AIDS Technical Advisor to the East African Business Council (EABC)
The East African Business Council (EABC) represents companies and business associations from East Africa. Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) through its SPAA project (Support of the Private Sector in Africa Against AIDS) will support EABC on issues relating to AIDS and business.GTZ is the technical support agency of the German government, specialized in multi-sectoral development cooperation.
For setting up an innovative AIDS programme within EABC, GTZ wants to recruit an experienced and committed Technical Advisor.
The Position:
Reporting to the Executive Director of EABC and the GTZ SPAA team leader, the Technical Advisor will initiate harmonization and regional learning with respect to AIDS and business among EABC members. Communication, advocacy and project coordination are part of the task portfolio.
The Technical Advisor as part of the EABC team in Arusha will advise the EABC management on any issues relating to HIV and AIDS. Via GTZ, the Technical Advisor will be integrated into a Pan-African professional network.
Candidate Profile: The candidate should have at least four years of experience in public health and management of AIDS programmes. He or she should hold a graduate degree in social science or medicine; a public health qualification is an asset.
The position requires fluency in English; language competence in French is a very strong asset. Excellent communication and presentation skills must be demonstrated as well as advisory competence and expertise in development cooperation, fund raising and private sector cooperation.
The candidate must be a national of Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda,Tanzania or Uganda.
HOW to apply: If you are interested in this position, please send us your application with a statement explaining to us in detail on how your profile matches with the above job requirements, a curriculum vitae and three referees including your current employer (who will not be contacted without your prior approval).
Please provide full contact details, including address and phone.
Applications must be sent by email to:
Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)
Mrs. Judith Fischer Judith.tischer @ gtz.de
In cc also to:
info @ eabc-online.com
Subject line: "Ref: AIDS Technical Advisor"
The deadline is 16 January, 2009'.
We will only respond to short listed candidates.
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