A Call for Consultants

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Please see below for a call for

consultants to support Round 8 proposal development. Note the deadline for

submission of CVs is 4 April.

Dear

Colleagues,

RE: Call for

Consultants

Greetings

from Friends Africa (Friends of the Global Fund Africa).

We

are a Pan-African organization which works to mobilize strategic

political and financial support for the Global Fund and fight against

AIDS, TB and Malaria through advocacy, documentation and Fund Raising.

The

Global Fund Round 8 proposal process has begun and our organization is

part of a partnership to integrate Sexual and Reproductive Health into

the HIV proposals of 10 African Countries. This project aims to increase

funding of reproductive health and HIV/AIDS integrated proposals by the

Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in its Round 8

grant cycle, launched March 1, 2008. As a part of this project, Friends

Africa in conjunction with the International Planned Parenthood

Federation, will be providing technical assistance to Burkina Faso, Burundi,

Cameroon Ghana, Madagascar,

Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria Tanzania, and Zambia

to enable them develop winning proposals for Round 8 Call for Proposals

which has a deadline of July

1st 2008.

At

this stage, we are looking for experienced and qualified consultants to

submit their CV for consideration with Friends Africa. Consultancies

will range from 5 to 30 days of work.

The

ideal candidate must have knowledge and experience in some of the

following areas:

1. Grant Writing

2. Global Fund Grant Process

3. Health or Medical background

4. Necessary Financial Experience where necessary - E.g Budgeting and

Forecasting

5. Experience in Sexual and Reproductive Health Project

Design/Planning/ Programming or Project oversight

6. African in-country experience

7. Working knowledge of English (for Anglophone) and French (for

Francophone)

To

be considered, kindly forward your CV to this email address By April 4th 2008 to.

Associate

Project Manager

Friends of the Global Fund Africa

Plot 11B Fatai Arobieke

Street

Lekki Phase 1

Lagos, Nigeria

Email: round8friends-africa (DOT) org

Project

Partners:

Population

Action International (PAI) · Global AIDS Alliance

(GAA) · International HIV/AIDS Alliance

· Interact Worldwide (IW) · International Planned Parenthood Federation

(IPPF) · IPPF African Regional Office (IPPFARO) · Friends Africa

(Friends of the Global Fund Africa)

Friends Africa (Friends of the Global Fund Africa) is a Pan-African organization which works

to mobilize strategic political and financial support for the fight

against AIDS, TB and Malaria through education, multisectoral advocacy

and documentation. For more details visit our website www.friends-africa.org