The World Health Organization (WHO) has opened its 2027 paid Internship Programme for future leaders. The Internship span across five (5) countries. Switzerland, Germany, Italy, Egypt and Mauritius.
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.
WHO, as the leader in global public health issues, is committed to building a diverse pool of future leaders in public health. WHO’s Internship Programme offers a wide range of opportunities for students and recent graduates to gain insight into the technical and administrative programmes of WHO and enrich their knowledge and experience in various areas, thereby contributing to the advancement of public health.
OBJECTIVES
Provide a framework for assigning eligible students from diverse academic backgrounds to WHO programmes where their educational experience can be enhanced through capacity building opportunities.
Provide an opportunity for WHO programmes to benefit from engagement from students specializing in various fields related to technical and administrative programmes of WHO.
WHO offers internships in technical areas and administrative programmes such as communication, external relations or human resources.
WHO provides all interns with medical and accident insurance coverage during the duration of the internship period. Insurance coverage before the start date of the internship and after the end date of the internship, including travel to and from the duty station location, is the sole personal and financial responsibility of the individual intern.
As of January 2020, WHO provides living allowance to eligible selected interns who need financial 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.
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 eighteen 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.
All applications must be made through the internship position vacancy notices posted on the WHO Careers site using the WHO online recruitment system (Stellis). There is no possibility to apply for an internship at WHO outside Stellis. More information on the recruitment process can be found in the FAQs section.
Internship positions are available in various areas of work and in different organizational locations (regional offices, country offices or headquarters.
Co-Impact brings together local changemakers and funders from around the world to make health, education, and economic systems stronger and more inclusive – creating impact that lasts. Our commitment to advancing gender equality and women’s leadership is central to this goal. By focusing on systems, we work at the scale of the problem – dismantling the root causes of inequality that disadvantage hundreds of millions of women, girls and marginalized communities. Spanning five continents, our team identifies partners that will create lasting progress when supported with the resources to work at scale. Pooling funding allows us to provide large, flexible grants and strategic support to locally-rooted partners in Africa, Asia, and Latin America who know their systems best. Our partners’ initiatives will benefit more than 600 million people and we can go even further together.
Co-Impact partners with Professional Employment Organizations (PEOs) to employ their staff.
Where You Fit
Co-Impact seeks a Communications Manager to strengthen the organization’s external voice in support of its strategic priorities, including resource mobilization, leadership visibility, and role within the wider sector. Reporting into the Associate Director, Communications (AD, Communications) the Communications Manager will contribute to the execution of Co-Impact’s communications strategy in partnership with the Digital Communications Manager and agency partners. This role is centered on editorial leadership, content development, and brand-aligned impact storytelling. This is a hands-on role for an experienced Communications Manager who can produce compelling content for target audiences and understands how to get this content to the right audience in creative ways.
This role requires strategic judgment, strong project management skills, and comfort operating in fast-moving, global environments. The ideal candidate brings the ability to move seamlessly between strategy and execution—delivering high-quality work on tight timelines. They should have a strong understanding of how stories and content travel across borders, how credibility is built over time, and how communications can support fundraising.
To be successful in this role, these are the things that will matter most:
Excellent writing and editorial judgement – an ability to identify strong impact stories, shape narratives, and produce polished content for external audiences.
Design and content sensibility – experience developing content in close partnership with designers and ensuring materials are visually compelling, creative, accessible, and on brand.
Media experience — an understanding of the media landscape and an ability to manage an agency to deliver on priorities.
Strategic communications capability — the ability to translate strategy, narrative and positioning into clear, effective content across channels.
Project ownership and delivery — strong organizational skills and the ability to deliver against timelines, incorporate feedback, and work through constraints.
Stakeholder engagement – comfortable working with a diverse set of stakeholders to deliver thoughtful, compelling communications outputs.
Systems and gender lens — familiarity with gender equality, systems change, and Global South contexts, with the ability to communicate complex work accurately and responsibly.
The Role
In this role, you will be responsible for:
Impact storytelling and content creation
Translate strategic communications priorities into clear, consistent messaging and high-quality content.
Serve as an internal editorial lead, ensuring clarity, coherence, and quality across externally facing materials.
Own end-to-end development of priority content projects, including editorial direction, drafting, and collaboration with designers.
Lead the creation and maintenance of core communications assets, including impact storytelling, our story bank, funder-facing reports, campaign content, and leadership materials.
Coordinate with internal teams to synthesize complex information into communications materials that support external positioning and resource mobilization goals.
Ensure all external facing content aligns with brand guidelines and messaging.
Draft and edit briefing notes, talking points, Q&As, and background materials.
Coordinate internally and with external providers to ensure content and brand templates are updated and well-executed.
Be a brand ambassador for Co-Impact ensuring our content and templates align with our brand guidelines and messaging.
Media support and external positioning
Support the AD, Communications, media agencies and partners to coordinate media outreach, ensuring all content is aligned with narrative priorities.
Maintain awareness of the media environment so that you can navigate recommendations from agencies with sound editorial and reputational judgement.
Support with both proactive and reactive media during major announcements and external moments.
Project management & communications planning
Support delivery against clear timelines by translating priorities into actionable communications plans and keeping work on track and on budget.
Incorporate feedback with judgment by synthesizing input from multiple stakeholders and refining outputs efficiently.
Proactively identify dependencies, risks and potential roadblocks, working with colleagues to resolve issues and maintain momentum.
Provide concise updates on progress, decisions needed, and next steps to keep stakeholders aligned.
Coordinate with the internal operations team on communications needs related to reputation and compliance.
Qualifications and Experience
5+ years of experience in communications, media relations or a related field.
Strong impact storytelling, writing and editing skills, with experience producing high-quality materials under tight timelines.
Experience developing content in partnership with designers or creative teams.
Experience managing multiple workstreams simultaneously in fast-paced, evolving environments.
Experience working in philanthropy, gender equality or development is required.
Experience in fundraising communications and community engagement is strongly preferred.
Experience working or living in the Global South is preferred.
Strong written and verbal English communications skills.
Fluency in a second language is helpful but not required.
A university graduate with a degree in a relevant field.
Sound judgment, discretion, and comfort operating with autonomy.
Background and experience executing both project and budget management.
Ability to work across time zones; willingness to travel as needed.
Required Skills
Process Management and Results Orientation: Strong project management skills, deadline management, sense of responsibility and accountability, the ability to manage multiple responsibilities, adjust and adapt along the way.
Supporting colleagues and senior leaders: History of thriving in a role where your success is highly dependent on your team’s success, where your first responsibility is to provide outstanding leverage and support to your colleagues, including successfully and smoothly “managing upwards” by helping to guide and set-up things for your manager to be efficient and effective.
Strategic Acumen: Ability to spot high-potential opportunities and facilitate the design of strategic approaches backed by evidence informed analysis.
Sound analysis and judgment: Ability to listen well, integrating gender analysis, evidence, and strong logical analysis, while seeing perspectives from different sides, resulting in strong recommendations and judgements based on values and principles balancing data, experience, and risk.
Working with People: Experience contributing to and managing collaborative teams to work productively, effectively, and inclusively towards shared goals.
Managing Action with Purpose and Values: Ability to work with colleagues and get things done in accordance with core purpose and values.
Interpersonal Savvy: Great at making and fostering relationships inside and outside the organization, keen intercultural appreciation, inclusive style, comfortable around senior leaders, can represent Co-Impact well.
Financial understanding: Basic familiarity with the core elements of an organization’s financial model, financial statements, strategic financial analysis/ projections, and budgeting.
Learning Orientation: Humble and intellectually curious; seek and work with evidence, demonstrated openness to new ideas and a diversity of perspectives; unafraid to admit and learn from failure.
Strong Moral Compass: Impeccable personal ethics and integrity, kind and caring.
Proficiency with core business tools: Strong proficiency in Microsoft Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Excel.
Communications: Exceptional ability to write and communicate ideas concisely and with clarity. Excellent oral communication skills, including the ability to work effectively in a multicultural environment.
Global Flexibility: Given the global nature of organization working across time zones, a willingness to be flexible with working hours, work remotely and periodically undertake international travel .
Perspective: Sense of humor and ability not to take oneself too seriously
Benefits
Co-Impact’s compensation philosophy is guided by the following three principles:
Equity and Fairness: Our approach to compensation and benefits are designed to ensure that our global team is treated equitably regardless of location and without regard to gender, race, or nationality.
Transparency: We want Co-Impact’s employees to understand our salary structure and to feel confident that they are paid equitably, and potential job applicants to have an understanding of how the role for which they are applying will be compensated.
Accountability: As stewards of the philanthropic resources entrusted to us so that we can support our program partners, we are accountable to our donors and our board, to our staff, and to the general public.
In accordance with that philosophy, we include the salary for each position in our job postings. To ensure equity within the organization and for all candidates, we do not negotiate salary or benefits. The role is remote and flexible for candidates who are authorized to live and work in Brazil, Kenya, Mexico, the United Kingdom or the United States (East Coast). As we work across multiple regions, candidates should be comfortable collaborating across time zones, including occasional early‑morning or late‑afternoon meetings. The annual gross salary is USD 112,000, (where applicable, it may be paid in local currency equivalent) plus a generous benefits package.
You are welcome to express your interest by submitting a tailored CV and cover letter that speak directly to this role and highlight your relevant experience. Applications that are generic, non-specific, or clearly AI-generated will be less competitive.
Please apply online by 5.00 pm Central Standard Time (GMT-6) Thursday, 23rd July. In your cover letter, please confirm that you are authorized to live and work in one of the locations listed above. Please note that Co‑Impact cannot cover relocation costs.
As we are a small team, we regret that we can only respond to applicants selected for an interview, and we are unable to participate in informational calls prior to interviews. Thank you for your understanding. We will review applications on a rolling basis. The position may close early if we receive a strong pool of candidates, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible. Shortlisted candidates can expect to hear from the recruitment team by the end of August 2026.
The Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) was first launched in 2013 by CIFOR-ICRAF, with core partners including UNEP, the World Bank, and funded by the Government of Germany, the Government of Canada, the Government of Luxembourg, and the Global Environment Facility GEF. Today, the GLF – with 35 of the world’s leading development and environmental organizations engaged as Charter Members – has become the world’s largest knowledge-led forum on sustainable landscapes. Since its inception in 2013, the GLF has connected more than 25,000 organizations, 1.3 million youth, 100 governments, and millions engaged from 185 countries, while cumulatively reaching more than 4 billion people through social and traditional media. Over the years, the GLF has evolved to strengthen local knowledge and action towards ecosystem restoration and sustainable development through sustainable finance, learning, youth engagement, and locally led development through the GLFx network.
Job Description
The GLF Youth Program Coordinator leads the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) Youth Program team in designing, planning, and delivering programs and activities for young people (18–35), providing strategic direction and ensuring alignment with GLF goals and strategy. The role strengthens meaningful youth engagement across all GLF workstreams – GLFx, Knowledge, Events, Learning, and Sustainable Finance – while facilitating young experts to co-create knowledge, contribute to programming, speak at events, and engage in ecosystem restoration initiatives. The role also oversees the Restoration Stewards Program, a flagship fellowship enabling young professionals to lead ecosystem restoration projects while building practical and leadership skills in the field. The Youth Program Coordinator also works closely with the Youth in Landscapes Network Steering Committee (YIL SC) to ensure mutual support between the network and GLF activities, strengthening youth participation in environmental decision-making and supporting the network’s sustainability.
Location; Germany
Duties and responsibilities
Strategy Development and Implementation
Lead the development of multi-year strategies and frameworks to meaningfully integrate youth across GLF programs and activities, in close coordination with GLF , YIL Steering Committee, and key partners.
Lead the development and implementation of the annual GLF Youth Program Plan in collaboration with the GLF Youth Program team and YIL Steering Committee.
In collaboration with the Community & Action Program Manager define short- and long-term priorities for the GLF Youth Program, and test innovative approaches for scaling impact across regions, localities, themes and intersections.
Support monitoring, learning, and evaluation of youth-related processes and outcomes in collaboration with the Community & Action Engagement Officer and the GLF Knowledge team.
Ensure compliance with the YIL–CIFOR/GLF Memorandum of Understanding and uphold partnership integrity across all joint activities.
Team Management
Provide strategic, operational, and caring leadership to the GLF Youth Program team, ensuring high-quality delivery in a dynamic and creative environment.
Recruit, guide, and support a diverse and high-performing team, consultants, and other contributors.
Program management
Coordinate the Restoration Stewardship Program by fostering a caring, trust-based environment among fellows, mentors, stewards, and community teams.
Coordinate the development and delivery of youth-led activities, sessions, and engagement opportunities across GLF events and convenings, in collaboration with the YIL SC, youth network members, partners, and internal teams, ensuring inclusive, participatory, and impactful youth engagement.
Co-design capacity development opportunities with the GLF Learning team, ensuring they reflect the evolving needs of the youth network.
Co-produce knowledge with the GLF Knowledge team, the YIL network, and Restoration Stewardship fellows, ensuring youth engagement is demand-driven, consultative, and supports effective knowledge exchange.
Support the sustainable operations, growth, and regional expansion of the GLF Youth Network by strengthening engagement with members, partners, and YIL SC focal points, ensuring clear value for participation and fostering meaningful opportunities for co-creation, shared decision-making, and active participation across events, workshops, campaigns, and strategic processes.
Work closely with the Community & Action Storytelling Officer and the GLF Communications team to amplify the visibility, stories, achievements, and opportunities of the GLF Youth Program and YIL network across the GLF website, digital platforms, campaigns, and communication channels.
Facilitate youth inclusion from GLFx Chapters into GLF youth program activities in collaboration with the GLFx team, by working closely with the GLFx Coordinator.
Build and maintain strategic partnerships to enhance the visibility, recognition, and support of the GLF Youth Program, and collaborate with the Landscape Alliance (CIFOR-ICRAF), GLF Charter Members, and other initiatives to expand the visibility, reach, and impact of the YIL network.
Represent GLF in strategic networking spaces, conferences, global policy processes, and youth-focused platforms, including facilitating youth engagement in international forums such as COPs and other high-level convenings, while strengthening collaboration with global youth organizations and institutions.
Resource Mobilization and Management
Mobilize financial and in-kind resources by integrating youth priorities into funding proposals, budgets, and strategic partnerships.
Oversee annual planning and budget management, ensuring resource are allocated effectively and aligned with program objectives.
Education, knowledge and experience
Master’s degree in environmental studies, international development, climate science or a closely related field.
• Minimum 3 years of relevant professional experience in program coordination, project management, youth engagement, environmental or sustainability-focused initiatives, preferably in international or multi-stakeholder settings.
• Solid understanding of climate change, community-led ecosystem restoration, sustainable landscapes, biodiversity, and nature-based solutions, with familiarity in global environmental policy and youth participation frameworks.
• Demonstrated experience working with youth networks, participatory processes, or capacity-building programs, including organizing events, trainings, workshops, or co-creation activities.
• Experience in stakeholder engagement and partnership coordination, including collaboration with NGOs, research institutions, donors, or cross-sector coalitions.
Terms and conditions
This is a consultancy position
• The consultancy services shall be for a period from October 2026 to October 2027 (12 months), with the possibility of renewal upon performance evaluation
• Work location: Remote
WhatsApp username are the new digital real estate – Read this before someone takes your name.
WhatsApp has about 3 BILLION users and its recently added usernames, so people can find/contact you without sharing your phone number. Usernames are first-come, first-served, don’t snooze
Your WhatsApp username is not just a handle.
It’s your brand. Your storefront. Your identity.
In 2026, the people with clean usernames will charge more, close faster and look more credible than everyone else. This is not optional anymore.
Here’s how to set yours;
Open WhatsApp and tap settings.
For iPhone users, tap the bottom right gears icon
For Android; tap the 3 dots at the top right and click on settings
2. Tap your name/profile at the top
3. Tap Username
4. Enter a username- it has to be 4-30 characters, letters/numbers/periods-allowed.
Note: No spaces or special symbols
5. Tap Done/Save.
Who can see it
People you chat with can see your username, and anyone can search it to message you without seeing your number.
Morocco is through to the round of 16 in the ongoing 2026 World cup as they beat Netherlands on penalties. But they interesting? the 19 of Morocco’s 26 man World Cup squad were not born in Morocco. Check out these 19 players;
The Government of Türkiye is offering fully funded scholarships for international students for Intermediate (Equivalent), Bachelor’s, Master’s & PhD programs for international students.
Widespread flooding has engulfed several parts of Accra. Tema, Accra and Kasoa areas are all recording some levels of flooding. Take your life into your own hands and prevent flooding. These Dos and Don’ts guidelines could help you and your family stay safe;
Stay indoors during heavy rainfall.
Move valuables to higher ground.
Switch off the main electricity source if safe.
Use safe and approved evacuation routes.
Wear protective footwears when moving in water.
Stay away from drains.
Move to higher ground immediately if water levels rise.
Don’ts
Throw rubbish into drains.
Walk in flooded areas.
Drive through flooded areas.
Touch exposed electrical wires.
Attempt to cross fast-moving water.
Stay under weak structures or trees
Don’t risk your life to save property
Rain is expected throughout June and July. Stay safe!
American singer, rapper, record producer actress and song writer, Lauryn Hill has been trending for the following reasons;
2026 BET Awards
Lauryn’s appearance at the 2026 BET awards where she received the inaugural Living Legend Icon Award, recognized her lasting influence on music and Culture
She received her first ever Living Legend Icon Award, which was presented by Ice Clube, in recognition of her decades-long impact on R&B and Hip-hop music.
Hill surprised the audience by taking the stage herself to perform her hit ‘Ex-Factor’ which earned her standing ovation.
The night saw some tribute which featured artists such as SZA, Doja Cat, Lizzo, Rapsody, Nas etc
Her acceptance speech resonated with fans as she encouraged them to embrace their unique talents and use it to impact others.
The Harvard University has open over 130 free online courses for millions of learners worldwide to access knowledge. This opportunity forms part of Harvard’s mission to advance knowledge and educate leaders. These online courses are designed for learners of all levels and are available to students, teachers, graduates, professionals, and anyone interested in gaining new skills.
Individuals who are preparing for scholarships, build job-ready skills, or explore new skills are encouraged to grab this opportunity, Harvard’s free online learning platform provides flexible access from anywhere in the world.
