- Organization: UNICEF - United Nations Children’s Fund
- Location: Dar es Salaam
- Grade: Internship
- Occupational Groups:
- Social Affairs
- Public Health and Health Service
- Civil Society and Local governance
- Closing Date: 2017-12-03
If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world's leading children's rights organization would like to hear from you.
If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world's leading children's rights organization would like to hear from you.
For 70 years, UNICEF has been working on the ground in 190 countries and territories to promote children's survival, protection and development. The world's largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments.
Background
Tanzania has achieved Millennium Development Goal 4 for child survival but more needs to be done, under-five child mortality continued to decline over the last 25 years. Infant mortality has decreased from 92 deaths per 1,000 live births in 1991/1992 to 43 deaths per 1,000 live birth in 2015/2016, thus, achieving the MDG 4 targets. Despite of these achievements, about 270 children under-five die every day mainly from preventable and treatable conditions, such as malaria, pneumonia and diarrhea. Between the years 2000 and 2010, under five mortality decreased by 43%, whereas the rate of reduction of neonatal mortality during the same period was 21%. Neonatal mortality in 2013 was at 21 per 1000 live births and contributes to 39% of under-five deaths, with nearly 40,000 new-born deaths every year.
Justification
Successful development of functional and effective CHWs depends on collaborative efforts of stakeholders including UNICEF. The process demands adequate number of human resources within UNICEF. However, UNICEF for this moment has no plan to hire core staff to support community health activities.
Specific tasks
The intern will work under directive and guidance of the chief of health to complement execution of the following tasks:
• Contribute to UNICEF’s processes of building capacity of the partners implementing CBHP.
• Contribute in monitoring of UNICEF’s partners implementing community health.
• Contribute in documentation reporting and sharing information on community health activities.
Expected Background And Experience
The intern is expected to have the following background and experience:
• Bachelor’s Degree in the public health, social/behavioural sciences, (Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology, Health Promotion, community Development) with emphasis on strategic communication planning for behaviour development, social mobilization, participatory communication, and research.
• Be fluent in English.
• Have excellent academic performance as demonstrated by recent university or institutions records.
• Additional consideration will be given for any past relevant experience.
UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified female and male candidates from all national, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of our organisation.
Seniority Level
Internship
Industry
Nonprofit Organization Management
Human Resources
Financial Services
Employment Type
Internship
Job Functions
Health Care Provider
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