Position Title: Media & Communications Intern
Contract Period: 2- month minimum;
Project: SKPA
Location: AFAO, International Programs Office, Bangkok, Thailand
BACKGROUND
The Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations (AFAO) is the national federation for the community response to HIV in Australia. It provides leadership, coordination and support to the country’s policy, advocacy and health promotion on HIV. AFAO’s International Program is based in Bangkok and contributes to the development of effective policy and programmatic responses, particularly in the Asia and Pacific region. It has supported community-based responses to HIV across the region for three decades.
AFAO is the Principal Recipient of the Sustainability of HIV Services for Key Populations in Asia Program (SKPA Program). The program is a multi-country grant funded by The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) covering eight (8) countries: Papua New Guinea (PNG), Timor-Leste, Malaysia, Philippines, Laos, Mongolia, Bhutan and Sri Lanka. It aims to promote sustainable services for key populations (KPs) at higher risk of HIV exposure including sex workers, men who have sex with men, transgender people and people who use drugs, in the region.
The grant will promote the scale-up of necessary interventions and their long-term financing in each country. Specifically, the objectives of the program are to scale-up prevention services to key populations and retain people living with HIV/AIDS in the treatment cascade (Service Delivery); Secure strategic information to inform program design (Strategic Information); secure long-term sustainability of service delivery (Financing Sustainability); Strengthen community responses and systems for scale-up of delivery services (Community Systems Strengthening); and address barriers to service access including human rights and gender-related (Stigma and Discrimination).
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
AFAO is seeking a media and communications intern to work closely with the SKPA Program Officer in updating and maintaining the SKPA program website.
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DELIVERABLES
The application deadline for this position is 30 September 2019. Please send a CV (max 2 pages) and cover letter expressing your interest with proposed monthly salary in Thai Baht to: Philips.loh@afao.org.au
Contact : Philips.loh@afao.org.au