Senior Malaria Technical Advisor Job Vacancy at PATH International
PATH is an international organization that drives transformative
innovation to save lives and improve health, especially among women and
children. We accelerate innovation across five platforms-
vaccines,
drugs, diagnostics, devices, and system and service innovations - that
harness our entrepreneurial insight, scientific and public health
expertise, and passion for health equity. By mobilizing partners around
the world, we take innovation to scale, working alongside countries
primarily in Africa and Asia to tackle their greatest health needs.
Together, we deliver measurable results that disrupt the cycle of poor
health.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Senior Malaria Technical Advisor
Tracking Code: 7479
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Position Type: Full-Time/Regular
Job Summary
Leading the way to a malaria-free world:
- Incredible progress has been made in the fight against malaria.
PATH-pioneered approaches contributed to 6.2 million lives saved over
the course of 15 years. But we don’t just want to control malaria-we
want to eliminate it everywhere.
- PATH seeks a Senior Malaria Technical Advisor for the upcoming
USAID funded project based in Nigeria. This project will support the
national goal of controlling malaria and ultimately eliminating malaria
in Nigeria. Nigeria accounts for one-quarter of malaria cases in Africa
and there are more deaths caused by malaria in Nigeria than in any other
country.
Job Responsibilities
The Senior Malaria Technical Advisor, based in Nigeria, will be responsible for the following key activities:
- Serve as the primary Nigeria-based technical resource for the implementation, monitoring, and evaluation.
- Maintain updated technical knowledge on malaria and related
public health topics to be able to provide vision and input to strategy
development.
- Work with the MOH to actively use data for decision-making and
to identify how malaria control activities and impact can be sustained
over time.
- Assist the Chief of Party in developing annual work plans, budgets, and performance reports.
- Participate in monitoring, periodic evaluations, and semi-annual
reviews of project activities, including program analysis and strategic
planning.
- Establish and maintain close working relationships with relevant
offices and staff of the Government of Nigeria and organizations such
as the Global Fund, the World Bank, UN Agencies (WHO, UNICEF and
others), the US Government, other donor agencies, and nongovernmental
national and international agencies working in Nigeria.
- Provide technical support as requested on malaria program
policy, strategy, and implementation, and actively participate in
malaria-related technical working groups.
- Work with other offices within the MOH to facilitate the
integration of malaria control activities into the broader primary
health care system.
- Supervise PATH technical consultants and oversee their input to program activities.
Required Skills:
- In depth knowledge of malaria and public health principles and
practices, particularly in the area of malaria prevention and case
management, program coordination.
- Excellent written and oral communications skills.
- Demonstrated skills in collaboration and diplomacy and commitment to achieving project objectives.
- Demonstrated proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office Suite or
comparable professional software package-specific competence in the use
of word processing, presentation, email and calendaring software
required.
- Available to travel within the country as needed; availability to travel internationally up to 5 percent.
- Proven ability to initiate, develop and implement malaria control program, policies, and procedures.
- Demonstrated ability to work in a multi-site team-based
organizational structure, including partners and other collaborators;
experience with cross-cultural teams highly desirable.
Required Experience
- An MD is required along with an MPH or other related Biological Science Postgraduate degree.
- Past experience working with United States Government (USAID)
supported projects and experience in supervising less experienced staff,
including building their capacity as well as the capacity of local
organizations and sub-grantees in administering USG- supported grants.
- At least five years of field experience in malaria prevention and treatment programs in developing countries.
- Experience in developing program work plans, budgets, managing implementation, staff and short-term technical assistance.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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