CA Global Headhunters are recruiting for a a position of Director of a Secretariat for an international organisation implementing malaria control in sub-Saharan Africa. The organisation Ministerial Committee and Secretariat Board are now seeking a Director to continue the momentum that has been started, and to allow the organization to consolidate on the lessons and experiences of its start-up period to steer the next phase of the strategy towards malaria-free Regions. The Director will manage a successful transition from the previous head of the Secretariat, while supporting and guiding the regional partnership through a period of focused growth. He/she will work closely with member states, the Board and the Ministerial Committee to steer the organization to a more impactful and sustainable model for regional malaria elimination, including Ministers of Health, Permanent Secretaries, and Malaria Program Directors/Managers. The Director will facilitate negotiation and alignment between member states to allocate resources effectively for regional priorities, while also strengthening mechanisms for joint monitoring and accountability for the mutual elimination goal. The website provides information for submission of applications.
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The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation accepts grant applications from all the HIV/AIDS communities worldwide. Organizations working in the sector of HIV/AIDS are required to send a statement of need along with the proposed program description and the organizations’ capacity to implement the proposed program.The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation supports two kinds of organizations, Those: 1.Delivering direct care and services to people living with HIV/AIDS and 2.Providing education to the public regarding the AIDS virus and the prevention of AIDS. For further information visit the website.
Women’s Dignity promotes citizen engagement to enable all Tanzanians - particularly marginalised girls and women – to realise their basic right to health. We hold a particular commitment to enhancing the rights of girls and women living with obstetric fistula. We support citizens to access and use information to promote their health rights, and seek to ensure policies, programs and services that promote the dignity and rights of the poor. The current and founding executive director will be stepping down on 30 June 2008. Women’s Dignity is looking for a committed, competent, and creative person to lead the organisation. We seek innovation, bold vision, strong management and keen leadership. The organization is in a strong financial position, permitting the new executive director to focus on providing vision and leadership. This is a senior level position requiring an experienced person. WDP offers competitive remuneration in a setting that promotes learning, social justice, team-work and high ethical standards.
As part of the African Governance Institute’s activities programme in policy dialogue and advocacy for democratic and participatory governance in Africa, this seminar is designed to allow governance experts, governance practitioners from the public and private sectors, and civil society activists to engage in an intellectual dialogue on the major challenges facing Africa and to propose ways in which to rethink governance in general, and developmental governance in particular, with a view to satisfying the people’s aspirations for peace, human rights and development. The development challenge for Africa is to institute policies, institutions and processes that would help eradicate poverty and enhance socio-economic transformations as a means of reinforcing human security and ensuring self-sustaining development. Given the challenges of globalisation and the worldwide hegemony of liberal ideology, it is imperative that in the current rehabilitation of the pan-African project of continental unity, those in position of authority in politics, bureaucracy, civil society and the private sector, be challenged to generate new African thinking on developmental governance.
The ninth of a series of seminars of the African Nutrition Leadership Programme (ANLP) will be held in South Africa from 15-25 March 2011. The aim of this programme is to assist the development of future leaders in the field of human nutrition in Africa. Emphasis will be on understanding and developing participants’ qualities and skills as leaders, team building, communication and nutrition information in a broader context, and to understanding the role of nutrition science in the world around us. The programme is designed for individuals who have experience in various fields of nutrition. Preference will be given to candidates with a postgraduate qualification, postdoctoral fellows and candidates with comparable working experience in the broader human nutrition sciences, studying or working in Africa. ANLP is also actively seeking applications from participants who are under the age of 40 years. The maximum number of participants is 30 and the course fee is €1,200.
IDRC's Governance, Equity and Health programme initiative supports research in developing countries to promote equitable provision of public health and health care services. Our programme includes research on financing, delivery, access and governance challenges across a number of themes and regions. We are looking for a dynamic, self-motivated colleague to complement our team's strong public health, governance and social science capacity with knowledge in health or social sector financing and economics.
IDRC is recruiting a Senior Program Specialist for our Social and Economic Equity Program Area, to work with IDRC's new Governance, Equity and Health program initiative (GEH - 70%) and with the Micro Impacts of Macro and Adjustment Policies program initiative (MIMAP - 30%). We are looking for a public health specialist with experience in health administration and/or health economics and/or health policy and systems research.
Transparency International (TI) is a global civil society organisation leading the fight against corruption. Through more than 90 chapters worldwide and an international secretariat in Berlin, Germany, TI raises awareness of the damaging effects of corruption and works with partners in government, business and civil society to develop and implement effective measures to tackle it. Transparency International is looking for a senior research coordinator to manage the research components of a three-year, eight-country programme on ‘Transparency in Service Delivery in Africa’ (TISDA). The programme seeks to improve delivery in basic services in three key sectors (education, health and water) by empowering civil society to advocate for improved transparency and accountability in the management of financial resources in these sectors. Working closely with TI’s Africa and Middle East Department, participating TI national chapters and external (national and international) consultants, the senior research coordinator will be responsible for overseeing the design, implementation and analysis of public sector service delivery surveys on education, health and water in participating African countries (Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Uganda and Zambia).
The Nordic Africa Institute’s African Scholar Program is targeted at researchers based in Africa who need time and a conducive environment for finishing and writing up their ongoing research. It offers a Senior Researcher position at the Nordic Africa Institute for 12 months. The Institute is looking for a qualified researcher from African universities and research institutions with demonstrable research interest. The successful candidate might use the period of his/her employment to complete on-going research, develop new research projects, or complete articles, books or monograph manuscripts. The scholar-researcher should take advantage of the intellectual and logistical resources of the institute and is expected to contribute meaningfully towards actualizing its vision and mandate in return.
The 2011 PHASA conference will have as its focus, a scientific debate and discussion on health inequities and the role of public health leadership, education and practice in reducing health equity gaps. The theme of the conference is "Closing the health equity gap: Public health leadership, education and practice". A programme of local and international speakers will include policy-makers, leading local and international academics and representatives of international organisations. There are five conference tracks: the social determinants of health; burden of disease and population health; performance of the health system; public health leadership and education; and community action and best practices.