Vacancy: NEPAD Secretariat HIV and AIDS Contract Post

(Senior Researcher: December 04 - March 05)

The NEPAD Secretariat is seeking a suitably skilled and experi-
enced African expert to work on aspects of HIV and AIDS Health
Policy and Strategy in Africa. The position will initially be
for a contract period until March 2005 in either a full-time or
major-time capacity. The successful incumbent will need to be
available by 1 December and will need to be based full-time or
at least major-time in Pretoria/Johannesburg, South Africa. The
overall content of the work will be to develop niche contribu-
tions by and better position NEPAD on HIV and AIDS. This in-
cludes the areas of international and continental HIV and AIDS
strategies, implementation of the Abuja Declaration on HIV and
AIDS, funding, country targeting and mainstreaming.

A senior professional salary is available, the details of which
are negotiable, based on the experience, qualifications and ex-
pertise of the successful candidate. Tertiary education in the
field of public health or equivalent and the ability to speak
French are added advantages, but not absolute requirements.

Interested candidates should submit a short motivation and their
CV to:
Mrs June Quin
by e-mail to
mailto:[email protected]

Should you require any further information please submit this in
writing to the aforementioned e-mail address.

All applications received by 15 November will be considered in
the first instance, but if an appointment is not made then, fur-
ther applications will be considered.