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With a small, dynamic, passionate and skilled team, the NCD Alliance actively advocates, influences policy, brokers knowledge and good practice, and supports civil society capacity building around priority global health and development issues.NCD Alliance (NCDA) is recruiting for a Capacity Development Officer to support the NCD Prevention Accelerator Programme as part of expansion of the Advocacy Institute. The Advocacy Institute is a flagship programme of the NCDA that seeks to strengthen NCD civil society, with a focus on advocacy and coalition building.
The Capacity Development Officer will support the development and roll-out of the Advocacy Institute NCD Prevention Accelerator Programme and its work in Ghana, Mexico, India and the Philippines, aiming to increase the capacity of established NCD alliances to drive effective locally owned campaigns to advocate governments for proven, cost effective NCD prevention policies and legislation across the main NCD risk factors and their upstream determinants, particularly advocacy efforts on food policies, alcohol control and environmental health. In addition, the Capacity Development Officer will also support the Advocacy Institute Seed Programme which is expanding to include 3 emerging alliances from Least Developed Countries (Bangladesh, Nepal and Senegal), aiming to strengthen their coalition building efforts and setting foundations for advocacy on NCD prevention and control.
To apply for this position, please email a cover letter, resume and details of two references to: [email protected]. Please reference the name of the position “Capacity Development Officer” in the subject line of your email.
Open to candidates who live in and have a right to the work in the UK.
The Finance Officer will assit with the day-to-day financial transactions, processes and procedures of the organisation. The role will support the Finance and Operations team by monitoring transactions, preparing invoices, supporting the annual audit process and budget preparation, as well as support with grant management processes.
Our ideal candidate will have finance management experience, ideally within the NGO sector.
To apply, please send a cover letter and a CV to [email protected] with Finance Officer in the email subject line.
This position is open to Swiss or EU nationals with the right to work in Switzerland.
Closing date for applications: 24 October 2021
NCD Alliance is looking for a consultant (or a group of consultants) to support the development of a new advocacy guide on Connecting the dots between global and regional/national NCD advocacy. This publication will be an advocacy guide for national and regional NCD advocates to engage with regional and global advocacy, to explore the benefits associated, and opportunities and mechanisms for doing so. It will focus on relevant multilateral organisations and their governance and decision-making spaces/bodies/processes, particularly the UN and WHO. This advocacy guide will also illustrate through case studies and interviews with key NCD civil society advocates what have been the lessons learned, examples and opportunities for engagement in such fora, building an understanding of how they can be leveraged by NCD civil society to accelerate the NCD response nationally, regionally, and globally.
Profile of consultant(s):
The ideal consultant, or group of consultants, for this project ought to have a track record of developing, implementing, advising, and/or evaluating civil society advocacy at global/regional levels, and developing written resources. Global health experience, and direct experience of engagement with or the knowledge of global or regional level decision-making bodies/mechanisms relevant to global health/development/NCDs governance at UN and/or WHO level is desired.
Period of engagement:
It is estimated that this project will take approximately 20 days. The consultant shall start beginning of November 2021, with final deliverables submitted by mid-December. Exact dates to be agreed with consultant.
Download the request for proposal here
How to apply: Interested consultants should send a proposed scope of work and budget, their CV, as well as a sample written resource (ideally related to global health, advocacy and civil society) via email to Luis Manuel Encarnacion, Capacity Development Manager ([email protected]) and Linda Markova, Capacity Development Officer ([email protected]) by Friday October 29th, 2021 (COB). Please make sure to describe your capability to conduct this project in the email
NCDA is looking for a Senior Campaigns Consultant who will coordinate, develop, implement, and evaluate the strategic vision of the NCD Alliance’s annual Global Week for Action on NCDs campaign and ensure its successful implementation. He or she will collaborate across the NCDA team, with external agencies and suppliers, and with members and partners to secure the growing impact of the Global Week for Action on NCDs campaign.
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