The European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) is a non-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).
We are looking for a Project Officer to be based at the EDCTP office in The Hague. The Project Officer will primarily be a member of the Calls and Grants team, with responsibility for the management and development of EDCTP’s funding portfolio. This will include managing the external peer review of applications submitted to EDCTP, contract negotiation, monitoring and evaluation of EDCTP projects, as well as contributing to EDCTP’s funding strategy, policies and publications.
Duties and responsibilities: i) Managing EDCTP calls for proposals via EDCTP’s online grants management system. ii) Providing all necessary technical and administrative support to the Calls and Grants department to ensure timely delivery of operational activities. iii) Monitoring project progress and outcomes. iv) Contribution to EDCTP funding strategy and policy.
Person specification:
- a PhD or Master’s degree in a biomedical discipline related to the EDCTP
- demonstrated knowledge of the scientific advances and developments in the EDCTP remit
- project management skills and/or experience in research management
- excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
- experience in writing scientific and/or policy documents and reports
Applications including a letter of motivation and CV should be submitted by midnight Wednesday, 10 June 2015 through the link:
https://edctp.has-jobs.com/Project_Officer_Den_Haag/46035/V882/apply
Please note that only short listed applicants will be contacted for interviews. If you do not hear from us within 12 weeks of the closing date of this advert, please consider that your application has not been successful on this occasion.