Internships - WHO Regional Office for EUROPE (Summer 2011)

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The mission of WHO is the attainment by all peoples of the highest
possible
level of health.

*Vacancy Notice No:* EURO/10/ISHI26

*Title:* Internships - WHO Regional Office for EUROPE (Summer 2011)

*Grade:* P level

*Contract type:* Internship

*Date:* 1 December 2010

*Application Deadline:* 31 January 2011

*Duty Station:*

*Organization unit:* EU Europe (EU), EURO Europe Regional Office (EU/
RGO)

Various - withing WHO European Region

OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME :

The mission of the WHO Regional Office for Europe is to support Member
States in: (i) developing and sustaining their own health policies,
health
systems and public health programmes; (ii) working to prevent and
overcome
threats to health; (iii) anticipating future challenges; and (iv)
advocating
public health.

Objectives of the WHO internship programme:

(a) to provide a framework for assigning students from diverse
academic
backgrounds to WHO programmes, where educational experience can be
enhanced
through practical work assignments;

(b) to expose students to the work of WHO and

(c) to provide WHO programmes with the assistance of students
specializing
in various fields. Most students are placed in health-related
programmes,
although other disciplines can be considered as appropriate.

Description of duties:

Under the supervision of the professional concerned, interns typically
contribute to some or all of the following responsibilities:

- review literature



- undertake research in a particular subject area



- collate information on topics related to the subject area



- organize data and documents



- develop tools and guidelines



- draft reports



- participate in on-going departmental projects


REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

Minimum of three years university studies, ideally a first degree, in
medical or social science or a field related to the work of WHO. The
intern
must be a student during the internship.

Additionally there are limited possibilities for students from
disciplines
such as Information Technology, Media Relations, Human Resources,
Business
Administration and/or Public Administration.

Skills:

Skills: All interns should possess the following skills in line with
the WHO
core competencies:

- Communicating effectively orally and in writing



- Showing willingness to learn from mistakes



- Producing and delivering quality results



- Working collaboratively with team members



- Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences


In addition, interns need to be familiar with commonly used computer
programmes, such as Word, Excel, Powerpoint. Knowledge of specialized
computer programmes (graphic and statistical packages; databases) may
be an
advantage.

Experience:

Experience in research and in drafting reports would be preferred.
Experience in the subject area through academic work or research would
be an
advantage.

Field and/or developing country experience would be an advantage.

Experience with data analysis, statistical packages and interest in
the
design of graphical display and analysis of health information in an
international comparative perspective, such as for health system
performance
assessment may be an advantage.

More specific experience such as specialized computer programmes may
be
needed for some

internships.

Languages:

Essential: Interns should have a very good working knowledge of
English
(reading, writing and speaking)

Desirable: Knowledge of the language of the duty station where the
internship is taking place.

Additional Information:

Additional Information: FOR general information concerning the WHO
internship programme please refer to the following link:
http://www.who.int/employment/internship/interns/en/index.html

Please note that internships at WHO are very competitive and only a
small
number of applicants will be accepted every year. Only successful
candidates
will be contacted.

Interns must be minimum 20 years of age and be enrolled in a course of
study
leading to a formal qualification (graduate or post-graduate) to be
eligible
for the program.

All internships at WHO are unpaid and full-time. WHO accepts no
responsibility for medical insurance of interns or costs arising from
illness incurred during an internship.

Interns are NOT eligible for appointment to any position in WHO for a
period
of three months following the end of the internship.

WHO has an on-line recruitment system, therefore ONLY applications
submitted
on-line at www.who.int/employment/en will be accepted. All on-line
applications are automatically acknowledged. If you do not receive an
e-mail
within 24 hours confirming receipt of your application, you should
verify
your on-line profile. In case of repeated difficulties, contact by e-
mail
HrsRecr...@euro.who.int indicating the vacancy title and number in
the
subject line.

Online applications are strongly encouraged to enable WHO to store
your
profile in a permanent database. Please visit WHO's e-Recruitment
website
at: www.who.int/employment. The system provides instructions for
online
application procedures.

All applicants are encouraged to apply online as soon as possible
after the
vacancy has been posted and well before the deadline stated in the
vacancy
announcement.

WHO is committed to workforce diversity.

Any appointment/extension of appointment is subject to WHO Staff
Regulations, Staff Rules and Manual. Only candidates under serious
consideration will be contacted.

WHO has a smoke-free environment and does not recruit smokers or users
of
any form of tobacco.