North-North Networking Officer

The European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) is a not-for-profit organisation with a European office in The Hague, The Netherlands and an African office in Cape Town, South Africa. EDCTP is a partnership between European and African countries to accelerate the development of new clinical interventions such as drugs, vaccines, microbicides and diagnostics against poverty-related diseases in Africa (HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria). The organisation supports clinical trials, capacity strengthening and networking in Africa and Europe. Visit www.edctp.org for more information.

We are looking for a North-North Networking Officer to be based at the EDCTP office in The Hague, the Netherlands, to assist the North-North Networking Manager in the co-ordination of activities aimed at promoting further integration and alignment of participating member states’ joint activities and investments in clinical research on poverty-related diseases in developing countries and closer collaboration with third parties.

Duties and responsibilities
The main duties and responsibilities include:

• Liaise with EDCTP participating member states and other European Union (EU) Member States to collect data on national research programmes relevant to EDCTP
• Summarise technical and financial data on Member State national research programmes for management and stakeholder reports
• Coordinate and support the timely delivery of mapping reports to the European Commission and other relevant EDCTP Stakeholders
• Actively participate in the monitoring and evaluating activities of EDCTP programmes; both the current EDCTP programme, EDCTP1; and the next programme, EDCTP2
• Engage EU partner countries and other stakeholders, including third parties, to enhance research synergy and foster collaboration in research in preparation for EDCTP2
• Take minutes at networking and other meetings
• Assist in any other tasks assigned by the North-North Networking Manager or Director of North-North Cooperation.

Person specifications

Education
Master’s degree in health policy or in a relevant field such as public health.

Experience

• Minimum of two years’ experience working as a Networking/Project officer
• Experience of working with national and international research agencies, including working in collaborative projects in Europe and with the European Commission, would be an advantage
• Project management.

Skills

• Self-motivated and pro-active
• Able to manage and prioritise workload
• Ability to summarise succinctly information from multiple sources to produce reports for management and other relevant stakeholders
• Ability to respond appropriately in unplanned and unforeseen circumstances
• Adaptable to situations, can handle people of all capabilities and attitudes
• Strong sense of diplomacy and an ability to take account of both personal and political sensitivities in an international environment
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Good IT skills including familiarity with Microsoft Office products, such as PowerPoint and MS project, Google alerts, news lists
• Good team worker.

Languages
Excellent written and spoken English. French or any other European language would be an asset.

Salary scale
EDCTP offers a competitive salary package commensurate with experience and qualifications.

Employment conditions

• The employee will be stationed at the EDCTP Secretariat in The Hague, the Netherlands
• Applicants must have a valid working permit in the Netherlands
• The EDCTP Secretariat is characterised by a multicultural work environment and English is the official language.

Applications 
Applications including a letter of motivation and CV should be submitted to:
recruitment@edctp.org by midnight 29 April 2013.