Interns, Malaria Program, REACH Malaria at PATH

Responsibilities

Section A: Program Delivery Unit:

• Provide direct support and assistance to the Project technical team in the day-to-day performance of their technical roles across the REACH MALARIA project.
• To support technical operations in documentation, collation, reporting, analysis, and use of data for strategic decision-making on malaria interventions.
• Participate and be involved in malaria program planning and implementation across the state.
• Perform basic research and collation of written materials necessary for training and workshop
• Manage schedules and take minutes of meetings as well as develop an agenda for such meetings and ensure the distribution of the minutes.
• Contribute to the preparation of project reports, documentation of good practices, and technical publications.
• Support the timely collation of retirements’ supporting documents from State offices and tracking of status of accomplishment of deliverables.
• Perform other official duties as may be assigned by supervisor.

Section B: Malaria SME Unit

• In collaboration with the M& E unit, support the surveillance, monitoring, and evaluation, and track malaria performance indicators.
• Support field and facility visits and participate in data review meetings across health facilities.
• Support the review of data entries and running of data quality checks.
• Contribute to the routine analysis of data and provision of feedback to sub-national levels
• Support the development and ongoing update of malaria dashboards in the REACH MALARIA Office
• Support monitoring visits to states, LGAs, and health facilities visits
• Perform other official duties as may be assigned by the supervisor
• Support the timely collation of retirements’ supporting documents from State offices and tracking of the status of accomplishment of deliverables.

Qualifications

• A degree in Health Sciences, Biological Sciences, Statistics, Epidemiology, Public Health, or a related field, with evidence of NYSC completion, discharge, or exemption.
• Basic knowledge and some experience working in either public or private health facilities.
• Prior experience with international organizations will be considered an added advantage.
• Strong organizational skills with a high level of attention to detail.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Word and Excel.
• Fluency in written and spoken English.