Recruitment at India HIV/AIDS Alliance

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Recruitment at India HIV/AIDS Alliance, New Delhi

The India HIV/AIDS Alliance is the country office of the International HIV/AIDS

Alliance, Brighton, UK. The Alliance supports community action on AIDS in

India. To support the growth of our work, we are recruiting additional

experienced, committed Indian nationals to join the existing team based in

Delhi. The following staff are being recruited :

1. Director: Programmes (apply by 15 January 2003)

2. Sr. Programme Officer: Monitoring & Evaluation (apply by 6 January 2003)

3. Field Support Officer: Finance (apply by 15 January 2003)

4. Programme Assistant: Programmes (apply by 15 January 2003)

Core requirements for the post:

Commitment to HIV and development work with a strong community orientation

Good analytical skills and attention to detail

Highly motivated, flexible and good interpersonal skills - capable of working

both independently and as part of a team

Computer literacy (MS Office package)

Appropriate University qualifications

Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English and Hindi

Qualified candidates living with HIV/AIDS are encouraged to apply

Specific Requirements for all Posts:

Director : Programmes (apply by 15 January 2003) (from INR 720,00 pa)

Reporting to Country Programme Director

The Director (Programmes) leads Alliance India's programmes department

comprising a five member team in the development and implementation of the

Alliance's work in India. This requires ongoing monitoring of the HIV epidemic

in India; the responses and potential responses of NGOs and NGO support

programmes; and the roles played by governments, donors and other stake-holders.

The Director (Programmes) must ensure that the Alliance's work in India builds

upon the Alliance's strengths while being effective, strategic and appropriate

to local needs.

Key responsibilities :

The Director (Programmes) ensures the development and monitoring of work-plans,

budgets, funding proposals and reports.

In collaboration with other relevant Alliance staff, the Director (Programmes)

also develops and maintains professional relationships with programme partners

and relevant donors.

The Director (Programmes) contributes to the Alliance India's overall planning,

management and development.

Specific requirements (in addition to general requirements for all posts, noted

above):

The Director (Programmes) must have a strong vision of how the Alliance can

contribute to strengthening the response to AIDS in India and must be

entrepreneurial and innovative in putting this vision into practice.

The Director (Programmes) must be able to support, inspire and facilitate

contributions from a wide and varied team, including supervised staff,

consultants and programme partners.

Experience in consensus building and diplomacy is essential.

Should have at least 7-10 years relevant experience.

Masters or Doctoral level academic qualification in public health, development,

gender studies or other relevant field.

Senior Programme Officer: Monitoring & Evaluation (apply by 6.1.2003) (from INR

444,000 pa)Reporting to : Director (Programmes)

Senior Programme Officer (Monitoring and Evaluation) enables Alliance India to

develop and utilise effective M & E systems and tools which enhance the overall

quality of the Alliance programmes and co-ordinate and manage major evaluation

activities of Alliance and partner interventions. Must have extensive

evaluation skills, research skills, community-based development experience,

statistical expertise, excellent written and verbal communication skills, and

the ability to work autonomously,

Key responsibilities:

Develops and continuously refines an overall M & E framework for Alliance India

Leads in country efforts in implementing and managing monitoring, evaluation,

data analysis and reporting.

Provides technical support to other Alliance staff, Partner organisations, and

NGOs in M & E and operations research.

Directly takes responsibility for certain evaluation activities, in a manner

commensurate with other duties and individual expertise. Specifically will be

the lead India contact for all stakeholders undertaking a major evaluation of

the Frontiers Prevention Project (FPP).

Specific requirements (in addition to general requirements for all posts, noted

above):

Good project management experience - especially with multi-stakeholder

projects/evaluations

Significant experience with monitoring and evaluation, quantitative and

qualitative data, tools development and/or operations research, of community

based HIV/AIDS programming.

Previous experience of designing multi-lateral organisational M & E

system/framework

Strong database design (Access) and management experience.

Masters or Doctoral level academic qualification in public health, development,

gender studies or other relevant field.

At least six years of relevant experience working in or with developing country

partners.

Extensive training experience.

Languages English (Fluent), Telugu (Fluent).

Field Support Officer: Finance (apply by 15.1.2003) (from INR 300,000 pa)

Reports to: Coordinator (Finance and Administration)

The Field Support Officer: Finance will provide technical support to Alliance

India partner organisations in all areas of financial management and reporting

and office systems, procedures and policies. He/she shall ensure that funds

disbursed to Alliance partner organisations are properly accounted for. He/she

will work closely with the Alliance Secretariat Finance and Administration team

to ensure that donor restrictions are passed onto partner organisations and are

complied with.

Key Responsibilities :

a.. To provide technical support to Alliance India's partner organizations in

areas which include overall financial management, internal control systems,

budgeting and grants management

b.. Provide support on computerized financial accounting systems in partner

organizations

c.. Assist in implementing effective but simple systems of financial control

in Alliance's partner organizations.

d.. Support Alliance partner organizations in budgeting, contracting etc.

e.. Review financial reports from partner organizations and make analysis and

comments.

Specific requirements (in addition to general requirements for all posts, noted

above):

The post holder must be accurate, timely, knowledgeable in finance functions,

well organised and with very strong analytical skills.

He/she should have a good knowledge of financial accounting systems, excellent

communication skills and be eager to assist partner organisations in improving

their financial systems.

The post holder should expect to travel frequently.

The Field Support Officer: Finance must have a commitment to confronting

HIV/AIDS and to NGO activities in India.

Should have the ability to train others

Should have a Masters degree in Accountancy

Should have at least 4 to 5 years experience.

Programme Assistant: Programmes (apply by 15.1.2003) (from INR 180,000

Reporting to Director (Programmes

The Programme Assistant (Programmes) will ensure the smooth running of the India

HIV/AIDS Alliance's Programme Team consisting of Director/Coordinator

(Programmes), Sr. Programme Officer/Programme Officers, as well as acting as a

liaison point for the programme team.

Key Responsibilities

The Programme Assistant will assist with the monitoring of Alliance India

programmes in various states and will manage Alliance India information systems

about NGOs and HIV/AIDS activities in India and other countries.

Compiling and editing workplans and reports

Provide assistance and general support to the Programme team

Draft terms of reference for technical support visits and Consultant Service

Agreements, in

Maintain records of quarterly narrative and financial reports received from

programme partners. Verify that reporting requirements are met; chase incomplete

or late reports.

Perform initial review of programmatic reports and provide summary

Assist in preparation of materials about programme activities or documentation

of lessons learned.

Co-ordinate and maintain the Alliance's computerised database of programme

partner activities; analyse database for reporting on programme activities.

Develop and maintain a database of Alliance technical resources.

Maintain the Programme Office information system (country background and

technical information).

Provide support to other teams when possible as needed.

Other tasks as required.

Specific requirements (in addition to general requirements for all posts, noted

above):

The Programme Assistant must have a commitment to confronting HIV/AIDS and to

NGO activities and a strong interest in understanding of the relevant issues.

The postholder must be well organised and have strong interpersonal and computer

skills

Strong oral and written communication skills in English are essential.

Must be University Graduate and should have 1-2 years working experience,

preferably in the development sector.

Interested candidates for the position of SR. PROGRAMME OFFICER (M & E) should

apply by 6th January 2003 and applications for all other positions may be

submitted by 15th January 2003 along with a cover letter, curriculum vitae and

names of three references, marking the position applied for, by Electronic Mail

to

allianceindia@...

India HIV/AIDS Alliance

605 Bhikaji Cama Bhawan,

Bhikaji Cama Place

New Delhi 10066

Phones: 26712536, 26712537

Fax: 6712538

Email: allianceindia@...

For more information on the ALLIANCE please visit our Websites:

www.aidsalliance.org www.aidsmap.com