Fortify Health began in 2017 as a question: How can we fill a gap to cost effectively improve public health at scale? In searching for the answer to this question, Fortify Health’s founders looked at the burden of anaemia globally and the evidence around programmes that tackle anaemia. We were particularly struck not only by the depth of the anaemia issue in India, but also by the evidence, scalability and cost-effectiveness of one particular solution to address anaemia: wheat flour fortification. Thanks to existing, rigorous evidence on fortification and many conversations with experts in the nutrition field, we decided that wheat flour fortification in India was a clear, important starting point as the answer to our initial question.
Job Description:
Teams: All teams: Executive, Operations, Partnerships, Programs, and Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E). Applicants will provide their team preference in the application form.
Salary: 30,000 – 40,000 INR (or GBP / USD equivalent) per month for a full time role and adjusted on a pro-rata basis for a part-time role.
Location: Remote (in a timezone that is +/- 5.5 hours from India Standard Time with preference for location in India)
Contract length: 12-week preference (flexibility between 10 to 16-week role)
Closing: End of Day, Friday, March 21st 2025 *
About Fortify Health:
Fortify Health has a vision for a healthier world where everyone has the micronutrients they need to survive and thrive. We work toward this by enabling access to micronutrient-rich wheat flour (chakki atta) to reduce and prevent iron deficiency anaemia.
Fortify Health operates through three programmatic departments:
- Programs: Support millers to cost-neutrally fortify chakki atta in the open market. We provide our mill partners with the equipment, materials and training that they need to meet the standards set by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India.
- Partnerships: Work closely with both state government and quasi-governmental organisation partners to support them in introducing and expanding fortification programmes. We also offer them ongoing technical assistance to introduce fortified chakki atta into their social safety net programs to reach vulnerable communities.
- Research, Monitoring & Evaluation: Monitor the quality of the fortified atta that we support partners to produce. In addition, we conduct evaluation studies to understand the impact and effectiveness of our programme. Our team also collaborates with research partners to improve knowledge about anaemia and food fortification.
In addition to this, we have two other departments:
- Executive: the Executive team provides direction and guidance to the other departments, supports the leadership team and conducts strategic initiatives. The team is also responsible for Fortify Health’s external communications and fundraising activities.
- Operations: the operations team supports the entire organisation by working on tasks across human resources, information management, legal compliance, procurement, and finance. They also develop systems and processes within the organisation to improve efficiency.
To read more about our work, visit our “What we do” section on our website here.
How we work:
We take a data driven approach to our work, heavily focusing on how we can have the most impact possible with the resources we have. This forms a core part of our organisational ethos. We work in a highly collaborative fully remote environment and place a great emphasis on active communication, respect for each other and timely delivery of work.
Position overview:
Fortify Health seeks to hire at least five (5) interns (at least one in each team) to support Fortify Health’s growth. These interns would be team members ideally working full time, provided with paid employment for a period of between 2 – 4 months depending on availability. The role would be highly suitable to students or early career professionals interested in international development, global health and development and / or development economics.
It is a very exciting time at Fortify Health, as we are rapidly expanding the team to take on new geographies and areas of work. The work performed by our interns will form a crucial part of this growth process, and therefore the intern positions provide an opportunity to impact the trajectory of Fortify Health’s future work.
We are hiring for an intern in each of our teams. The exact projects we are hoping our interns will work on are still being finalised within the teams. However, we have outlined below the type of projects our interns are likely to do:
- Programs team intern:
- Support the refinement and standardization of the Open Market Fortification Toolkit by enhancing its clarity, structure, and usability, while also summarizing key modules into concise, external-ready 1–2 page documents.
- Collaborate with the Communications Team in developing tailored communication materials on fortification for mill partners
- Work with an external partner to explore and implement an AI chatbot that supports Fortify Health’s Open Market initiatives.
- Support the design and implementation of one of more of the department’s strategic projects focused on onboarding new mill partners
- Review and simplify complex SOPs, to enhance clarity and usability, while also identifying gaps in processes; create new SOPs if gaps exist, as needed
- Partnerships team intern:
- Identify opportunities to implement wheat flour fortification in different states, specifically Bihar and Jharkhand.
- Improve decision making and efficiency within the team by (1) leveraging existing data to identify actionable next steps as it pertains to Government partnerships; (2) designing checklists and notes on best practices to reach out to Government and Quasi Government entities in new/ existing states; and (3) identifying critical documents used by the team on a regular basis and organising them either on shared drives and/or internal knowledge management system for easy access.
- Support the redesign of existing toolkits of the partnerships team (State Fortification Toolkit, State Selection Matrix) into short, crisp and external-ready collaterals.
- Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) team intern:
- Conduct data analysis on program monitoring data to identify challenges or bottlenecks in our current intervention approach and ideate improvements.
- Conduct/Support independent research projects in the public health and food systems spaces.
- Build/streamline data collection processes to collect high-quality data on quality assurance and control processes
- Executive team intern:
- Support Fortify Health’s communications team to represent the organisation externally, ensuring that we showcase our mission as clearly and engagingly as possible.
- Work with the Executive team to reach out to potential funders and prepare reporting materials for existing funding partners.
- Work with Executive team to support research on strategic initiatives like exploring potential interventions to encourage demand for fortified flour, hardware development, and coalition building
- Support Executive team to design and organise external events around fortification policy including liaising with diverse stakeholders (academics, CSOs, policy makers, etc.)
- Operations team intern:
- Develop streamlined operations systems to increase the efficiency of hiring, reimbursements and / or logistics.
- Analyse operational data to identify opportunities to increase cost-effectiveness of the team.
Applicants will be asked to express their preference for which teams they wish to join, however the application process and interviews for the internship roles will be done together. Team allocation will be determined based upon a combination of applicant preference and where we believe a candidate’s skills would be most valuable.
Responsibilities and activities:
Exact activities and responsibilities will vary depending on team allocation, however activities will likely include:
- Research
- Assist in conducting literature reviews.
- Collect and analyse data, drawing conclusions and suggesting recommendations.
- Support the preparation of research reports and presentations.
- Evidence Generation
- Help with the design and implementation of field research studies to evaluate program effectiveness.
- Assist in the development and implementation of data collection tools, including surveys, questionnaires, and interviews.
- Communication
- Provide administrative support as needed, such as drafting correspondence, maintaining project files, and scheduling appointments.
- Contribute to the development and dissemination of communication materials, such as fact sheets, newsletters, and social media posts.
Candidate profile:
Requirements:
- Fluency in English (knowledge of Hindi is preferred but not required)
- Execution: Ability to deliver outputs whilst working independently, planning day-to-day tasks effectively.
- Communication: Ability to show attention to detail in written communication. Also able to verbally communicate clearly and with clarity.
- Collaboration: Listens carefully to others, and asks questions where necessary to improve their understanding and ensure alignment.
Desirable attributes
- Experience:
- Experience working in the Indian global health and development space
- Relevant experience in NGO field environment
- Experience working with remote team members
- Skills and understanding:
- Understanding of Indian context
- Data analysis skills and competent use of Google Sheets
- Coding skills in R, Python or other similar languages
- Enthusiasm about the opportunity to improve people’s lives
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