Organisation : Open Health
Location : Melbourne (Thornbury)
Time required : Full time
Duration of project : 2 months
Sector : Health – General
About the role
Love Ruby on Rails? Want to be part of an early-stage disruptive health tech startup?
Open Health is a social enterprise to develop, trial and launch a world-first comprehensive lifestyle change platform into our health system, and into the social context of everyday life.
We will soon be bringing together a development team and want to offer an opportunity to junior developers to participate in a summer internship to gain valuable application experience, with the added potential for stand out candidates to become part of the future development team. An allowance towards your expenses will be paid fortnightly and at the end of the internship you will receive a formal reference and can list the internship on your resume.
You:
You’re good with code, maybe self-taught, definitely passionate about it!
You’ve had some experience with Ruby, perhaps a bootcamp, maybe helped build an app
You’re looking for experience developing a real-world application
You’re keen to gain an understanding of the for-purpose sector
Us:
A blend of not-for-profit, social enterprise and health tech startup
Interested in the social and environmental context of health and behaviour
Working to address chronic and lifestyle-related disease in a practical way
We are purpose-driven people with a big vision to improve health and healthcare
What?
You’ll get hands-on experience working on an enterprise scale Ruby on Rails development, under the supervision of the project lead and software engineer and in the company of our small admin team. You’ll also gain an understanding of the role of not for profits in health and healthcare, stakeholders, philanthropic funding and capital raising. Read more about the project at www.openhealth.org.au.
When?
8 Jan – 28 February. The internship commences with orientation on 8 January (Wednesday afternoon 2pm- 5pm) and supervised work commencing Thursday 9 January through to 22 Jan. Work then continues with a mix of in-person and remote supervision until 28 February.
Where?
The interns will be working with our small admin team in a coworking space in Thornbury surrounded by a like-minded community of creatives and changemakers. It’s a vibrant and fun place to work.
How?
To express interest, please send your CV to info@openhealth.org.au by Friday 20 December. We’ll schedule an initial phone conversation with you to answer any questions you may have and then a further screening discussion with the software engineer. We will select between 2 and 4 promising candidates for the summer internship.
Questions?
Call Stephen Penman on 0438 004 807 if you have any questions prior to sending in your CV.
About the organisation
How to apply
Applications not allowed for this volunteering opportunity.
Please quote in application: Summer Internship - Ruby on Rails - 8 Jan-28 Feb 2020 via Pro Bono Australia.
