Policy Advisory – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Management, Social Sciences and Community
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
In Ethiopia, GIZ has been working for more than 40 years in bilateral cooperation on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and on commission of the Ethiopian government and international donors.
Policy Advisor
GIZ- Internal/External Vacancy Announcement ‘#036/2022’
GIZ African Union Office
Strengthening the capacity of public health institutions to detect, prevent, control and respond quickly and effectively to disease threats is the central vision of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). In close collaboration with the Africa CDC, the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) commissioned the German International Cooperation (GIZ) with the Technical Cooperation (TC) module on “Strengthening crisis and pandemic prevention in Africa”. It aims to enhance the organizational resilience of the Africa CDC to be able to deliver on its mandate. Particularly the programme seeks to strengthen organizational development, leadership and project management capacities; as well as partnership management in the Africa CDC and its five regional collaborating centres (RCCs).
The TC module is part of GIZ’s portfolio with the AU and is implemented from Addis Ababa.
Duration of contract: 30/11/2024
Required Candidates: 1 (One)
Responsibilities
- Support the technical and organizational implementation of the project, including advisory services to the partner organization on organizational development, leadership and management capacities in the health sector etc.
- Support to the development of strategies, concepts, methods, instruments to support project implementation in the areas of organizational development, leadership and management capacity development, project management and partnership management activities
- Support to impact monitoring, knowledge management and communications of the project activities and outcomes;
- Support cooperation with other projects of the GIZ-AU portfolio (e.g. in the priority area of pandemic prevention, institutional capacity building etc) as well as with TC projects and other development partners (e.g. with UN institutions, EU) on a continental, regional and bilateral level
Qualifications
- Master’s degree in Public Health, Management or related social science fields
- Fluency in English language (orally and written) required, Knowledge of German or French is an asset
Professional experience
- At least 5 years of professional experience in Africa preferably in the heath sector with atleast two years in a development cooperation context;
- Proven organizational and managerial experience, ideally demonstrated in project management;
- Knowledge of regional health policy issues and institutions such as Africa CDC;
- Excellent teamwork and communication skills as well as cultural sensitivity;
Other knowledge, additional competences
Communications competences is an asset, e.g. media, social media marketing, public relations
As per GIZ scale
