Job Description

Interns, Sierra Leone: Communication 

About Seed Global Health 

Seed Global Health (Seed) envisions a world in which every country is strengthened by a robust health workforce that can meet the health needs of its population. We partner to train nurses, midwives, and physicians, building health teams that can provide high-quality care and save lives. We do this by strengthening clinical care delivery, improving health workforce education, and supporting policies that enable health professionals to succeed. Seed is dedicated to creating lasting change in the health systems of our partner countries: Malawi, Sierra Leone, Uganda, and Zambia. To ensure that these changes are durable, we form deep local partnerships that inform our work at both the individual and systems levels. Together, we are creating a multi-generational impact to not only treat today’s problems, but solve for tomorrows.  

 Intern Position

 Communication Intern, Sierra Leone

Duties and Responsibilities for Communication Intern

• Social media content creation, monitoring of key channels and reporting. 
• Media monitoring and reporting on relevant news articles and mentions. ​
• Assist​ developing regular content ​​​for the global newsletter.
• Supporting conference and event planning. ​ 
• Take minutes ​during meetings​.
• Capture photographs and videos, including interviews, during events​​​​​​ and project visits. 
• Interview midwives, patients, and others and draft success stories for use on Seed’s website and in the global newsletter​​​​​.
• Support as needed, the communications team, to collect and develop communications collateral including media stories, photographs, video footage, and audio for news outlets and social media​​​.
• Other assignments as needed. 

Qualifications

Communication Intern

University Degree in either Mass Communication, Journalism or Public Relations.

Working Conditions

• Will be based in Freetown, an office environment with at least 20% travel to the partnership sites/field. 

Compensation

Seed is an equal opportunity employer that prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type, including without limitation on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristics protected by federal, state, and local law.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

For more information, please visit www.seedglobalhealth.org

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