenda.
INTRODUCTION:
The M&E Intern will be assigned to the M&E Team in P3/SAEO and will have opportunities to work with the broader M&E Working Group for the Bureau. S/he will assist the team in establishing a more robust M&E system for the Bureau with opportunities to provide technical assistance and support to field missions on a variety of M&E activities with special focus on data collection, management, monitoring and with special emphasis analysis, especially geospatial analysis. The Intern will receive day to day guidance from the SAEO Data Analysis Technical Advisor as his/her onsite manager. The Intern is expected to complete specific analyses independently with periodic guidance from technical USAID counterparts.
Under USAID’s Open Data policy, geospatial data collected through USAID’s projects are open access to the public with very few exceptions due to security/privacy issues. The Intern will only have access to public and non-sensitive datasets for this internship. The Intern will also use publicly available sources of geospatial data such as the Demographic and Health Surveys, the World Bank, OpenStreetMap, and others.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
- Gaining experience in the field of Geographic Information System (GIS) utilization and M&E within USAID.
- Gaining a greater understanding of how data collection, organization and use, as well as geospatial analysis techniques, can be applied to global health issues.
- Deepening skills in collaboration and coordination within a complex organizational structure.
ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Conducting specific geospatial analyses on topics of relevance to global health (including Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, Tuberculosis, Neglected Tropical Diseases, Water and Sanitation, and Malaria and Nutrition). Examples of these analyses would include tracking global disease trends over time and comparing population-level health statistics across different wealth quintiles in a specific country.
- Participating in and attending discussions among USAID staff and implementing partners to refine research questions and methodological approach for geospatial analysis.
- Assisting with the preparation of documents and presentations for use in academic and applied settings that showcase the results of geospatial analysis.
- Assisting the team with conducting analyses of health data from a variety of sources in order to answer key policy and evaluation questions.
- Supporting missions, upon request, to define specific needs for analysis and evaluation, conducting analyses, and advising on analytic approach.
- Assisting in M&E core functions, such as reporting of global health indicators, both within the framework of the GH Bureau, as well as publically available datasets to track global health trends and results.
- Supporting GH’s data entry, validation and reporting needs as well as conducting data quality assurance measures.
- Assisting in the presentation and development of forums dedicated to identifying and sharing best practices in the field of M&E in global health.
- Participating in the M&E bureau-wide working group and supporting the team in managing deliverables of the working group.
- Identifying, collecting and managing geographic data sources for specific mapping needs.
Other tasks or responsibilities may be assigned based on organizational and programming need and/or the Intern’s own interests.**QUALIFICATIONS:**
Currently enrolled master’s or other post-bachelor’s degree candidate in a program related to public health and/or public policy with a focus on health; or, completion of such within the past 12 months.
Experience in data analysis, geographic information systems (GIS), biostatistics, data entry and validation, evaluation methods and research, including experience with statistical software.
Experience living and working in a resource-challenged setting and/or familiarity with global health issues and interventions is preferred.
Experience using Esri ArcGIS and/or QGIS products to collect, organize, analyze and visualize spatial data.
Experience with meta-data standards and database best practices.
Strong writing and analytic skills.
Experience working effectively in a multidisciplinary environment.
US citizenship or US permanent residency required.
COMPENSATION:
$1,680 bi-weekly (exempt, salaried position).
TO APPLY:
Detailed information, including an online application and instructions, is available on our website at www.ghfp.net. All applications must be submitted by October 15, 2015 at 5:00 pm eastern time.
We are proud to be an EEO/AA Employer.
How to apply:
TO APPLY:
Detailed information, including an online application and instructions, is available on our website at www.ghfp.net. All applications must be submitted by October 15, 2015 at 5:00 pm eastern time.
We are proud to be an EEO/AA Employer.
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