CCRDA NGO Internship Program

Consortium of Christian Relief and Development Association invites fresh graduates for the following Internship Program.

The internship program for IPHC-E aims at attracting talented and highly motivated young people to share their new innovative ideas, perspectives and research experience in IPHC-E strategic theme areas.

This program provides an opportunity for interns to complement their academic knowledge with hands-on experience at the organization. It also adds the opportunity to work with a variety of highly qualified nationally and internationally known professionals in the fields of primary health care and public health.

Through this program, the interns will contribute to the institutes’ efforts to create a resilient primary health care and to achieve Universal Health Coverage by 2030.  IPHC-E–Ethiopia has a position for a qualified interns for a period of 6 months, starting  03 February, 2025.

Position 1: Internship Program- (IT)

Job Requirements:

• Bsc Computer science and related fields from public institutes or accredited Private Institutions who are currently not employed and have graduated within the last six months.

Role and Responsibility

The Interns will work under the supervision of the Executive Director, Director of Programs and the knowledge management team lead and system librarian/ IT expert. 

The following list is not meant to be an exhaustive list of duties. Other duties may be assigned as needed:

• Assisting with deployment of new IT systems.
• Accurately and efficiently entering data into various resource center systems 
• Resolving basic ICT support issues.
• Search different resource from online databases
• Update existing data records in databases as needed
• Collaborate with the resource center team members 
• Assisting with system administrators, managing servers and upgrading existing systems. 

Competencies

• Excellent organizational, time management and strong interpersonal skills;
• Ability to multitask, to work flexibly and meet tight deadlines;
• Attention to details and proven ability to work independently and effectively with minimum supervision;
• Networking skills to engage with key internal and external partners;
• Library management( koha, space and word press) 
• Fluency in written and spoken Amharic and English.

By joining the program, Interns can:

• Get first hand exposure to different areas of IT system( Library system, data encoding,  server management and system administration) 
•  Build valuable connections for future career opportunities.
• Gain practical experience working on real-world IT projects and tasks.

Location: Addis Ababa

Position 2: Internship Program – (Health)

There are two eligible groups for this program, 

• Health science graduates from public institutes or accredited Private Institutions who are currently not employed and have graduated within the last six months.
• Postgraduate students in the field of Public Health, whether from public or accredited private institutes, who do not currently hold a job and have less than six months of work experience at the time of application.

Role and Responsibility 

The following list is not meant to be an exhaustive list of duties. Other duties may be assigned as needed: 

•  Support the planning and preparation for hosting the international conference on primary health care and an upcoming National Conference on Primary Health Care
• Support and participate on organizations of workshops, trainings and other activities carried out by the institute
• Draft and consolidate various documents (articles, factsheets, reports, concept notes etc); 
• Assist in the organization of, workshops, trainings, events and forums;
• Assist with public relations and social media;
•  Draft responses to inquiries;
•  Assist the leads of the four strategic thematic areas, as needed. 

Supervision received.

The Interns will work under the supervision of the Executive Director, Director of Programs and the leads of strategic thematic areas, in line with the duties assigned at hand. One Intern serves as the ‘Lead Intern’ and could help with the Interns training and keeping them on task.

Competencies 

• Excellent organizational, time management and strong interpersonal skills; 
• Ability to multitask, to work flexibly and meet tight deadlines;
• Attention to details and proven ability to work independently and effectively with minimum supervision; 
• Networking skills to engage with key internal and external partners;
• Computer proficiency: MS Office Eligibility and skills Education: 
• Fluency in written and spoken Amharic and English. 
• Fluency in French is desirable. 

NB: Please make sure you are eligible for a call and note that we will check credentials during the submission of your application.  Applicants who are not eligible will not be contacted. 

This program is not intended for candidates who have enrolled into other internship programs or with a paying job at the moment.

Deadline: January 6, 2025

How To Apply:

Interested applicants should email application letter & CV with 3 references to hr@iphce.org within 10 days with the subject line: position.

 Please ensure that all contact information is up-to-date and accurate.

Only shortlisted candidates will be communicated for Exams