Executive Director Employment opportunity

Straight Talk Foundation (STF) is a Ugandan NGO that uses radio, print and face-to-face communication to help adolescents make safer and healthier choices.

In 2009 STF will produce 8 million Straight Talk and Young Talk newspapers and broadcast 3500 radio shows.

It has over 60 full-time staff and a yearly budget of $2.5 million.

The working environment is dynamic and enterprising.

If you believe that HIV can be prevented through communication and that many young people become infected due to lack of knowledge, skills and adult support, this could be the job for you.

REPORTS TO: Board of Directors

SUPERVISES: Directors of Programs, Print, Radio, Face-to-Face, Finance and HR & Administration.

ROLE: To provide the vision and leadership to build STF as a world best practice in communication for social change, HIV prevention, and adolescent health.

DUTIES

1. Keep abreast of international and Ugandan policies and research on communication for social change, RH and trends of HIV infection in youth.
2. Lead STF in developing replicable models that are cost-efficient and evidence-based.
3. Encourage a culture of personal growth and performance so that STF's work gives value for donor money and provides maximum good to beneficiaries.
4. Keep STF focused on reaching the most vulnerable adolescents, such as married girls and adolescents living with HIV.
5. Be alert for new trends in the HIV epidemic and shift STF direction as necessary.
6. Review and evaluate STF activities and act on findings. Ensure documentation of STF work and disseminate findings to Board, Employment opportunity
7. Maintain excellent relations with existing donors and grow the donor base for STF; support proposal writing and acquisition of new funds.
8. Oversee prudent and ethical use of STF resources .
9. Ensure that STF meets its obligations to donors, clients, beneficiaries.
10. Represent STF to the media and in national and international fora, travelling within and outside Uganda.

PERSON SPECIFICATIONS

Personality

• Flexible, creative, innovative, organized, positive, able to lead and work under pressure.
• Conceptual thinker. Good speaker, excellent writer.
• Passionate about media, young people, families, RH, gender, sexuality, education.
• Able to turn ideas into concrete reality

Skills and Experience

• Undergraduate degree in social science, journalism, health. Masters degree an advantage.
• At least 10 years experience in journalism, behaviour change interventions, youth programmes. Knowledge of best practices and government policies.
• At least 40 years of age

Salary: negotiable. Benefits include health insurance. Training and executive coaching if necessary.

PLEASE EMAIL OR POST YOUR CV WITH COPIES OF RELEVANT CERTIFICATES BY 16 MARCH 2009

TO: ifeconsultants@yahoo.com; frontoffice@ifeconsultants.biz;

IFE Consultants,
Serena International Conference Centre,
PO Box 4220,
Kampala, Uganda.

Tel: 256-414-234120.

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