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Onchocerciasis Elimination Mapping Intern

Employer
Sightsavers
Location
Haywards Heath, West Sussex
Salary
£15,925
Closing date
7 Apr 2019

Job Details

Job title: Onchocerciasis Elimination Mapping Intern

Office Location: Haywards Heath

Salary: £15,925

Contract: 6 month fixed term contract

This role will give the successful post holder an excellent kick-start to their career, offering learning and development opportunities with the NTD’s Department.

The responsibilities of the role will include support in maintaining communications tracking systems, minute taking and Powerpoint development. You will provide sense checking of documentation and data, collate reports as applicable for donor and management reporting, as well as helping to produce final copies of documents.

Sightsavers has been bringing together essential building blocks to build stronger standardized systems for the scale-up of mapping in ivermectin naïve areas where transmission of onchocerciasis is likely or suspected. The overarching focus of the team has been to build the foundations for developing, operationalising, and scaling up new and standardized WHO OEM protocols.

The pilot project hopes to pave the way for a standardised approach, endorsed by the WHO Onchocerciasis Technical Subgroup (OTS) and key stakeholders, to accomplish OEM in the remaining hypoendemic, non-ivermectin treated, areas hopefully by 2020. Now with under five months left of the project, it is an exciting time, and we are seeking a short-term intern to help drive it to the finishing line.

The ideal candidate will have strong data management skills, be well versed in the use of Mircosoft Excel and Word and have a drive to learn, develop and build a career. Having experience of working across cultures will be an added advantage, but is not essential.

This is not an exhaustive list of duties or required professional skills, so if you are interested in the role and finding out more please read the complete Job Description for further details.

Closing date: 7th April 2019

Interview date: w/c 15th April 2019

Company

Sightsavers Head Office

35 Perrymount Road,
Haywards Heath,
West Sussex RH16 3BW

Postal Address

Bumpers Way,
Bumpers Farm,
Chippenham SN14 6NG

Sightsavers is an international charity that works in more than 30 countries around the world to eliminate avoidable blindness and support people with visual impairments to live independently. Sightsavers is headquartered in the UK and has over 400 employees. It also has branches in Norway, Sweden, Ireland, Italy, India, the United States and the United Arab Emirates.

Sightsavers works with partners in order to provide a comprehensive range of eye care services. In 2013, Sightsavers' projects provided eye health examinations for nearly 14 million people, performed 300,000 eye operations, and treated over 100 million people for neglected tropical diseases.

People are also referred for treatment to prevent blindness or restore sight. Through community volunteers in developing countries, Sightsavers distributes medication to prevent blinding diseases. The charity also trains eye care workers and surgeons and funds operations.

Of the 30 countries Sightsavers works in, 23 are in Africa. These include Mozambique, Mali, Liberia and Kenya. Sightsavers is also present in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the Caribbean.

In addition to its medical work, Sightsavers works with partners in order to train specialist teaching staff and supply glasses, Braille kits and other learning tools. The charity aims to educate communities and reduce stigma around visual impairment and blindness. Through its work, people with visual impairments and other disabilities are supported to live independently, get an education and earn an income.

Sightsavers is also a campaigning organisation, working with national governments to tackle the root causes of avoidable blindness, such as lack of access to clean water and sanitation facilities. The charity’s ‘Put us in the Picture campaign calls on the international community to make global development inclusive of the world’s 800m people with disabilities. The campaign’s vision is for all people to have equal access to employment, education, healthcare and participation in society.

Backing up Sightsavers’ work around the world is a strong research capability. Research and policy work revolves around three priorities – health, education and social inclusion. Gathering and disseminating sound research evidence helps to ensure the charity’s programmes meet the needs of the people they are designed to serve. Research evidence is also a strong tool when advocating for policy changes with governments.

Sightsavers has many partners that assist with its aim of eliminating avoidable blindness and may also provide funding. Partners include the UK government’s Department for International Development, the European Union and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Read our latest article on Third Sector: Sightsavers: Work for an award-winning charity tackling blindness worldwide

Company info
Website
Telephone
01444 446600
Location
35 Perrymount Road,
Haywards Heath,
West Sussex
RH16 3BW
GB

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