H.E.L.P course 2010 07/11/2010
Please find attached the brochure for the H.E.L.P course 2010 that is scheduled to run from 08- 26 November 2010. The course is intended for health professionals, medical doctors, nurses, nutritionists, environmental health engineers, epidemiologist and public health officers. 
Site Manager – Tanzania 07/08/2010
Job Description Construction, Concrete, Building, Hotel, Residential Our international client requires a Site Manager for projects in Tanzania with a strong background in Large Construction projects carrying out Hotel or Housing projects internationally. Responsibilities:
Certification, registration, or licensing desirable and required if applicable to type of work. Applicant should have minimum 12 years of related experience out of which 6-7 years in a supervisory role and must have generally managed all phases of large complex projects and multiple projects concurrently. If you have the skills and expertise for this role, please forward your CV to us or if you are looking for a different role please visit our website www.caglobalint.com for more opportunities. ONLY SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES WILL BE CONTACTED Closing Date: 21-Sep-10 Shane Jacoby CA Global Engineering Recruitment shane@caglobal.co.za T: +27 21 551 5340 South Africa, Cape Town GMT: +2 Hours Company/Agency: CA Global Location Cape Town Job Status: Contract Start Date: ASAP Salary & conditions: Negotiable CA Global: Engineering and Construction (Africa Positions) has a client that is in need of a Project Manager / Construction Manager (Chemical Processing). The position will be based in Tanzania. Overview: Manage multiple capital improvement projects on site for chemical processor acting as the Owner Representative Requirements: Project Management experience in construction: Chemical, oil, gas preferred. Relevant Degree / Qualification
If you feel that you qualify for this position then please forward a copy of your updated CV / Resume to Megan Smith: megan@caglobalint.com Telephone: +27 21 551 5340 Closing Date: 30-Sep-10 For more job opportunities please visit our website: www.caglobalint.com Crane Manager (Operations) - Tanzania 07/03/2010
CA Global: Engineering and Construction (Africa Positions) has a client that is in need of a Crane Manager (Operations). The position will be based in Tanzania. Overview: My client provides equipment and plant solutions to construction projects in East and West Africa. They are in need of a Crane Manager for their operations in Tanzania. The role would be suited to individuals with extensive Crane maintenance and operations experience as well as demonstrated Management experience. Duties and Responsibilities: - Manage all maintenance of the cranes including all the mechanics etc - Manage all stocks of spares and orders - Manage the cranes themselves including the selling of hire and dealing with all the clients. - Manage all personnel, operators, mechanics, riggers, banksmen etc Examples of the types of Cranes in operation include: 260 Ton Tracked Lattice Boom Crane 150 Ton Hydraulic Truck Crane 75 Ton Tracked Lattice Boom Crane 45 Ton Hydraulic Truck Crane Requirements: The candidate must have at least 5 years mechanical experience on cranes. To be able to operate cranes will be an advantage. If you feel that you qualify for the above position then please forward a copy of your updated CV to Jean Kevane: jean@caglobalint.com Closing Date: 28-Aug-10 For more job opportunities please visit our website: www.caglobalint.com Call for Application for 2011 funding Open for new application only - for continuation applications, grant-holders will be requested to complete their Annual Progress Report, opening before 25 June 2010. The new developments in this programme are relayed in the document attached.... NEW developments in THRIP Instructions on how to apply are available on the NRF Online welcome page on the Help screen. For further information on the programme please the THRIP website at: www.nrf.ac.za/thrip For enquiries, please contact: Marinky Tshephe (012) 481 4060 or maria@nrf.ac.za Submission of applications is online: http:nrfonline.ac.za RU Deadline: 22 July 2010 (This includes approval of application by Industry Partners). NRF Deadline: 31 July 2010 The University of the Witwatersrand, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Clinical Medicine Steve Biko Centre for Bioethics is happy to announce its FIRST CALL for early applications to its 2011 MSc Med (Bioethics and Health Law) programme. DEADLINE for early applications is August 31, 2010 The Steve Biko Centre for Bioethics MSc Med (Bioethics & Health Law) programme will provide students with the training to work and reflect professionally on issues in bioethics and health law, and will ground them in historical, philosophical, legal, and social science approaches for addressing the myriad of dilemmas we face as healthcare and healthcare law practitioners. We prepare candidates who will specialise in bioethics and health law with an emphasis on innovative interdisciplinary research and scholarship in bioethics and health law. This two-year post graduate bioethics and health law course is appropriate for holders of a postgraduate degree who now work in the healthcare professions and who are interested in bioethical issues, dual-degree post graduate students, and mid-to-late career professionals in healthcare, the law or related fields. To take advantage of an early application, please send 1) a current Curriculum Vitae including your full contact details and 2) a short essay (500-1000 words) in which you discuss why you are particularly interested in bioethics and health law. Please E-mail these documents to our postgraduate coordinator Jillian.Gardner@wits.ac.za All classes are held in the Faculty of Health Sciences Building at Wits Medical School weekdays from ±08:00-16:00. First year required units (on site) January 24-28 Introduction to Bioethics; February 7-11 Introduction to Health Law; February 15-18 Research Ethics; and February 21-25 Environmental Bioethics. Master's Degree in Public Health 06/14/2010
In collaboration with MEASURE Evaluation, the School of Health Systems and Public Health (SHSPH) at the University of Pretoria, South Africa, has developed a monitoring and evaluation concentration in their Master of Public Health degree program, designed to increase the number of monitoring and evaluation specialists in the Africa region. Instruction is in English. The program covers data collection, analysis and use, and evaluation of population and health information. After 12 months of courses taught in modules of one to three weeks, students will complete a six-month internship and individual research. MEASURE Evaluation will offer a limited number of fellowships for the 2011-2012 MPH program. Applicants interested in this fellowship must be from the USAID-assisted developing countries in the Africa region and be involved in monitoring and/or evaluation of population, health and nutrition programs of governmental or non-governmental organizations. Applicants should express their intent to apply for this fellowship by submitting with their application a one-page letter detailing their background and experience in monitoring and evaluation and reasons for wishing to attend the program. For more information please contact measure_training@unc.edu Source: www.cpc.unc.edu/measure/training/masters/pretoria Treatment Liaison Special 05/30/2010
Open To: All Interested Candidates Position: Treatment Liaison Specialist, FSN-11, FP-4 (E89007P) Location: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Pretoria Closing: June 4, 2010 (Close of Business) Work Hours: Full-Time; 40 hours/week Basic Function of Position: The position will coordinate CDC South Africa’s Emergency Plan for HIV/AIDS treatment activities, contribute to the national program of treatment and care, assist in the development of guidelines, procedures, policies, strategies and assessment activities, and coordinate national and regional meetings and training programs. Qualifications Required: NOTE: ALL APPLICANTS MUST ADDRESS EACH SELECTION CRITERION DETAILED BELOW WITH SPECIFIC AND COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION SUPPORTING EACH ITEM. Items 1-6 are ALL REQUIRED 1.Master’s degree in Public Health or Business Management or closely related field is required. 2. A minimum of five to seven years of progressively responsible work experience in a public health environment with strong emphasis on HIV/AIDS program planning. 3. English level IV (fluent) writing/reading/speaking is required. (This will be tested). 4. Must be familiar with South African government health systems. 5. Must have strong knowledge of the functioning of the national and provincial departments of health, dealing with HIV/AIDS natural history, public health programming, treatment, and care programs. 6. Ability to work independently and to prioritize among competing work requirements. Selection Process: When qualified, Appointment Eligible Family Members (AEFM) and individuals with U.S. Veterans preference will be given preference. Qualified AEFM applicants who also have U.S. Veterans preference will receive the highest preference. Additional Selection Criteria: 1. Management will consider nepotism/conflict of interest, budget, section need for continuity and residency status in determining successful candidacy. 2. Employees currently on probationary status are not eligible to apply. 3. Currently employed AEFMs who hold a Family Member Appointment (FMA) are ineligible to apply for advertised positions within the first 90 calendar days of their employment. 4. Currently employed Not-Ordinarily Residents (NORs) hired under a Personal Services Agreement (PSA) are ineligible to apply for advertised positions within the first 90 calendar days of their employment unless currently hired into a position with a When Actually Employed (WAE) work schedule. To Apply: Interested applicants for this position must submit the following or the application will not be considered: 1. Applicants who claim EFM or MOH status must include in the cover letter accompanying their application that they are claiming EFM/MOH status, their present nationality, and name and employing section/agency of their sponsoring family member. 2. Application for U.S. Federal Employment (OF-612); or 3. A current resume or curriculum vitae that provides the same information as an OF-612; plus 4. Candidates who claim U.S. Veteran’s preference must provide a copy of their DD-214 with their application. 5. Any other documentation (e.g., essays, certificates, awards, copies of degrees earned) that addresses the qualification requirements of the position as listed above. SUBMIT APPLICATIONS VIA: http://americanembassy.pnet.co.za Point Of Contact: Salome Tlhaabye Telephone: (012) 431-4371 Salary: *Not-Ordinarily Resident: $53,003 - $77,837 per annum, (Position Grade: FP-4) *Ordinarily Resident FSN-11 Basic Salary: R364,920 – R510,890 per annum Cash Benefits: R103,756 – R115,920 per annum Non-cash benefits include medical, pension and others where applicable SALARY LEVEL WILL BE BASED ON PRIOR JOB-RELATED EXPERIENCE AND SALARY HISTORY. NOTE: ALL ORDINARILY RESIDENT APPLICANTS WHO ARE NOT SOUTH AFRICAN CITIZENS MUST HAVE THE REQUIRED WORK AND/OR PERMANENT RESIDENCY PERMITS TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR CONSIDERATION. The U.S. Embassy in Pretoria is seeking an individual for the position of Treatment Liaison Specialist in the Office of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). DEFINITIONS: (Please read the following definitions) 1. *Appointment Eligible Family Member (AEFM): U.S. citizen spouse or U.S. citizen child who is at least 18 years of age, is on the travel orders of a U.S. citizen Foreign or Civil Service employee or military service member permanently assigned to post and under Chief of Mission authority. AEFMs must also be resident at sponsoring employee’s or uniformed service member’s post of assignment abroad, approved safe-haven abroad, or alternate safe-haven abroad, and not be receiving a U.S. government annuity or pension based on a career in the Civil or Foreign Service. 2. *Eligible Family Member (EFM): Family Member at least age 18 years listed on the travel orders of a Foreign or Civil Service or uniformed service member permanently assigned to a US Foreign Service post under Chief of Mission Authority who do not meet the definition of AEFM above. 3. *Member of Household (MOH): 1) Is not an AEFM; 2) person who has accompanied, but is not/not on the travel orders a U.S. citizen Foreign or Civil Service employee or uniformed service member permanently assigned to or stationed at a U.S. foreign service post or establishment abroad; 3) has been declared by the sponsoring employee to the Chief of Mission as part of his/her household; and 4) will reside at post with the employee. A MOH is under COM authority and may include a parent, unmarried partner, and other relative or adult child who falls outside the Department’s current legal and statutory definition of family member. A MOH does not have to be a U.S. citizen. 4. *Ordinarily Resident (OR): A citizen of South Africa or a citizen of another country who is locally resident in South Africa, has legal permanent resident status within South Africa, is subject to South African employment and tax laws, and has the required work and/or residency permit for employment in South Africa. EFMs without U.S. Social Security Numbers are also OR. All OR employees, including U.S. citizens, are compensated under the local compensation plan for ORs. 5. *Not-Ordinarily Resident (NOR): A non-South African citizen (U.S. citizen or foreign national) who, although legally resident in South Africa, is not permanently resident. U.S. citizen EFMs and Members of Household of FS, GS, and Military Personnel officially assigned to post are generally the only individuals who are NOR and are eligible to work under South African law. To be considered Not Ordinarily Resident, applicants must be eligible to work within the U.S. mission without needing a work permit under South African law and not subject to the employment and tax laws of South Africa. They must also be in possession of a U.S. Social Security number and a U.S.-based bank account in their name. Those who do not meet all the requirements to be considered Not-Ordinarily Resident will be hired as Ordinarily Resident. The U.S. Mission in South Africa provides opportunity and fair and equitable treatment in employment to all people without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, political affiliation, marital status, or sexual orientation. The Department of State also strives to achieve equal employment opportunity in all personnel operations through continuing enhancement programs. The EEO complaint procedure is not available to individuals who believe they have been denied equal opportunity based upon marital status or political affiliation. Individuals with such complaints should avail themselves of the appropriate grievance procedures, remedies for prohibited personnel practices, and/or courts for relief. Vacancies: SAfAIDS - 3 posts 05/15/2010
1. Regional HIV Knowledge Management Coordinator 2. Project Accountant 3. Administrative Assistant Southern Africa HIV and AIDS Information Dissemination Service (SAfAIDS) is a regional NGO based in Pretoria, South Africa. The organisation’s mission is to promote effective and ethical development responses to the epidemic and its impact through HIV/AIDS knowledge management, capacity development, advocacy, policy analysis and documentation. SAfAIDS is looking for three highly skilled individuals to join its dynamic team. 1. Regional HIV Knowledge Management Coordinator The Regional HIV Knowledge Management Coordinator will support the development of the regional knowledge management platform (hivsouthernafrica.info) and coordinate K4Health activities in Lesotho, Botswana and Swaziland. The Individual is expected to develop and maintain a regular flow of high-quality content on the e-platform and other user-friendly distribution channels as well as capacity build stakeholders in the use of web platforms for information dissemination at regional and national levels. The position would be based within the SAfAIDS Office, in Pretoria, with occasional travel in the region. Requirements - Master’s Degree in Knowledge Management, Information Sciences, Health Education or similar field - Knowledge and experience in managing current HIV or reproductive health programs/services - Demonstrated leadership in partnership building - Solid background in managing/utilizing ICT tools, in particular web-based e-discussion - Experience with e-learning platforms, an asset - Experience with information and knowledge management and dissemination preferred - Strong interpersonal, organizational, research, writing and verbal communication skills. - Willingness and ability to be flexible, to work independently, and to shift gears depending on changing priorities and deadlines. - Strong service and detail orientation. 2. Project Accountant This post requires a skilled individual, with extensive experience in accounting and grants management. Requirements - At least a Bachelor of Accounting Degree or similar qualification - A professional qualification such as CIMA or ACCA - Minimum of 4 years hands-on experience in managing grants - Knowledge of Pastel would be an added advantage - Experience in proposal writing and fundraising - Excellent oral and written communication skills - Able to work with minimum supervision. 3. Administrative Assistant This post requires someone with excellent administrative skills, ability to multi-task and capacity to work under pressure. Requirements - A relevant diploma or first degree - Minimum of 3 years work experience in Administrative/Receptionist/Secretarial work. - Proven experience in general administration, procurement, asset management and events coordination - Able to work with minimum supervision - An HR management qualification/ experience would be a distinct advantage - Excellent oral and written communication skills - Excellent computer skills. SAfAIDS is an equal opportunity employer: People living with HIV are encouraged to apply. We offer the right person an exciting opportunity to make a meaningful contribution to responses to the HIV epidemic in the region, competitive salary and benefits package. Interested applicants should send an application and CV, information on current salary, benefits and contact details of three referees to: The Head of HR, Policy and Administration, SAfAIDS, 479 Sappers Contour, Lynwood Pretoria 0081, South Africa, or e-mail to reg@safaids.net, by 31st May 2010. Please note that only short listed candidates will be contacted. For more info, visit our website: http://www.safaids.net/?q=node/346 The Division of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health, a dynamic, vibrant and growing part of Wits University seeks candidates with excellent skills in epidemiology and biostatistics. The applicants are expected to contribute to epidemiologic research in communicable diseases and chronic non-communicable diseases, development of epidemiologic and statistical methods and to be actively involved in the Master of Science in Epidemiology and further postgraduate programmes offered by the School of Public Health. Applications are invited for the following positions Epidemiologist
Biostatistician/Specialist in Data Management/Medical Informatics/E-learning
Applicants are invited to submit a covering letter detailing the position they apply for, their specific skills and interest and why they would like to join the School of Public Health, a detailed curriculum vitae with names, addresses and contact details of three referees, as well as certified copies of degrees to: Mrs Maria More, Human Resources Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical School, University of the Witwatersrand, 7 York Road, Parktown, 2193, Johannesburg, South Africa. e-mail: maria.more@wits.ac.za Tel: (011) 717-2750 Fax: 086 570 1744 Level of appointment will be according to qualifications. The closing date for applications is 14 May 2010. Further details about the Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg can be found on the website: web.wits.ac.za/Academic/Health/PublicHealth. Before applying, potential participants are encouraged to discuss the post with Professor Sharon Fonn: sharon.fonn@wits.ac.za | |||||