Healthy Housing Policy & Research Intern

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

Job summary

Habitat for Humanity International's Terwilliger Center for Innovation in Shelter seeks a graduate-level intern — MPH or MSc — to support Habitat's healthy housing initiatives during the academic year, for 6–8 months.

The intern will consolidate data and evidence around housing conditions and health, contribute to an evidence base, and help map relationships across thermal comfort, indoor air quality, climate resilience and other health outcomes.

Qualifications

• Current enrollment as a student at an accredited college or university.
• Pursuing MPH or MSc Public Health; Health Policy; Environmental Health; Global Health; Urban Health and Implementation Science.

Responsibilities

• Conduct an evidence review across housing and health domains—synthesizing peer-reviewed literature and program learnings.
• Produce an annotated evidence map linking housing conditions to health outcomes
• Map the landscape of organizations working at the housing-health nexus
• Support the development of the theory of change with the evidence base and indicators for mapping change
• Draft language for an organizational technical framework
• Produce a final learning product—a structured policy brief or evidence synthesis—in consultation with academic supervisor and the organization

Skills

Literature synthesis

Qualitative research methods

Evidence mapping

Policy writing

Cross-cultural communication

Data consolidation

Education

MPH (Master of Public Health)

MSc Public Health

Health Policy

Environmental Health

Global Health

Urban Health and Implementation Science

Job description

Habitat for Humanity International's Terwilliger Center for Innovation in Shelter seeks a graduate-level intern — MPH or MSc — to support Habitat's healthy housing initiatives during the academic year, for 6–8 months.

The intern will consolidate data and evidence around housing conditions and health, contribute to an evidence base, and help map relationships across thermal comfort, indoor air quality, climate resilience and other health outcomes.