The 2nd EAC Child Rights Conference themed Coordinated and Sustained Investment in Children is taking place on 25th to 26th August 2016 at the Desmond Tutu Conférence Centre in Westland in Nairobi, Kenya.
CRS Employment Opportunity- Senior Technical Advisor-Household Economic Strengthening
Summary:
The primary role of the Senior Technical Advisor, Household Economic Strengthening is to provide technical assistance to 4Children’s USAID mission buy-ins supporting programming for orphans and vulnerable children, and to provide technical leadership and guidance on household economic strengthening interventions for vulnerable children worldwide. The Senior Technical Advisor, Household Economic Strengthening will provide leadership in the development and utilization of relevant strategies, guidelines, tools, and learning agendas, and in the documentation and dissemination of best practices.
Post Location: Based in the USA
Qualifications:
- Master’s Degree or higher in social work, one of the social sciences, international development/affairs, public health, or a closely related field
- 10 or more years of experience including-Experience designing, implementing and managing country-level initiatives in household economic strengthening -Experience providing technical assistance and support in one or more core areas of OVC programming preferably in support of PEPFAR funded programming in low resource settings. -Solid knowledge of social protection, microenterprise, and household economic strengthening instruments and frameworks
- Proven leadership and inter-personal skills and ability to build and motivate diverse and talented teams
- Experience engaging effectively with USAID, PEPFAR, and other bilateral agencies; the United Nations and other international agencies; host-county governments and counterparts; and other key stakeholders
- Ability to travel extensively internationally Excellent English language oral and written communication skills; fluency in French, Spanish, Portuguese, or Arabic a plus
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Coalition for Children Affected by AIDS Employment Opportunity
Roger Federer Foundation Regional Office Vacancy - Senior Education Advisor
About the Roger Federer Foundation
Since twelve years the Roger Federer Foundation is engaging in education programmes for children living in poverty in Africa and Switzerland. It only works with carefully selected local organizations in long-term partnerships and seeks for systemic change and sustainable impact. The Foundation aims therefore to enable and support the local communities in question to assume their responsibility for the solution of theirs problems with regard to content, organization and finance. Currently 15 programmes are running in Botswana, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe and in Switzerland for around 85 million ZAR reaching 275 000 children in 2016. The Foundation partners only directly with local organization in these countries. Our goal is to finance quality programmes as well as strengthen the capacities of our partners. To learn more about the Foundation see: http://www.rogerfedererfoundation.org
About the vacancies
This year, the Foundation has established a small office in Parktown/Johannesburg in order to strengthen its programme management capacities in Southern Africa. To further develop our know-how in education we are seeking an eligible and qualified education specialist. The Senior Education Advisor will manage one part of the Foundation’s portfolio in the Southern African region and will mentor all the partners with regard to their educational development.
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Applications close on May 31, 2016. You can submit your complete application electronically to:
Janine Händel, CEO Roger Federer Foundation: foundation@rogerfederer.com
Call for Participation - Disability Networking Zone at the Global Village at the 21st IAC in Durban 2016
Zero draft 2016 Political Declaration
The co-facilitators of the 2016 United Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting on Ending AIDS (HLM) have released the zero draft of the 2016 Political Declaration that will be negotiated and then considered for adoption at the HLM in June. The co-facilitators are Patricia Mwaba Kasese-Bota, Permanent Representative of Zambia to the United Nations, and Jürg Lauber, Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the United Nations.
Click here to download the zero draft
Member States will negotiate and finalize the Declaration over the next few weeks. The co-facilitators will also hold an informal meeting with civil society, the private sector and other relevant stakeholders on 26 April (8:30 to 9:45 New York time), which will be webcast live at http://webtv.un.org/live/.
PATA Employment Opportunity- Senior Programmes Manager
The Senior Programmes Manager (SPM) is responsible for leading PATA programmes and provides additional support in fundraising and donor/ stakeholder liaison. The SPM is responsible for coordinating, supporting and expanding existing PATA programmes. Central to the role is providing support to the PATA Programme Managers (PM), improving programme quality and coordinating the implementation and reporting of all PATA programmes.
PATA Employment Opportunity- Advocacy and Communications Manager
The Advocacy and Communications Officer (ACM) will raise PATA’s visibility and profile by coordinating our communications, advocacy and marketing activities. The (ACM) is responsible for the development and implementation of strategies and activities designed to inform policies and promising practices on paediatric and adolescent HIV.
