Publications Data Management Intern

As part of our humanitarian mission, MSF conducts hundreds of research studies every year to help us improve patient care and advocate in an evidence-based way for better global health programs and policies. The Publications Data Management Intern will work with the Project Manager on keeping the platform updated regularly and implement data quality improvements across the front end of the website within the content management system, and to the database directly. Primary, regular duties include data entry, data cleaning/manipulation, project and workflow organization, and descriptive analysis. The intern will also support other discrete, long-term projects that can range from website improvement support, dashboard development, and communications planning and support.

Responsibilities

Create a weekly list of new MSF-authored publications based on reviewing PubMed, Google Scholar alerts, and other data sources; Enter journal publications and conference materials into the Science Portal database using the content management system; Support the Portal team in improving data cleanliness, requiring direct queries to the database and updating data using SQL (Microsoft SQL Server) to conduct bulk updates or manual cleaning; Support with optimizing workflow monitoring and efficiency, and project management; Support communications and raising awareness of the Science Portal via public social media and internal platforms; Work on additional projects across data visualization, data management, and communications, depending on strengths and interests

Requirements

Ability to work independently with supportive supervision; Initiative and confidence to ask questions; Ability to seek out creative and alternative solutions to problems; Manages complexity; Global perspective; Drives results; Ensures accountability; Collaborates; Communicates effectively; Values differences; Manages conflict; Manages ambiguity; Situational adaptability; Being resilient; Plans and aligns; Tech Savvy

Nice to have

Current or recent graduate of a Master’s level or higher program in public health or library sciences; A variety of backgrounds will be considered with familiarity with scholarly publications and data management as the most important qualifications; Experience with or keen interest in project and data management; Experience with scientific/medical publications; Experience with relational databases; Experience working with published medical literature and scientific journals; Experience with or keen interest in medical topics that MSF conducts research in