Project Director at Malaria Consortium
Malaria Consortium Nigeria is committed to tackling the large number of malaria cases and deaths in the country.
- Working in partnership with the Ministry of Health and other partners, we lead and support three major malaria control initiatives in the country:
Support to the National Malaria Control Programme (SuNMaP); NetWorks and MAPS.
Experience: 15 years
Location: Abuja
- Malaria Consortium is recruiting for a Project Director to join our team in Abuja Nigeria
Job purpose
The Project Director will provide overall programme oversight to the project.
- He/she will be the focal point for engagement with GF and representation at National level. He/she will lead the Global Fund Senior Management Team (SMT).
The post holder will be responsible for the development and monitoring of a sustainability plan working closely with other members of the SMT.
Scope of work
The Programme Director will lead a project team that includes experienced technical and programme management specialists and oversee the provision of short term technical assistance from GF grant to NMEP and SMEPs and other key stakeholders.
- He/She will work to keep GF grant on course to achieve its targets and fully compliance with GF, PR and MC policies, guideline and code of conduct.
Key working relationships
- Serve as contact for all GF funded activities managed by MC.
- Line management by the West & Central Africa Programmes Director.
- Works with the Senior Country Technical Coordinator for Technical Assistance Quality Assurance of the grant.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Experience:
Essential
Master’s Degree in Public Health, International Development or related discipline.
Senior management level experience on large sized health projects in Africa.
At least 15 years working experience in international projects.
- At least 5 years of those spent in projects in developing countries lasting more than 2 years and managing teams of 10 or more including local and international staff.
- Experience managing at least one project for an external government client for at least 2 years.
- Experience working with performance-based contracts.
Experience in project and financial management with a proven track record of timely submission of high quality project deliverables.
Desirable
- Experience managing donor grants or contracts such as DFID, GFATM or USAID/PMI.
- Experience working on malaria, maternal and child health programmes, including community health delivery.
- Familiar with the Nigeria health system.
Desirable
- Good capacity building skills especially mentoring and coaching.
- Conversant with the basic epidemiology of malaria in Nigeria.
- Data-driven decision making mentality.
- Excellent advocacy skills, and comfortable being a strong advocate for malaria control.
How to Apply
Interested applicant can apply via this link
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