Data Science Intern
SUSTAINING TECHNICAL AND ANALYTIC RESOURCES
INTERN TITLE: Data Science Intern
HOST ORGANIZATION: Division of Strategy, Analysis, Outreach, & Education, Office of Policy, Programs and Planning, Bureau for Global Health, United States Agency for International Development
LOCATION: Arlington, VA
POSITION LEVEL: Masters level
INT-P1-007
SALARY: $1,826 bi-weekly (exempt, salaried position)
ANTICIPATED TIMEFRAME: 6 months
STAR PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Sustaining Technical and Analytic Resources (STAR) is a project of the Public Health Institute (PHI) supported by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) Global Health (GH) Bureau. Its purpose is twofold: (1) Through individual fellowships, STAR will help strengthen the capacity of diverse American and low-and-middle-income country (LMIC) health professionals at all levels to make innovative contributions to global health (GH); and (2) STAR will create ground-breaking opportunities for both US and LMIC GH academic institutions and other groups, including professional associations, to create systems for open-access knowledge sharing, resulting in effective partnerships. STAR’s individual and institutional participants are contributing to the development of self-sustaining systems and tools that will produce global citizens with the full spectrum of relevant health competencies. STAR is managed by the Public Health Institute and implemented in partnership with Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), and the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH).
INTERNSHIP DESCRIPTION
Background:
The Global Health Bureau (GH), Data Analytics Hub is unit within the Office of Policy, Programs and Planning’s (P3). The Hub works to organize, manage, and analyze data on global, country and regional trends related to health and on USAID programmatic impact; producing cutting-edge data visualizations, and strengthening USAID’s in-house capacity for self-service data analytics.
Introduction:
The Data Science Intern (Intern) will assist the Data Analytics Hub team with data preparation and analysis and generating web contents for the Data Analytics Hub's website and communications. S/he will also have opportunities to support GH offices and field missions on a variety of data analytics, visualizations and data science activities, using data sources such as the Demographic and Health Surveys, and the World Bank amongst others.
Reporting structure:
The Intern will work closely with GH Data Analytics Hub Lead and receive technical guidance from the Strategy, Analysis, Outreach, & Education Division Chief who will serve as his/her onsite manager.
Essential Duties:
- Support specific data science projects on topics of relevance to global health (including maternal, newborn and child health, tuberculosis, neglected tropical diseases, water and sanitation, and malaria and nutrition).
- Assist the team with conducting analyses of health data from a variety of sources in order to answer key policy, research and evaluation questions.
- In coordination with the team, support USAID field missions upon request in identifying specific needs for analysis and evaluation, conduct analyses, and assist with developing analytic approaches.
- Support GH's data entry, validation and reporting needs as well as conducting data quality assurance measures.
- Other tasks or responsibilities may be assigned based on organizational and programming needs and/ or the Intern's own interests.
OUTCOMES
Internship Output/Deliverable:
- Cleaning and preparing different source data, such as from Demographic Health Surveys, World Bank, or World Health Organization, using R, STATA, or Tableau.
- In collaboration with USAID staff, generating new content and/or preparing Data Analytics Hub's analyses for online publications.
Anticipated learning outcomes: *required 10% time
- Identify and describe the core attributes of the STAR global health competencies; defined as development practice, cross cultural awareness, communication, capacity strengthening, ethics of public health, health equity, gender equality and global burden of disease.
- Gain exposure to data analysis and visualization through global health programming.
- Apply effective communication skills across a broad network of peers and advisors within global health to support learning and professional development.
- Develop a global health focused career plan with a mentor.
INTERNSHIP REQUIREMENTS
Required:
- Currently enrolled master's or other post-bachelor's degree candidate in a program related to statistics or computer science, public health and/or public policy; or, completion of such within the past 12 months.
- Experience in data analysis and visualizations, including experience with statistical software such as R or STATA.
- Strong writing and analytic skills are required.
- Experience working effectively in a multidisciplinary environment.
- Ability to work independently as well as in a team setting.
- Experience in data visualizations with Tableau desktop software and/or GIS software.
- Ability to participate in a 1-2-week field experience.
- US citizenship or US permanent residency required.
Additional skills (preferred):
- Experience living and working in a resource-challenged setting and/or familiarity with global health issues and interventions is preferred.
SALARY AND BENEFITS
The Public Health Institute offers a comprehensive benefits package including learning programs.
Position subject to availability of funds.
TO APPLY
All applicants are required to apply for this position through STAR’s online recruitment system at www.ghstar.org, which allows you to create a profile and upload a CV/resume and cover letter. All online applications must be submitted by March 21, 2019 by 5:00 pm Eastern time.
Public Health Institute is proud to be an EEO/AA employer.