The UNAIDS Special Youth Programme seeks to recruit young people aged 20-24 from developing countries with some programme experience in HIV related issues to join UNAIDS for a 9-month remunerated fellowship. The fellowship is divided into two sections: an initial fellowship in UNAIDS Geneva, followed – upon satisfactory performance - by a continued fellowship in the UNAIDS country office (UCO) in the fellow’s country of origin. The expected dates of the fellowship are from August 2011-May 2012.

The programme seeks to achieve the following objectives:

• To create opportunities at appropriate levels of the organization to engage youth in policy development and programming;
• To help build the capacity of young people and strengthen their leadership skills to contribute to the AIDS response, especially at the country level;
• To sensitize both young people and UNAIDS staff on various modalities of working together to address issues related to HIV, particularly youth concerns, gender, human rights and greater involvement of people living with HIV.

To apply please use the UNAIDS on-line recruitment system.