Intern – (Community Facilitation Support)

Amref Health Africa was founded in 1957 and has since grown to become the largest African-based international health development organization, currently implementing more than 150 programs which directly reach more than 20 million people across 35 countries in Africa. Headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, Amref has fully-fledged offices in Ethiopia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Senegal, South Sudan, and Zambia; eleven advocacy and fundraising offices in Europe and North America; and a staff complement of over 1,500.

The Ethiopia Country office is registered in 2002 and operational for more than two decades. Currently, we are operational in all regions of Ethiopia with more than 300 staffs and wide portfolio of PHC, RMNCAYH-N, Youth Development, WASH and DPC including NTDs.

Our vision is to bring about ‘Lasting health change in Africa’, by supporting Ethiopia’s vision of healthy, productive and prosperous society.  We believe that the power to transform Africa’s health lies within its communities, and therefore strive to ensure that health systems are not only functional but that communities are empowered to hold these systems accountable for the delivery of quality and affordable health care.

Amref is seeking a motivated Intern – Community Facilitation Support to assist in the implementation of community-based activities under the NAGAA project. The intern will support activities at kebele and woreda levels, serving as a liaison between the community, health facilities, and the project team.

The intern will help ensure that community-based activities are well-organized, documented, and effectively implemented, contributing to the smooth functioning of the project. The role provides practical exposure to community engagement, facilitation of workshops and trainings, and support for project implementation processes, while helping to strengthen local systems and partnerships.

The position may require occasional travel to woredas and kebeles to support community-level activities and to assist the project team in coordination, documentation, and follow-up tasks.

Duties and Responsibilities:

The intern/community facilitation support will have the following duties and responsibilities:

• Assist in organizing workshops, trainings, and meetings at community, health facility, and woreda level
• Facilitate financial and administrative procedures (including logistics arrangements) for trainings, meetings, and workshops
• Support the NAGAA project team in documenting key elements of trainings, meetings, and workshop reports
• Work with the NAGAA project team in compiling and tracking the training online database
• Participate in NAGAA project team meetings and document minutes
• Prepare and submit procurement plans to the Project Officer
• Closely follow up on the procurement status of submitted procurement plans
• Assist the NAGAA project team in different project implementation processes
• Undertake other duties as may be assigned by the supervisor

Minimum Requirements:

• Diploma/degree in public health, clinical nursing, or equivalent education
• Fresh graduates (maximum 1–2 years since graduation)
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Spoken and written fluency in English, Oromiffa, and Amharic

Amref Health Africa does not require applicants to pay any money at whatever stage of the recruitment and selection process and has not retained any agent in connection with recruitment. Although Amref may use different job boards from time to time to further spread its reach for applicants, all open vacancies are published on our website under the Vacancies page and on our official social media pages. Kindly also note that official emails from Amref Health Africa will arrive from an @amref.org address.

Amref Health Africa is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Amref Health Africa is is dedicated to diversity and is an equal-opportunity employer with a non-smoking environment policy.

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