Public Health Preparedness Intern

The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), a national organization representing 3,000 local health departments has an opening for a Government Affairs Intern for the spring 2023 school semester. We represent the voice of local public health while striving to live out our core values of equity, excellence, participation, respect, integrity, leadership, science and innovation. We provide our employees with meaningful work, opportunities to learn and grow, a strong work/life balance, and a flexible, hybrid work schedule while being a part of a collaborative team.

We are interested in growing our team with passionate, committed, and innovative individuals. The Public Health Preparedness Intern will join NACCHO at a time of dynamic growth. This position is important in the Government Affairs Department.

Position Summary

The Public Health Preparedness Intern contributes to the advancement of local public health practice by providing support to preparedness projects. The Public Health Preparedness Intern will support efforts across the portfolio, with a specific focus on internal functional activities such as analysis, research, evaluation, writing, and project coordination, usually under the direction of a director or senior program analyst. For local health departments (LHDs) and their staff, NACCHO is the premier source of learning, knowledge, and future-oriented research for local public health professionals, and provides resources, education, ideas, and advocacy to enhance the voice and visibility of the critical role that LHDs play in keeping our communities healthy and safe.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Conduct or provide support for literature review related chemical preparedness and local health departments including searching peer reviewed and grey literature. Outputs of the review will be used to inform development of a chemical preparedness guide for local health departments.
• Write support report on results/findings of literature review and methodology
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Identifies the information needed to solve a problem effectively
• Works collaboratively with others to support technical assistance activities.
• Excellent organizational skills
• Strong scientific writing skills
• Ability to maintain positive communication and relationships with members, staff, and all levels of management
• Ability to effectively communicate about the status of projects
• Strong interest in public health

Education And/or Experience

• Current graduate student in a public health, or related program.

REPORTS TO: Director, Preparedness

Application Instructions

This is a remote position, 15 hours a week with compensation at $15 – $18 hour. The intern must use a personal laptop or computer. The position timeline is flexible but intended to cover the first quarter of 2023 (Jan-April). Please submit a cover letter with dates of availability and resume to apply.

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