Start Date: June 2nd ,2023.
Duration: Six (6) months
Internship location: Kisumu
Estimated number of hours per week: 40Hrs.
Will the intern be receiving a stipend: Yes
Will the intern travel? (Local or international): Yes (Local)
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.
Description Of The Project The Intern Will Complete
- Provides support and executes Living Labs program activities in human centered design along with other functional or skill areas (e.g., behavioral science, business analysis, technical product management, usability engineering, etc.) to projects.
- Collaborate with the design team to ensure integration of gender aspects in data collection, analysis and interpretation in line with project objectives.
- Leads and conducts qualitative and quantitative data analysis.
- Conducts partner outreach including arranging for exhibitions to increase external engagement. Documents project success stories.
- Collect, manage and analyze qualitative data using manual and digital tools.
- Conduct rapid literature review and compile insights on emerging ideas and solutions.
- Put the user first – have deep empathy and understanding of what challenges they face and what inspires them in doing their jobs.
- Diligently, transparently, and in real-time document and share iterations and learnings.
- Collaborate virtually with project leadership and second country
Benefit To Intern
Capacity building their skills to be able to conduct the full cycle of Human Centered Design
Internship’s Goals And Learning Objectives
- Introduction and orientation to HCD
- Opportunity to integrate professional knowledge on gender issues into how Living Labs applies HCD
Proposed activities:
The Intern will have the opportunity to learn and work on how to:
- Start to end interviews with caregivers, health care workers
- Conduct complete phases of human centered design- 4D approach
- Be able to independently utilize HCD tools
Learning outcomes (how the Intern’s performance will be evaluated):
Monthly targets set and evaluated by performance manager and documented in intern files
Required Skills
Required Experience
- Ability to engage users through virtual tools
- Comfortable with working openly and transparently, sharing works-in-progress, failures, successes, and lessons-learned.
- Creative and curious.
- Voracious learner.
- Passionate about addressing health issues in low-resource settings.
- Receptive to and values open and honest feedback from colleagues and stakeholders.
- Fearless about sharing ideas.
- Independent thinker that takes initiative.
- A Bachelor’s degree in gender studies.
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