Health Programme Intern 2026

Make a Difference in the Fight Against Climate Change 

The Climate Action Accelerator is an international non-profit initiative based in Geneva, which aims to mobilise a critical mass of community organisations to scale up climate solutions, keep global warming below 2°C and avoid the risk of dangerous runaway climate change. The Accelerator already counts 40 partner organisations (in our three targeted sectors: aid, health and higher education). By enabling them to work as a community, the Accelerator helps these organisations reduce their GHG emissions by at least half each decade, becoming champions within their own ecosystems and delivering valuable transformational change. This effort intends to foster a domino effect encouraging the exponential deployment of sustainable solutions throughout society.

https://climateactionaccelerator.org/ 

Health Programme Overview: The health team works with health and aid organizations in low-and middle-income environments to develop and implement environmentally sustainable and climate-resilient healthcare delivery models, thus reducing sector-wide emissions through low-carbon technologies and methods. Partner organizations are supported to extend these practices within their settings and beyond, through strategic partnerships with health ministries, action communities, policymakers, supply chains, and donors. 

Connection to Broader Initiatives: In the health sector, we focus on creating sustainable and resilient healthcare facilities and programs. Key themes include mitigation, adaptation to climate change, and maintaining planetary boundaries related to pollution and biodiversity. 

Your Mission

As a Health Programme Intern, you will support project management tasks including the development of proposals, project implementation, coordination with partners and donors, and Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL). You will support development and improvement of technical tools and resources, generation of presentations and communication materials, literature reviews, and analysis of data to support climate and ecological solutions within the health sector. 

Primary Responsibilities: 

• Provide support for project management tasks: proposal development, partner and donor coordination. 

• Assist in the development and implementation of pilot projects. 

• Develop and manage technical tools and resources. 

• Perform literature reviews and data analysis related to health and climate change. 

• Contribute to the programme reporting and communication. 

• Generate essential project documentation: log frames, M&E frameworks, and project budgets. 

• Contribute to the development of presentations and publications, and dissemination of findings and project impacts. 

• Update the Climate Action Toolbox for Healthcare and other tools and methods. 

Profile required

Essential

• Currently enrolled in a Master's program in Public/Global Health or a related field. 

• Agreement from their educational supervisor that this is a suitable training opportunity 

• Demonstrated interest or experience in Climate and Health or One Health and Planetary Health approaches. 

• Excellent analytical skills and proficient in both English and French. 

• The candidate must be available for a fixed period of 6-12 months  

• Strong commitment to skills transfer, working closely with a wide variety of stakeholders 

• Good knowledge of epidemiology 

• Willingness to work in a fast-moving, dynamic work environment. 

Desirable

• The candidate will ideally have had some experience of global health, through working with non-governmental organisations or other organisations within global health.   

• Language skills, other than English and French 

• Studying education, sustainability, political science, digital design, management, business, marketing, communication, or a related field 

Conditions

• Duration: ideally 6 months full-time, starting ASAP in March/April. 

• Location: Based in Geneva, 20% remote work possible. 

• Supervision: Direct supervision by the Health Programme Manager and overarching guidance by the Strategic & Technical Lead. 

• Learning Opportunities: Gain in-depth knowledge of climate-health project management, focusing on sustainable and resilient healthcare. 

• Internship Agreement: Must have an internship agreement with a higher education institution.   

• Start Date: Ideally March 2026.