Local Capacity Strengthening (LCS) Intern
 Management Sciences for Health | |
 United States, D.C., Washington | |
 Jan 10, 2025 | |
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Background: Management Sciences for Health (MSH) is a nonprofit international health organization with nearly 2,500 people from over 74 nationalities working in over 40 countries. Our mission: Saving lives and improving the health of the world's poorest and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health. Together with our partners, we are helping managers and leaders in developing countries to create stronger management systems that improve health services for the greatest health impact. Accompanying leaders in their communities and health organizations to achieve health outcomes that matter to them has been at the core MSH's mission since its inception over 50 years ago. Now we are renewing our commitment and refreshing our approaches to promoting locally led development (LLD), with the establishment of a relatively new Local Capacity Strengthening (LCS) Practice Area. Come join us in shaping the future of this work at MSH! We are seeking a US-based intern who is passionate and curious about how to ensure global health programming listens to and learns from the teams, organizations, and communities that are closest to development issues. The intern will contribute to the enhancement, documentation and uptake of MSH's approach to LLD, with a focus on capacity strengthening models, tools and knowledge products. Responsibilities:
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Student takeaways: To become more familiar with current trends in international development and the funding landscape for not-for-profits, specifically in terms of the push towards more locally owned and locally led programming). This involves various "localization" methods, including being more intentional about how development partners can facilitate sustainable and effective LCS. This internship will specifically enable the intern to understand - and contribute to improving - practical tools for assessing and strengthening organizational capacity, which form the basis of Capacity Strengthening Plans that foster demand-driven, tailored support to local actors by INGOs such as MSH. Through this internship, the selected early professional will get broad exposure to diverse global health experts and experiences of capacity strengthening across technical areas ranging from HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB), health economics and financing, leadership and governance, health workforce, supply chain and pharmaceutical systems strengthening, global health security, and climate change resilience. Management Sciences for Health is an equal opportunity employer offering employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, citizenship, physical or mental disability, or protected veteran status. MSH is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender or gender identity, religion, creed, citizenship, national origin, age, veteran status, or disability unrelated to job requirements. MSH will take affirmative action to ensure that qualified applicants are employed and that employees are treated without regard to their race, age, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran and disability status. In compliance with U.S. Department of Labor Executive Order 11246, Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act, and Section 4212 of the Vietnam Era Readjustment Assistance Act, MSH has developed and maintains an affirmative action program and plan. EEO is the Law - English EEO is the Law - Spanish Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Poster Know Your Rights - Workplace Discrimination is Illegal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Employee Polygraph Protection Act MSH EEO-AA Policy | |