Vacancies at Futures Group in Delhi

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VACANCIES AT FUTURES GROUP, NEW DELHI

Futures Group, a Constella company, is a management, research, and strategic

planning organization that help clients make well-informed decisions in the

presence of future uncertainty. Since its founding in 1971, the Futures Group

has worked in more than 60 developing countries to build local capacity to

design and implement effective strategies to address critical development

issues. We have earned a reputation as a global leader in public health and

social concerns, including HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted infections and

reproductive health.

The following advertisements are for positions under the India Essential

Advocacy Project (EAP), a three-year project under Avahan, the India AIDS

Initiative of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. All positions would involve

travel.

ALL POSITIONS ARE BASED IN NEW DELHI.

CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS FOR ALL POSITIONS: OCTOBER 14, 2005

People living with HIV/AIDS are encouraged to apply. Futures Group is an equal

opportunities employer.

Position: SENIOR POLICY/MONITORING & EVALUATION ADVISOR

Broad Job Responsibilities: The Senior Policy/Monitoring & Evaluation Advisor is

responsible for policy analysis and technical support for the implementation of

the EAP’s monitoring and evaluation framework. The Senior Policy/Monitoring &

Evaluation Advisor would be required to plan, implement and participate in

advocacy and policy dialogue activities and workshops as guided by the overall

programme. Responsibilities would include the development and dissemination of

advocacy tools and materials, where appropriate.

Work Experience: Persons with work experience in health or HIV/AIDS policy and

advocacy are encouraged to apply. Experience of advocacy and policy dialogue

activities and workshops and monitoring and evaluation programmes is desirable.

Qualifications: Post graduate degree in social work, social sciences, public

health, community medicine AND/OR an advanced degree in public policy or any

related discipline.

Preferred Competencies:

• Strong policy advocacy-related skills

• Ability to develop and implement monitoring and evaluation plan

• Proficiency in writing and preparing reports

Position: ADVOCACY TRAINING OFFICER

Broad Job Responsibilities: The Advocacy Training Officer is responsible for the

oversight and implementation of advocacy training at national and state level,

and would be required to take a lead in the development and implementation of

training activities carried out directly by the EAP.

Work Experience: Experience as a trainer, especially in the field of health

(HIV/AIDS), development or education is desirable. Involvement with training

activities and workshops, materials development; experience with evaluation of

training activities.

Qualifications: Post graduate degree in social work, social sciences, public

health, community medicine AND/OR an advanced degree in human resource

management, B.Ed./M.Ed. or LLB.

Preferred Competencies:

• Skilled trainer with preferred experience of public health advocacy training

• Skills for development and adaptation of training curricula

• Technical expertise to support project partners in developing, implementing,

and evaluating their own advocacy- and policy-related training activities

Position: JUNIOR PROGRAMME OFFICER

Broad Job Responsibilities: The Junior Programme Officer is expected to support

the Advocacy Training Officer by participating in the planning and

implementation of training programmes and serving as a liaison for GIPA

activities for the EAP.

Preferred Competencies:

Persons who feel motivated to work for HIV/AIDS advocacy are encouraged to

apply. The lack of a formal education will not be a hindrance. Basic literacy

may be an asset.

Position: POLICE AND UNIFORMED SERVICES OFFICER

Broad Job Responsibilities: The Police and Uniformed Services Officer is

responsible for the oversight and implementation of project activities for

police and uniformed services under the EAP’s national and state-level advocacy

activities. The Police and Uniformed Services Officer would work in close

collaboration with NACO, UNAIDS and other appropriate institutions to identify

and implement advocacy objectives and strategies with the police and uniformed

services.

Work Experience: Qualified officers from the police and uniformed services are

encouraged to apply. Experience in working with these services in relation to

their advocacy needs for public health and HIV/AIDS, or rights-based issues is

desirable.

Qualifications: Service-based qualifications on par with a Masters degree would

be desirable AND/OR Masters degree in any related discipline.

Preferred Competencies:

• Strong networking and advocacy skills as required by the specialized sector of

the police and uniformed services

• In-depth knowledge of the advocacy-based needs from the perspective of the

police and uniformed services

Position: ECONOMICS/FINANCE OFFICER

Broad Job Responsibilities: The Economics/Finance Officer is expected to provide

support to the Senior Economist on a programme of work related to resource

allocation in the area of HIV/AIDS.

Work Experience: Experience in the area of collation, research and analysis of

field data and compilation of the same into reports and briefs is desirable.

Qualifications: Post graduate degree in economics, finance, accounting, health

economics or any related discipline.

Preferred Competencies:

• Skills in data collection, analysis and compilation

• Technical competence in data analysis and usage of software for the same

• Writing skills for production of briefs and reports

Please send in your curriculum vitae to mdeka@... along with a

cover note, mentioning the position you are applying for in the message subject

line.

Subhadra Menon

E-mail: <subhadra_menon@...>