Project Management - Intern

Job Description

Duration: 6 months Position Description

Looking to build a meaningful career and join a grassroots organization? Join Médecins du Monde!
Working with us means waking up with purpose each day: defending critical causes, enjoying a supportive professional environment, maintaining a healthy work-life balance, and gaining strong career development opportunities. With the diversity of our programs, we offer numerous internal mobility paths, supported by individual and group training to foster your growth.

You might know us without realizing it: Médecins du Monde (Doctors of the World) is a medical humanitarian organization active in nearly 30 countries and 15 regions in France. For over 40 years, we’ve provided care for vulnerable populations while advocating for better access to healthcare. And you don’t have to be a doctor to join us—75% of our staff hold non-medical roles.

We currently employ around 500 staff in France, 1,400 international field workers, and work with 1,500+ volunteers. Civic engagement and volunteering are at the heart of our mission, and all employees and volunteers share the same commitment: solidarity. Join us and bring that value to life!

Context

In France, Médecins du Monde focuses on improving access to healthcare for marginalized populations including homeless individuals, migrants, people who use drugs, and sex workers. We operate across the country via 15 regional delegations, including the Alsace delegation in Strasbourg, which includes 6 staff members and around 100 volunteers.

A flagship program within our French operations is the CASO (Reception, Care and Orientation Center), which aims to improve access to prevention, healthcare, and rights for those most in need.

We are currently seeking a Project Management and Communications Intern to support the implementation of new activities under CASO’s 2024 strategic roadmap.

Internship Overview

Supervision: You will report to the Program Coordinator, who will act as your mentor.

Main Objective: Support the rollout and monitoring of new activities within the Médecins du Monde Strasbourg center under CASO.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Support the Implementation of Medical-Social Assessments

• Assist staff and volunteers with deploying the medical-social assessment.
• Participate in volunteer training sessions.
• Monitor the test phase and prepare reports.
• Analyze data in the Médecins du Monde Patient Management System (DPI), identify challenges, and gather testimonies.
• Draft the annual report on health conditions and access challenges.

2. Contribute to the Health Precarity Guide

• Support the finalization of the Health Precarity Guide.
• Assist with promoting the guide to key stakeholders alongside the CASO coordinator and steering committee.

3. Develop Communication Tools for CASO

• Help design or improve internal tools (e.g., referral sheets, patient pathway templates, internal communication tools).
• Support the creation of external communication materials for local professionals and partners in the Strasbourg Eurometropolis.

4. Support Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) Activities

• Help staff and volunteers in implementing SRH-related initiatives.
• Co-develop and refine tools used during SRH prevention counseling.

What You’ll Gain

This internship offers hands-on experience with a humanitarian and advocacy-based NGO. You’ll be actively involved in launching a new health-focused initiative and collaborate closely with the program coordinator, social worker, and volunteer teams.

Terms of Internship

• Duration: 6 months, starting as soon as possible through 31 December 2025
• Location: Strasbourg
• Schedule: Full-time
• Compensation: €4.05 per effective hour
• Additional Benefits:
• • Lunch vouchers (€5.40 each)
  • 50% reimbursement of public transport
• Conditions: Internship agreement required
• Work Environment: Open office space, screen-based tasks, seated work

Candidate Profile

• Enrolled in or recently graduated from a program in project management, social sciences, political science, or public health
• Strong interpersonal, writing, and analytical skills
• Experience or interest in communication tools and audiovisual content creation
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, autonomous, and responsive
• Comfortable using Office tools and Canva
• Fluent in French (written and spoken); English proficiency required; additional language(s) a plus
• Motivated by and aligned with the values and activist stance of Médecins du Monde

About the Organization

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