Office Internships At Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

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Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is pleased to announce its paid Internship Program. Interns gain practical work experience and support the work of our Communications, Development, Program, Human Resources (both for the field and the office), and Executive departments. Interns also gain a basic introduction to the field of international medical humanitarian aid and advocacy. All internships will take place in our New York office and will be paid at the rate of $10.00 per hour.

2016 Internship Program Schedule
Spring Internship 2016 Summer Internship 2016 Fall Internship 2016
January 19
to
May 27

Please submit your application by:
December 30, 2015

 May 31
to
August 12

Please submit your application by:
April 18, 2016

 September 6
to
December 16

Please submit your application by:
August 8, 2016

*For Access Campaign Internships, please aim to submit your application as soon as possible for early consideration!

Important Information

  • This is a competitive program. Candidates will be selected on a merit basis.
  • Due to high volume of applications, only successful candidates will be contacted after the application deadline.
  • Internship applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Candidates may apply for more than one term, but will only be contacted regarding the most current term.
  • International candidates are responsible for securing their U.S. work permit. If your CV indicates that you are not based in New York, please make sure to explicitly note in your cover letter that you will be available to move to New York City for the duration of the internship, if applicable.
  • All candidates are responsible for their own accommodation (and relocation, if applicable) in New York City. If your CV indicates that you are not based in New York, please make sure to explicitly note in your cover letter that you will be available to move to New York City for the duration of the internship, if applicable.
  • No calls or e-mails please regarding application status.

In addition to paid internships, Doctors Without Borders participates in work/study programs for those who qualify.

Application Instructions

If applying to more than one internship position, please send a separate application for each position.

Email your resume and cover letter to ,
with Subject line: (Internship Title – Term).
Example: If you are applying to the Web Internship for the Fall 2015 program, then your email Subject line should be: Web Intern – Fall 2015.

Note: Preferred document submission format is PDF. If submitting a Word document, please save it in Word 2005 format.

Internship Positions:

  • Access Campaign Comms Intern

  • Access Campaign Vaccines Intern

  • Access HIV and Tuberculosis Policy Intern

  • Access Intern

  • Desk Intern

  • Editorial and Multimedia Intern

  • Epicentre Intern

  • Executive Intern

  • Field Human Resources Intern

  • Finance Intern (Summer Position – Seeking Immeditate Hire)

  • Foundations and Corporations Intern

  • Fundraising Events Intern

  • Grants Intern

  • Health Information Systems Intern (Mobile Health Application for Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention)

  • Human Resources Intern

  • IT Intern

  • Major Gifts Intern

  • Marketing Intern

  • Medical Editing Intern

  • Planned Giving Intern

  • Press Intern

  • Public Events Intern

  • Recruitment Events Intern

  • Social Media Intern

  • Video Intern

  • Web Intern