Job Description

Title: Program Associate Intern
Location: Hanoi, Vietnam
Program: Vietnam Country

Start Date: August 1, 2023
End Date: January 30, 2024

Estimated number of hours per week: 40

Will the intern be receiving a stipend?: Yes
Will the intern travel? (local or international): Yes

*Please include a cover letter with your resume describing your interest and how you meet the qualifications.

PATH is a global organization that works to accelerate health equity by bringing together public institutions, businesses, social enterprises, and investors to solve the world’s most pressing health challenges. With expertise in science, health, economics, technology, advocacy, and dozens of other specialties, PATH develops and scales solutions—including vaccines, drugs, devices, diagnostics, and innovative approaches to strengthening health systems worldwide. Working in Vietnam since the early 1980s, PATH established a permanent office in Hanoi in 1997, and an office in Ho Chi Minh City in 2014.

Description of the project the Intern will complete:

PATH is currently seeking a qualified Program Associate Intern for a US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-funded program, “HQ Supported Development, Implementation, Use and Evaluation of Interoperable Health Information Systems to Achieve HIV/AIDS and TB Epidemic Control through Improved Health Informatics Policy, Governance, Workforce Capacity, and Systems under PEPFAR”. The project’s goal is to employ health informatics in Vietnam to curb the HIV/AIDS epidemic by accelerating testing and treatment strategies, expanding prevention, improving data quality, strengthening country ownership, and leveraging public and private partnerships.

The Program Associate Intern will work closely with the project team to support the implementation of a HIV info 4.0 system. The Program Associate Intern will report to the HIV HIS Project Manager and work closely with PATH Vietnam program team.

Description of overall learning objectives and goals for the internship/benefit to the Intern:

To gain practical experiences in the field of project implementation & management, admin/finance management, regular duties and responsibilities of program and/ or position.

Brief description of required skills/experience the intern should possess:

• Recently graduated from or senior students of a university on health informatics, public health, or any related fields is preferred.
• High level of detail focus, accuracy, and responsibility
• Good verbal and written communication skills in both Vietnamese and English
• Strong MS Office, organizational and analytical skills
• Motivation and strong desire to learn and take on new challenges

Skills to be developed and/or expanded during internship:

• Knowledge about health information systems design and deployment
• Project implementation and management
• Skills of communication and coordination
• Team working skills
• Other related skills of logistics arrangement, financial process, event organization and administration

Proposed activities:

• Support the implementation and monitoring of project activities
• Conduct test functions of the systems developed in the project and support data cleaning activities
• Support the arrangement of meeting, training and workshop activities including liaising with partners, preparing material and providing logistics for participants, trainers, facilitators, etc.
• Monitor progress of deployment and provide technical assistance to provinces in using health information systems
• Support the development of IEC materials for HIV/AIDS systems, patient app (posters, user guide video, booklet,..) and other products
• Take notes at meetings and workshops with local partners and prepare/distribute timely minutes
• Assist with the development, coordination, and monitoring of subcontracts and subagreements, agreements, work orders, purchase orders and other contracts
• Synthesize feedback from partners to project’s products
• Follow up with consultants on their working progress and initial review their deliverables
• Coordinate with the administrative team to arrange and provide logistical support for field trip and others travels of project staff, consultants and visitors
• Pre-review documents submitted by the staff/consultants and partners for payment such as travel
• expenses, meeting/training/workshop expenses, and upload the supporting documents to share drive.
• Assist with interpretation and translation of project documents and materials for both internal and external use
• Format project documents following PATH and partners’ templates

Please send your CV to: [email protected] (Ms. Vinh Nguyen)

Candidates must currently have legal authorization to work in Vietnam.

PATH is dedicated to building an inclusive workforce where diversity is valued.

PATH is an equal opportunity employer. Every qualified applicant will be considered for employment. PATH does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or orientation, genetic information, age, national origin, marital status, disability status, political ideology, military or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

The applicants should submit their application package to Ms. Nguyen Quynh Phuong via email at [email protected] .

Organization: PATH
Location: Hanoi
Application deadline: 2023-08-25
Send application to: [email protected]