Health & Housing Policy Research Intern

Habitat for Humanity International - HQ; United States; Remote; USD 23,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid internship

Retirement plan contributions

Job summary

Habitat for Humanity International - HQ seeks a graduate-level intern (MPH or MSc) to support its Terwilliger Center for Innovation in Shelter. The role focuses on healthy housing, building evidence across thermal comfort, indoor air quality, climate resilience, and WASH integration, for 6–8 months during the academic year.

The intern will consolidate data, draft a framework, and contribute to a policy brief in collaboration with academic supervision and HFHI.

Qualifications

• Current enrollment as a student pursuing MPH or MSc in Public Health.
• Understands social determinants of health and population health frameworks.
• Reads, evaluates, and synthesizes peer‑reviewed public health literature.
• Experience with qualitative research methods (interviews, surveys, synthesis).
• Ability to translate academic evidence into clear, practitioner language in English.

Responsibilities

• Conduct an evidence review across housing and health domains; synthesize literature and program learnings.
• Produce an annotated evidence map linking housing conditions to health outcomes.
• Map organizations working at the housing-health nexus.
• Support theory of change with evidence base and indicators for mapping change.
• Draft language for a structured organizational technical framework.
• Produce a final learning product (policy brief or evidence synthesis) with supervision.

Skills

Social determinants of health

Qualitative research methods

Literature synthesis

Scientific communication

Education

MPH or MSc in Public Health

Tools

AI tools for research

Job description

Habitat for Humanity International - HQ seeks a graduate-level intern (MPH or MSc) to support its Terwilliger Center for Innovation in Shelter. The role focuses on healthy housing, building evidence across thermal comfort, indoor air quality, climate resilience, and WASH integration, for 6–8 months during the academic year.

The intern will consolidate data, draft a framework, and contribute to a policy brief in collaboration with academic supervision and HFHI.