Behavior Change and Community Health Intern (IP)

Summary

Save the Children, a global humanitarian and development organization, is seeking an intern to work with the Behavior Change and Community Health team of the Department of Global Health in the International Program Division. This position provides an excellent opportunity for exposure to the program design and implementation of Social and Behavior Change (SBC) programming across the Division.

What You’ll be Doing (Essential Duties, Responsibilities and Impact)

• Support SBC team in key knowledge management activities:
  • Support finalization of the SBC framework (annotated PowerPoint) and online FOCUS tool (online SBC strategy development tool), comparing online updates with written text
  • Update team websites together with team members, including summarizing and drafting information
  • Set up new Microsoft Teams channels for the SBC team, exploring the online MS Teams suite opportunities for the most effective team communication.
  • Transition Facebook at Work/Workplace users of the SBC page into an existing SBC listserv and learn how to manage participation
  • Collect all SBC resources shared on Workplace in selected folders to make them more widely available
  • Support team members in transition to the shared filing system, e.g., generate special folders with key SBC framework documents and presentations in close collaboration with team members
• Support meeting management including scheduling and documentation of meetings for several projects, including agenda development and note taking
• Work with a team member to document adaptation of the food security Graduation Model, particularly regarding the role of SBC, which represents innovation for integrated food security and resilience programming

Required Qualifications

• Possess strong written skills, solid interpersonal skills and ability to work within a team
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and Teams
• Able to handle confidential and proprietary information appropriately and with discretion
• Eligible to work in the U.S.

What’s In It for You

• Structured learning and development program
• Meaningful work under the direct supervision of an experienced Save the Children staff member
• Highly collaborative and innovative teams
• Networking program with managers across the organization
• Flexible schedule
• A family friendly work environment
• The knowledge that the work you are supporting is changing the lives of children all around the world

Classification: Intern / Fellow

Compensation: $17 / hour

Hours: 24 hours per week

Dates: January 27, 2025 - April 18, 2025

About Save the Children

Save the Children believes every child deserves a future. In the United States and around the world, we give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. We do whatever it takes for children – every day and in times of crisis – transforming their lives and the future we share.

Our work for children and their families requires that we commit—at every opportunity—to work together to identify and dismantle persistent systemic and structural racism, inequality, and any other forms of discrimination in this country and beyond.  As an anti-racist organization, Save the Children will not tolerate discrimination in any form—in our employment practices, amongst our staff, in our leadership or toward the people we serve. We stand in solidarity with all people to fight for equal rights, justice, inclusion, and belonging.

Save the Children is committed to conducting its programs and operations in a manner that is safe for the children it serves and helping protect the children with whom we are in contact. All Save the Children representatives are explicitly prohibited from engaging in any activity that may result in any kind of child abuse.

Save the Children is committed to minimizing safety and security risks for our valued employees, ensuring all are given training, support and information to reduce their risk exposure while maximizing the impact of our programs for children and families. Our shared duty, both agency and individual, is to seek and maintain safe working conditions for all.