Description of the project the intern will complete:
In collaboration with the county EPI lead for Garissa County:
- Coordinate field activities related to pilot testing of immunization demand solutions.
- Ensure timely communication with all relevant stakeholders including county health team and PATH Living Labs team on matters relating to implementation of the solutions.
- Keep record of field activities and update County EPI Lead and PATH Living Labs Lead of progress, challenges and adaptations being made.
- Collect, manage and analyze data related to impact of solutions.
- Collaborate virtually with project teams and other stakeholders.
- Adhere to Living Labs procedures for human subjects’ research including privacy and confidentiality.
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 into how Living Labs applies HCD.
Proposed activities:
- Start to end interviews with caregivers, health care workers, community opinion leaders.
- Conduct complete phases of human centered design- 4D approach.
- Be able to independently utilize HCD tools.
- Report writing
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 and 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 social sciences
- Must be a native of Garissa County who understands the county well and speaks the local language.
