Global Health Fellows Program II

Tuberculosis Data Visualization Intern  

Tuberculosis Division, Office of Infectious Disease, Bureau for Global Health, United States Agency for International Development

Anticipated timeframe: June 2018 – September 2018: Compensated 3 month internship

Location: Washington, DC/Arlington, VA

INT-P7-034

 

The Global Health Fellows Program (GHFP-II) is a five year cooperative agreement implemented and managed by the Public Health Institute in partnership with Global Health Corps, GlobeMed, Management Systems International and PYXERA Global. GHFP-II is supported by the US Agency for International Development (USAID).

 

GHFP-II’s goal is to improve the effectiveness of USAID health programs by addressing the Agency’s immediate and emerging human capacity needs. The program seeks to accomplish this goal first through the recruitment, placement and support of diverse health professionals at the junior, mid and senior levels. These program participants include fellows, interns, corporate volunteers and Foreign Service National professionals. The program then provides substantial performance management and career development support to participants, including annual working planning assistance, and ensures that professional development opportunities are available.

 

Looking to the future, GHFP-II also seeks to establish a pool of highly-qualified global health professionals that will ensure the Agency’s ongoing technical leadership and effectiveness. This objective is supported by an extensive outreach program that brings global health opportunities and specialized career advice to a diverse range of interested individuals, with a particular focus on those underrepresented in the field of global health.  

 

BACKGROUND:

The Tuberculosis (TB) Team at USAID has led US Government (USG) efforts in the fight to prevent and treat TB, which kills about 1.8 million people annually. USAID programs focus on improving TB services in 22 countries, saving lives and preventing the spread of TB and multidrug-resistant TB. The goal of USAID efforts is to contribute significantly to the reduction of TB transmission and deaths globally.

 

INTRODUCTION:

The Tuberculosis Data Visualization Intern will work on external and internal communications, in order to document achievements and produce materials which reflect the Division’s work. The focus of the work will be on data visualization. S/he will work closely with the Senior TB Communications Advisor as his/her onsite manager.

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

• Gaining skills in communicating the TB Division’s achievements to external audiences, especially using data visualization and social media platforms.
• Gaining a greater understanding of TB prevention, diagnosis, and treatment programming needs, and key approaches to reducing incidence and mortality of the disease.
  
• Deepening skills in communication, collaboration and coordination within a complex organizational and implementation structure.
  
• Participating in professional development activities provided through GHFP-II and USAID (e.g. via technical presentations, meetings, etc.) as agreed upon with on site-manager (5%).

 

ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• In coordination with OSM, contributing to the effort to develop data visualization for the TB Division in collaboration with USAID’s communication contractors, including:
  • Epidemiologic-focused data visualizations for presentations at technical fora including The Union Conference, and regional technical workshops led by USAID’s TB Division.
  • Data visualizations to demonstrate new multisectoral approaches to ending TB in line with the soon-to-be released multisectoral accountability framework;
  • Data visualizations to demonstrate status of USAID’s global TB program including progress toward strategic targets to be used in the FY17 annual Report to Congress;
  • Data visualizations to demonstrate impact of health financing indicators on the TB epidemic for website and health financing presentations and one-pagers.
• Supporting the implementation of a data management and visualization strategy (e.g. Excel and Tableau).
  
• Other tasks or responsibilities may be assigned based on organizational and programming need and/or the Intern’s own interests.
  

 

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Currently enrolled Master’s or other post-bachelor’s degree candidate in public health, data visualization, statistics, or a related social or computer science field; or, completion of such within the past 12 months.
  
• Experience developing interactive data visualizations using standard visualization software in Tableau.
  
• Experience developing static visualizations in MS Excel, Power Point and Adobe Creative Cloud Suite.
  
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and demonstrated ability to communicate quickly, clearly and concisely, with strong attention to detail.
  
• Excellent organizational, verbal communications and interpersonal skills to work effectively with a broad range of USG personnel and international partners.
  
• Computer skills in MS Word, Excel, Power Point, Twitter, Facebook, Prezi, Flickr, Adobe Creative Cloud Suite.
  
• Skills in JavaScript, CSS, html preferred.
  
• Demonstrated interest in working in developing countries is desirable.
  
• US citizenship or US permanent residency required.
  

 

COMPENSATION:

$1,826 bi-weekly (exempt, salaried position). 

 

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