* JOB ADVERTISEMENT *

Municipal Services Project
Project Coordinator

Cape Town, South Africa

The Municipal Services Project (MSP) is looking for an experienced Project
Coordinator to manage research and administrative activities in the project.
This is a two-year contract position from March 2004 to March 2006 with the
possibility of a one-year extension. The Coordinator will be based in Cape
Town at the International Labour Research and Information Group Trust
(ILRIG) offices, affiliated with the University of Cape Town. The salary
and benefits package will be commensurate with experience. Details on the
MSP and a description of the job responsibilities and qualifications are
provided below.

Please send a copy of your CV, a letter describing your suitability for the
position, and two letters of reference to the following address by Friday,
February 20, 2004:

Moses Cloete
Director, ILRIG
PO Box 1213 Woodstock
Cape Town 7915

fax:

Please also send this information electronically via email to
[email][email protected] (if you can arrange for the letters of reference to be
sent electronically as well that would be beneficial).

If you have any questions please contact one of the following Co-Directors
of the Project:

Moses Cloete - phone: (27-21) 476-375, Fax: (27-21) 448-2282, email:
[email][email protected]

David McDonald phone (+1-613) 533-6962, fax (+1-613) 533-2171, email:
[email][email protected]

Greg Ruiters phone: (27-83) 694-4409

Email: [email][email protected]

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Background on the MSP

The MSP is a research, policy and educational initiative examining the
restructuring of municipal services in South(ern) Africa. The first phase
of the project examined the impacts of decentralization, privatization, cost
recovery and community participation on the delivery of basic services to
the rural and urban poor. The second phase (March 2003 - March 2006) will
continue to explore these service delivery themes and expand the work to
include a closer examination of the health implications of these policy
developments (including public, industrial and mental health). The work
will also expand geographically to include more countries in Southern Africa
as well as selected countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Research partners are the International Labour Resource and Information
Group, Queen's University (Canada), the University of the Witwatersrand, the
South African Municipal Workers Union, the Human Sciences Research Council
of South Africa, Equinet (Harare), and the Canadian Union of Public
Employees. The project is funded in part by the partner organizations and by
the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada. More
details can be found at