Global Health Strategy Intern

PATH; Washington; On-site; USD 9,500 - 13,000; Part time

Job summary

PATH is a global nonprofit dedicated to achieving health equity. PATH seeks an intern to support its MDB strategy by gathering data from health projects in priority geographies and identifying potential funding opportunities with multilateral development banks.

The internship offers exposure to nonprofit strategy, data collection, and knowledge management, with regular mentoring and a 20-hour weekly schedule, plus a USD 1,000 monthly stipend.

Qualifications

• Students in public health, economics, political science, international relations, business, or related field preferred.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Desk research experience.
• Calm, professional, proactive demeanor and excellent problem solver.

Responsibilities

• Gather Intelligence: Collect data from multilateral development bank health projects in priority geographies.
• Contribute Findings to a Database: Add research findings to a centralized database of health activities and priorities for PATH's multilateral development bank knowledge management.
• Summarize trends: From desk research and stakeholder engagement, summarize trends for health funding in the multilateral development bank space.
• Identify Funding Opportunities: Collaborate with the workstream project manager to review funding portals and analyze potential funding opportunities with multilateral development banks.

Skills

Desk research

Analytical thinking

Attention to detail

Professional demeanor

Education

Current student in public health, economics, political science, international relations, business, or related field

Job description

PATH is a global nonprofit dedicated to achieving health equity. With more than 40 years of experience forging multisector partnerships and with expertise in science, economics, technology, advocacy, and dozens of other specialties, PATH develops and scales up innovative solutions to the world's most pressing health challenges.

About your division/team

Under the direction of the CEO & President, the Office of the President works to guide PATH's strategic approach internally and at global and country levels. PATH has set out to expand the scope of our respectful partnerships with national and local governments, with a view to enabling broader and deeper impact across the health sector. Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs), including the World Bank, are collectively the most important funding partner enabling progress in the health sector at the national and local levels. In this context, PATH prioritized the strengthening of its work with MDBs, with a view to (1) identify and structure specific areas of alignment and complementarity, (2) define PATH's value proposition, and (3) expand the specific country-based engagements. This intern will work with the Associate Project Manager to support PATH's MDB strategy.

Description of the project the intern will complete

The intern will support the MDB strategy in collecting data from MDB health projects in selected countries. These insights will contribute to a comprehensive library of health opportunities in priority regions. Additionally, the intern will collaborate with the Project Manager to review and identify potential funding opportunities for PATH. The final deliverable will be a detailed library that includes the health priorities, activities, and funding opportunities.

Description of the learning objectives and goals of the internship

• Learn about nonprofit organizational development.
• Learn how to identify and analyze potential business development opportunities, contributing to strategic decision-making.Strengthen skills in research, synthesizing information, and identifying priorities.

Proposed activities for the internship

• Gather Intelligence: Collect data from multilateral development bank health projects in priority geographies.
• Contribute Findings to a Database: Add research findings to a centralized database of health activities and priorities for PATH's multilateral development bank knowledge management.
• Summarize trends: From desk research and stakeholder engagement, summarize trends for health funding in the multilateral development bank space.
• Identify Funding Opportunities: Collaborate with the workstream project manager to review funding portals and analyze potential funding opportunities with multilateral development banks.

Benefit to intern

The intern will gain practical experience to strengthen their analytical and research skills and learn more about nonprofit organizational development.

Description of skills and experience the intern should have

• Students in public health, economics, political science, international relations, business, or related field preferred.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Desk research experience.
• Calm, professional, proactive demeanor and excellent problem solver.

How will performance be evaluated?

The intern will participate in regular team meetings to discuss the progress of activities and weekly one-on-one check-ins with the Project Manager to address any challenges and provide

feedback. The intern's performance will be evaluated based on the quality of their work, their ability to manage time effectively, and their collaboration with the team.

The intern will be engaged for 20 hours per week and will receive a monthly stipend of USD 1,000.

The starting date will be as soon as possible, with the assignment continuing until March 2027.