Role Purpose:   The Intern- Health and Nutrition will support Concern Wordwise’s health and nutrition initiatives by contributing to research, documentation, knowledge management, stakeholder engagement, and internal coordination. This role is ideal for a recent graduate seeking a strong academic background and relevant experience in health and nutrition programming, policy engagement, and applied health/nutrition research added with understanding on climate health nexus.

This is a learning and capacity-building opportunity designed for early-career professionals passionate about health and nutrition system strengthening including climate health nexus and sustainability.

Main duties & responsibilities:

Technical Support and Knowledge Management

• Assist in drafting and formatting health and nutrition and climate health nexus related concept notes, proposals, and technical briefs.
• Support data collection, cleaning, and organization of health and nutrition data, climate change related health/Family Planning and nutrition hazards information (e.g., temperature, salinity, health service data at facilities and community set up, disaster related health and nutrition hazard mapping).
  
• Compile and summarize relevant research and publications related to health system strengthening including climate resilience practices in Bangladesh and maintain a digital knowledge repository.
• Help maintain a digital repository of reports, case studies, and resources on health, nutrition/climate health nexus and health system sustainability.

Stakeholder Engagement and Coordination

• Assist in planning, organizing, and documenting meetings, workshops, and consultations with stakeholders including government officials, NGOs, and community leaders.
• Support coordination and communication with implementing partners, health and nutrition team, academic institutions, and health and nutrition networks.
  
• Assist in tracking health and nutrition related donor trends, calls for proposals, and funding opportunities.

Policy and Adaptation Research

• Analysis on national and local health and nutrition policies, implementation strategies, and institutional frameworks.
  
• Support in documenting the locally led health system strengthens practices from Concern’s programmes for policy advocacy.

Other Support Functions

• Coordinate with admin and logistics teams to arrange travel, event logistics, and procurement related to health and nutrition activities.
• Contribute to learning and documentation around cross-cutting themes such as climate change impact, food security, gender equality, nutrition governance

Expected Deliverables

• Develop a digital knowledge repository with at least 30 curated and categorized resources (e.g., reports, case studies, articles, research) on health and nutrition and locally led health system strengthening initiatives in Bangladesh by the end of month 2.
• Develop two knowledge products; a brief and a 6–8 slide deck- on locally led health system strengthening and climate impacts on health and nutrition both costal and urban set-up (e.g., heat, salinity), with relevant data, tools, and success stories from Bangladesh and South Asia. Submit drafts by month 2, finalize by month 3 for internal use.
• Prepare a 2-page policy brief summarizing 3 locally led health system strengthening initiatives (community and system) from Concern’s programmes, aligned with relevant national health and nutrition policies, with a first draft by end of month 2 and final version by month 3.

Accountability

In line with Concern’s commitments under the Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS):

• Actively promote meaningful community participation and consultation at all stages of the project cycle (planning, implementation, M&E);
• Work with relevant colleagues  to ensure that the Complaints and Response Mechanism (CRM) is functional and accessible, that feedback and complaints are welcomed and addressed;
• Work with relevant colleagues to ensure that information about CRM, safeguarding and expected staff behaviour is disseminated among programme participants and communities.

Key requirements:

Essential:

• Graduate Academic Background:  Master’s degree in health, nutrition and climate health Nexus from a recognized university. Graduation year must be 2022 or later
• Strong interest and sound understanding of overall health system, nutrition governance, locally led health system strengthening initiatives, impact of climate change on health and nutrition and resilience building and sustainability concepts.
• Basic knowledge of health and nutrition data, measuring tools and their applications in planning and analysis.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in both Bangla and English.
• Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint); familiarity with GIS, SPSS, or data visualization tools is an asset

We would prefer:

• Prior internship, volunteer experience, or research in the field of health and nutrition and system strengthening initiatives
• Engagement with university clubs or networks related to health and nutrition action.
• Working with urban, rural and costal vulnerable and marginalized people.

Competencies:

Typically, candidates are expected to demonstrate good interpersonal communication skills and to demonstrate behaviors in line with Concern values.

We encourage all eligible candidates, irrespective of gender, ethnicity or origin, disability, political beliefs, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, or socio-economic status to apply to become a part of the organisation. Concern is against all forms of discrimination and unequal power relations and is committed to promoting equality. 

If you feel that your qualification and experience match our requirements, and you have a shared commitment to Concern’s values, please email the completed Job Application Form with photograph, National ID, TIN and all Educational Certificates to recruitment.bgd@concern.net.

Please mark the position applied in the email subject line.

Closing Date of Application: 16 August 2025

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