The International AIDS Society (IAS) is the world's leading independent association of professionals working in HIV. It has more than 16,000 members from 196 countries and plays a key role as an independent voice in the global response to AIDS. It is a dynamic professionally run and well governed not-for-profit organization based in Geneva, Switzerland. It has a highly dedicated international staff of fifty.
The IAS is the custodian of the world’s premier gathering on HIV and AIDS, the International AIDS Conference, which takes place every two years. In the intervening years the IAS organizes the IAS Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention Conference, a scientific meeting focused on current research and its application in the scale-up of HIV prevention and treatment.
The IAS advocates for the implementation of effective evidence-based policies and programmes that promote and protect human rights. It also runs a number of projects to strengthen research capacity to address HIV and AIDS.
More information on IAS can be found at www.iasociety.org
Purpose of the Position: The incumbent will be responsible for assisting with the coordination of various core and conference communications activities. The Communications Intern will directly report to the Senior Manager, Communications and will receive direction from the Communications and Media Officer, the Web Officer and the Junior Social Media Coordinator.
The Communications Intern will also support activities in the run up to the 20th International AIDS Conference, known as AIDS 2014, which will take place in Melbourne, Australia, in July 2014. More information on the conference can be found at www.aids2014.org.
How to apply:
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV and a cover letter, in English and by email only, toFrancesca.daros@iasociety.org by 3 February 2014.
Only candidates from Switzerland, from an EU/EFTA country or candidates already having a valid Swiss working permit will be considered.
The IAS is committed to recruiting and sustaining a skilled, effective, diverse and gender-balanced secretariat, and to the greater involvement of people living with HIV (GIPA) in all aspects of its work. People living with HIV are strongly encouraged to apply.
