LOCATION: Switzerland
WHO offers internships in technical areas and administrative programmes such as communication, external relations or human resources. A competent and dynamic health workforce at the heart of each health system is essential to advance global health goals. Countries need a pool of health professionals trained and exposed to the systems and processes in the health sector and who understand how stakeholders interact within the international health arena.
ELIGIBILITY:
Age: You are at least twenty years of age on the date of application.
Education: You are enrolled in a course of study at a university or equivalent institution leading to a formal qualification (undergraduate, graduate, or postgraduate), in a public health, medical or social field related to the technical work of WHO, or in a management, administrative, communications, or external relations-related field. Applicants who have already completed a qualification may also qualify for consideration, if they apply to the internship within six months following the completion of the formal qualification. You have completed three years of full-time studies at a university or equivalent institution prior to starting (bachelor’s level or equivalent) the internship.
Languages: You are fluent at least in one of the working languages of the office of assignment.
Family relation: You are not related to a WHO staff member (e.g., son/daughter, brother/sister, or mother/father).
Nationality: You hold a valid passport of a WHO Member State.
Other: You have not previously participated in WHO’s Internship Programme.
BENEFIT:
WHO provides all interns with medical and accident insurance coverage during the duration of the internship period.
As of January 2020, WHO provides living allowance to eligible selected interns who need finanacial support. All interns must complete a legal Declaration of Interests form. This form requires intern candidates to declare any relevant financial disclosures, including any financial support in the form of grants bursaries, scholarships, etc. Based on the information provided in this form, the intern candidates’ eligibility to receive financial support from WHO will be assessed.
Lunch vouchers may be provided at some duty stations.
