African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF)
AMREF is the largest health development organization based in Africa. Our mission is to improve the health of disadvantaged people in Africa as a means for them to escape poverty and improve the quality of their lives. With headquarters in Nairobi, AMREF has programmes in Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, South Sudan and Uganda. Employing over 700 staff and with an annual operating budget of approximately $30 million, AMREF is a knowledge resource for donors and partners and the NEPAD secretariat has identified AMREF as a partner in its health programme. For more information, please visit our website www.amref.org
Closing date: 04 Aug 2006 -- (CLOSED)
Location: Kenya - East Africa
This position will provide high level support to TSF consulting assignments and will play a lead role in monitoring and quality assurance of all internal TSF service related activities:
Duties and responsibilities will be to:
Manage all aspects of the consultant pre-qualification process including receipt of consultant CVs, undertaking reference checks, entering consultant information into a database, regular updating of consultant CVs;
Identify new consultants and undertake pre-qualification screening on a continuous basis; and manage all aspects of the consultant database inclusive of its expansion and regular audits;
Provide support for all consulting assignments from start to finish, including: analysis and interpretation of TORs; consultant identification and verifying availability, submission of consultant lists to prospective clients; backstopping technical specialists, editing, formatting and distributing reports and all other activities associated with the smooth running of each consulting assignment;
For each new consulting assignment enter relevant monitoring information into the TSF database and generate reports as needed;
Assist in marketing of the TSF and development of marketing materials;
Input technical advice, where applicable, in the development of the TSF's capacity building plan for country partners and local consultants.
Required:
Degree in Human Resources, Health or Education in combination with minimum of 5 years work experience; exceptional planning and organizing ability; proven analytical capacity and understanding of M&E; demonstrated editing and report writing skills; sound knowledge of HIV and AIDS issues across Eastern Africa; demonstrated knowledge of short-term technical assistance delivery within a development context; previous experience in HIV/AIDS related interventions; technical specialization in any of the TSF priority areas highly desirable
Reference Code: RW_6RVEWC-20
