Research Project Manager at Malaria Consortium
Malaria Consortium is one of the world’s leading non-profit organisations specialising in the comprehensive prevention, control and treatment of malaria and other communicable diseases among vulnerable and under privileged populations.
- We increasingly find our work on malaria can be effectively integrated with other similar public health interventions for greater impact and therefore expanded our remit to include child health and neglected tropical disease interventions.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Research Project Manager
Location: Abuja (FCT)
Scope of work
The PRM will be responsible for providing direct management support required for operational research to the programme and projects co-delivered, co-implemented or integrated with the SMC platform in all the nine PF supported states and even beyond.
Key working relationships
The PRM will report to the Programme Director (PD), and will work closely with the Technical Unit of the programme and MC.
- The position holder will support as may be required, the recruitment process and maintenance of a network of data collectors, supervisors, researchers, institutions and firms in SMC supported states and research advisors from the academia as may be required.
- Key accountabilities (percent of time spent on each area)
Operational Research Support (70%):
Provide effective programme management to the research portfolio of the PF/SMC programme and other projects co-implemented/delivered or integrated on the SMC platform.
- Oversee effective planning and management quality implementation of the research agenda for SMC and allied projects.
- Support the review and contribute to strong research concept notes as required, in collaboration with the Operations Research Specialist (ORS), Country Office and UK teams.
- Extract lessons and ideas from findings of relevant Malaria Consortium/non research for programme improvement and/or business development and share with the Programme Director (PD).
- Line-manage the programme Research team in the day-to-day preparations towards actual rollout of research activities, implementation and supervision of research activities in SMC states.
- Support the coordination of the implementation of in-country dissemination and research uptake activity plans, such as stakeholder consultations, media engagements, and country specific project learning outputs.
Person specification
Essential:
Postgraduate Degree in Public Health, Global Health, Epidemiology or a related research discipline.
- 12 -15 years post qualification with an excellent understanding of operational research, survey, study and evaluation approaches, especially for malaria.
Deadline: 30th July, 2026.
How to Apply
Interested Applicant can apply via this link
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