Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières - USA · 1 day ago
Humanitarian Representation Team (HRT) Intern
Washington, DC
Internship
Hybrid
InternDoctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an independent international organization providing medical care globally. The HRT intern role supports the Humanitarian Representation Team, focusing on research, advocacy, and policy engagement to further MSF's humanitarian mission.
Non-profit Organization Management
No H1B
Responsibilities
Advocacy and Representation in support of Operations – develop strategies to influence public policy debates as well as private bilateral engagements on behalf of MSF
Research, Analysis, and Data Management in support of Operations – direct, perform, or facilitate research to address questions posed by Operations. Track and analyze specific policies and practices of governments, multilateral organizations, and others as requested by Operations
Grant making in support of MSF medical humanitarian programs and movement initiatives
Monitoring of the Regulatory Environment - engages with regulatory issues affecting Programs specifically to ensure compliance in grant making and to inform Operations and the International Legal Department
Monitoring of the Policy Environment - engages with Policy issues to ensure information sharing and action based on medical and operational needs of the movement
Stakeholder Engagement - identify, analyze, plan, and implement actions designed to engage with external and internal stakeholders to support medical humanitarian programming
Contribution to Medical Operational Humanitarian Projects - contributes to the management and implementation of specific medical operational humanitarian discreet projects that are managed by MSF USA
S. representation, engagement, and collaboration – is the representative to domestic social mission external relationships on behalf of the medical operational entities of the movement in order to create, maintain and expand stakeholder engagement
Conduct research on humanitarian actors and topics
Summarize reports and conduct literature reviews based on academic publications
Attend and summarize external meetings on topics relevant to the work of the team (primarily online)
Assist in the preparation of briefing documents and other information for advocacy and policy engagements
Contact database management
Create shareable content for stakeholders and compile internal updates including content for the Program Department newsletter
Occasional administrative tasks
Other tasks as assigned
Qualification
Required
A bachelor's degree or progress toward a higher degree in a field related to the work of the HRT (international relations, policy, or law, global and public health)
A genuine interest in medical humanitarian aid and the mission of MSF and a demonstrated interest (personal, professional, or academic) in international work
A working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite
Creativity, curiosity, and willingness to delve into new topic areas to build and share knowledge
Excellent attention to detail, strong writing and proofreading ability
Initiative and confidence to work independently and ask questions in a fast-paced work environment
Knowledge of or desire to learn about US politics, the UN system, policy development, international humanitarian actors, and the contexts where MSF operates
Experience in performing academic research and literature reviews is a must
English mandatory
Preferred
Experience using a CRM tool is an asset but not required
French and/or Spanish language skills strongly preferred
Company
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières - USA
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international medical humanitarian organization that helps people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from health care in more than 70 countries.
Founded in 1971
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Aaryahi Deshmukh
Chief Administrative Officer
John Rothmeier
Development Officer, Corporate Partnerships
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