United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Senior Advisor: Sexual and Reproductive Health (maternity cover)

Organization: International HIV/AIDS Alliance
Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Closing date: 10 Nov 2014

Salary circa £47,000 per annum (inclusive of market premium) plus benefits of up to 16%

We are a global Alliance of 40 organisations dedicated to ending AIDS through community action. Our mission is to work with communities through local, national and global action on HIV, health and human rights. We are active in three geographic regions: Africa; Asia and Eastern Europe; Latin America and the Caribbean. Since 1993, the Alliance and its partners have supported over 3,000 projects, reaching millions of people. This year the International HIV/AIDS celebrates 20 years at the forefront of the fight to end AIDS. Our 2013 - 2020 strategy, HIV, Health & Rights: Sustaining Community Action is guided by the Alliance’s commitments to human rights-based HIV programming and to building a culture of good practice.

We are now seeking a committed individual who would like to work with us to achieve our mission in exciting and dynamic times. The post holder would join a high-performing External Relations Department which comprises the Programme Impact Unit; Policy Team; Business Development and New Markets Team; Communications Team; and US Office.

This rewarding senior post forms part of a six member group of senior technical advisors that together provide global HIV programme leadership. This includes influencing decision-makers in key area of unmet need in the global HIV response, building demand for the uptake of new and emerging evidence-based interventions, and providing advice and consolidating learning in major programme activities.

The Senior Advisor: Sexual and Reproductive Health brings expertise on SRH programming and will build knowledge and learning across the organisation in SRH/HIV linkages and integration and HIV linkages with maternal health. This will have particular focus on programming with key populations and those most affected by HIV, family planning/contraception, condom education and promotion, prevention of parent to child transmission (PPTCT), sexuality education, gender based violence and the STI prevention.

This is a 12-month maternity cover position which we hope will provide an excellent career development opportunity for someone interested in spending time on this important technical area of expertise. All applicants must have existing eligibility to live and work in the UK.

How to apply:

How to apply:

For more details on this post, including Job Description and Person Specification please visit our website www.aidsalliance.org and click on ‘jobs’.

Application deadline: Monday 10 November 2014 at noon (UK time)Telephone interviews expected: w/c 14 November 2014Formal interviews expected: w/c 21 November 2014

The International HIV/AIDS Alliance is committed to equal opportunities and welcomes applications from appropriately qualified people from all sections of the community. Qualified people living with HIV are particularly encouraged to apply.