The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is an international financing
institution that invests the world’s money to save lives. To date, it
has committed US$ 19.3 billion in 144 countries to support large-scale prevention, treatment
and care programs against the three diseases.

Funding proposals submitted to the Global Fund are reviewed by a
43-member Technical Review Panel (TRP). The review takes place about
once a year for two weeks, which current members have described as ‘a unique and memorable
experience’.

Because proposals focus on the fight against the three diseases
and related health systems strengthening, members of the TRP need to
have a wide range of expertise. In addition
to having sound technical knowledge and extensive program experience in
HIV/AIDS, TB or malaria, it is also important that TRP members
understand broader health systems and development ‘cross-cutting’
issues. These include capacity-building, governance and
macroeconomics, as well as topics such as budgeting and financial
management (value for money), gender, sexual orientation and gender
identities, human resources, procurement and service delivery – to name
but a few. For this reason, we do not recruit people
with very narrow expertise.

For this important task, experts must be able to review large
volumes of documentation under considerable time pressure and work
effectively in small groups and large plenary
sessions to reach consensus on funding recommendations. They must also
be able to present their findings in a clear and concise way, in
English, to the full panel, as well as in written form to be
communicated to the Board and applicants.

TRP members can serve for up to four rounds of review. In
addition to the two weeks of on-site proposal review, experts will also
need to be available, by email, for the following
six months to clarify any technical or programmatic issues. This adds up
to about 5 more days of work each year. TRP members receive an
honorarium of US$ 9,000 per round for the proposal review and subsequent
clarification process.

The Global Fund supports programs in a diversity of situations
and country contexts. We therefore want to attract a good balance of men
and women with experience from all regions
of the globe; experts with knowledge of public and private sectors and
civil society; and people who are living with or affected by HIV/AIDS,
TB and/or malaria.

If you would like more details on this challenging opportunity, please visit the website
of HLSP, the agency handling this recruitment https://www.hlsp.org/opportunities/globalfundTRP.

Completed application forms should be emailed to globalfund.trp@hlsp.org  to arrive no later than
31 May 2010.

For more information on the Global Fund: https://www.theglobalfund.org/en/trp/