Access Internship at Mdecins Sans Frontires (MSF)

• MSF South Africa is looking for an MSF Access Intern with an interest in health policy , willingness to learn, good organisational skills, high flexibility and ability to work under pressure with competing priorities and deliver results. The candidate must have a passion for humanitarian work. The intern will be assisting the MSF Access Regional Advisors with research in access-related issues as well as administrative duties, collecting and compiling of strategic information and supporting with organising of events, campaigns and advocacy-related work.

Responsibilities:

• Support the Regional Advisor/s with research and mapping of medicine access related to MSF Access common disease priorities in the Southern and Eastern Africa region.
• Support the Regional Advisor/s in developing regional context analysis and mapping of key policy trends in the region, related to key access topics.
• Support the Regional Advisor/s in the day-to-day access to treatment related work, including but not limited to price research, medicine registration, Research & Development and health innovation and other research and advocacy tasks as needed.

Conferences, meetings and advocacy events:

• Support with organising meetings, workshops and other key advocacy related events.
• Provide support in writing Meeting and Workshop notes.
• Support in coordinating the Fix the Patent Laws coalition, by providing administrative support, organising of coalition meetings and managing the coalitions communication platforms.

Administration:

• Assist with the development of advocacy related materials, liaison with designers and printers.
• Coordinate the printing and shipping of advocacy related materials, reports etc to Field Teams, HQ and other key contacts.
• Create and maintain a good up to date electronic filing system of key documents that can be accessed and shared with others (e.g. SharePoint, google docs etc.
• Conduct regular media monitoring of online and broadcast outlets through online content monitoring service (News clip), newspaper subscriptions and online media alerts (e.g. Google Alerts).
• Create and periodically maintain a stakeholder database (comprising of key stakeholders such as civil society, government officials, MSF staff etc.

Requirements:

• Minimum University undergraduate degree or post graduate degree.
• Preferably studying/studied Public Health, Development Studies, International Relations or Political Science, Law, Economics or with demonstrable interest in working in the Health Policy Analysis and Advocacy field.
• Interest in national, regional and global health policy.
• Knowledge of Word, Excel, Power Point essential.
• Creative and highly flexible approach to work, and ability to work within a team, multi task and good stress management skills and ability to deal with high workload at specific times.
• Creative social media skills.
• Knowledge of local and regional access to medicine barriers like Intellectual Property barriers , pricing, stockouts , and other systemic issues would be an advantage.

Benefits to the intern:

• Experience of working within a dynamic MSF Access team and with the Engagement Representation Analysis and Advocacy team as well as within an international humanitarian organisation.
• Will be supported to develop networking, policy analysis, research, advocacy and lobbying skills in a niche area.
• Will gain excellent exposure, and understanding of Global, regional and national Health Actors as well as Civil Society organisations.
• Will gain good understanding of Access to Treatment issues globally and in the region – understanding the barriers, lobbying, policy and campaigning both locally and internationally.
• Will be able to develop organisational and planning skills as well as abilities to prioritise and work under pressure.

Remuneration and Resources:

Remuneration Details:

• Monthly Stipend: R 5000
• 100% Medical aid contribution
• Transport allowance
• Cell Phone Allowance