Title: Healthy Markets Intern
Location: Hanoi, Vietnam
Program: Healthy Markets, Mekong Regional Program
Start Date: March 10th, 2019
End Date: June, 10th, 2019 *start and end dates can be flexible
Estimated number of hours per week: 40
Will the intern be receiving a stipend?: Yes
Will the intern travel? (local or international): Yes
*Please include a cover letter with your resume describing your interest and how you meet the qualifications.
PATH is an international organization that drives transformative innovation to save lives and improve health, especially among women and children. We accelerate innovation across five platforms-vaccines, drugs, diagnostics, devices, and system and service innovations-that harness our entrepreneurial insight, scientific and public health expertise, and passion for health equity. By mobilizing partners around the world, we take innovation to scale, working alongside countries primarily in Africa and Asia to tackle their greatest health needs. Together, we deliver measurable results that disrupt the cycle of poor health. Working in Vietnam since the early 1980s, PATH established a permanent office in Hanoi in 1997.
The Mekong Program is a PATH business unit composed of country teams in Vietnam and Myanmar. We also provide assistance to public health programs in Cambodia and Laos. We do not have any active projects in Thailand at this time. Our regional, multi-country approach is enabling PATH to maximize regional talent and expertise, learn and replicate in similar environments, and address public health threats such as multi-drug resistant tuberculosis and malaria that know no borders.
PATH is working under a new United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Cooperative Agreement entitled Healthy Markets Activity and an initiative with the Center for Disease Control (CDC). The project’s overall goal is to contribute to the prevention of new HIV infections among most at risk populations. The expected program will include a network of complementary partners to bring about changes that result in strengthened local leadership and capacity for comprehensive and effective programming and sales of critical HIV goods and services.
PATH is currently recruiting for an internship based at PATH office in Hanoi to support commercialization efforts related to the Healthy Markets project. The internship will work under the management of the Senior Policy and Commercialization Advisor.
Description of the project the Intern will complete:
The intern will support activities related to commercialization, especially the assessment of the growth of the community-based organizations, social enterprises, KP- led clinics in providing HIV related goods and services in Vietnam under the Healthy Markets project.
Description of overall learning objectives and goals for the internship/benefit to the Intern:
- Hands-on experiential learning
- Immersion in a professional INGO environment
- Increased accountability and professional skills
- Enhanced ability to recognize his/her preferences and abilities and match them with appropriate career-related choices
- Opportunity to put his/her academic learning into practice
Brief description of required skills/experience the intern should possess:
- Bachelor degree in business
- Knowledgeable on quantitative and qualitative research methods and data analysis
- Knowledgeable on business development and sales
- An interest in health care
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
- Strong knowledge of MS Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
- Fluent spoken and written in English
Skills to be developed and/or expanded during internship:
- Deeper knowledge of practical assessment
- Develop skills to synthesize and analyze data
- Greater understanding of commercialization in a global health context
Proposed activities:
- Assist the assessment team to collect and analyze data
- Support for other HM related commodities commercialization activities
- Assist with and manage the general day-to-day administrative tasks including data collection, reporting, preparing presentations
Applications should be sent to [email protected] [1] before 28 Feb 2019.
Candidates must currently have legal authorization to work in Vietnam.
PATH is dedicated to building an inclusive workforce where diversity is valued.
PATH is an equal opportunity employer. Every qualified applicant will be considered for employment.
PATH does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or orientation, genetic information, age, national origin, marital status, disability status, political ideology, military or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.