Team Leader, German contribution to Providing for Health (P4H)

Team Leader, German contribution to Providing for Health (P4H) – Social Health Protection Initiative

Eschborn near Frankfurt, Germany

Area of activity
Providing for Health (P4H) is the global social health protection initiative currently involving Germany, France, the World Health Organization(WHO), the International Labour Organization (ILO), the World Bank and Switzerland. GIZ is supporting the coordination of the network and providing Germany‘s technical contributions on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). These inputs are managed by the sector project Providing for Health (P4H). Further information under www.giz.de, choosing joboffers GTZ.

Tasks
In close consultation with the BMZ and the German Senior Coordinator of P4H, based in Geneva, you will manage Germany‘s technical inputs to the initiative. These include providing advice to the BMZ as the commissioning party and to support policy, strategy, technical cooperation and capacity development in partner countries; as well as coordinating these contributions with other P4H partners and other implementing organisations of German Development Cooperation. Further information under www.giz.de, choosing joboffers GTZ.

Requirements
You have a university degree in health economics, health sciences or economics, are familiar with the international debate on social health protection and health financing in the context of development cooperation and have relevant professional experience. We also expect you to have experience in project and financial management as well as leadership skills. You process new information rapidly, work independently focusing on results, are reliable, and can integrate and work well in a team. You should have experience of working overseas in development cooperation, be fluent in English/German, and have a good working knowledge of either French or Spanish.

Company
GIZ has an international mandate, and we offer a multicultural working atmosphere where interdisciplinary exchanges underpin our success. For us it is important that our employees develop their professional and personal skills. There are many reasons to join our motivated team, including the scope you will have for organising and performing your work, the public transport travel pass and the in-house créche at GIZ in Eschborn. The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH was formed on 1 January 2011. It brings together the long-standing expertise of DED, GTZ and InWEnt. For further information, go to www.giz.de.

Applications
Please note that we can only receive and process applications sent via our e-recruiting system under www.gtz.de/jobs. Under „GTZ“, „GTZ Job Offers“, „Professionals“, enter the Job ID 6423. Application deadline: February 28th, 2011.

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