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• Lead programme start up and planning (at
  regional and country level).
• Ensure the management and coordination of
  partners (sub-grantees) at global, regional and country level.
• Oversee the development of the narrative
  reports in accordance to donor guidelines, working with partners and
  country managers.
• Ensure timely submission and review of all
  programme deliverables, ensuring collection of partners input for
  bi-annual and annual reporting, regular monitoring of partners activities
  and providing specific support when needed.
• Work closely with HR team (country or
  regional) to recruit all full time staff on the programme and consultants.
• Ensure sustainability measures are put in
  place in a timely manner, for scale up or a sustainable exit process.

• Develop a consolidated budget for this
  programme with the support from the finance team.
• Oversee the management and monitoring of the
  country level budgets.
• Keenly review expenditures to delegated amount
  and track overall budget.
• Regularly review monthly budget variance
  report and transactions list within 3 days in order to confirm accuracy.
• Lead the quarterly reforecast of budget
  sections.
• Oversee the preparation and submission of the
  financial reports in accordance to Malaria Consortium and donor
  guidelines.

• Lead the conceptualisation, design,
  implementation and reporting of the research studies outlined in the
  programme and see that good research practices are followed.
• Work closely with technical staff to adapt
  existing capacity development plan and tools for community health workers.
• Work in liaison with technical personnel to
  adapt the existing information, education and communication materials to
  include IPTp messages and strengthen referral of pregnant women from the
  community to the health centres for ante-natal care services.
• Work with the Country Project Managers and
  their Country Directors to determine technical support needs to implement
  the Programme in their countries effectively and with high quality. Liaise
  with the technical cluster leads and the Africa Technical Director to
  obtain the technical support.
• Working in liaison with regional and country
  teams, ensure that qualitative analysis is conducted to understand
  vulnerability issues and barriers to IPTp administration and uptake,
  especially gender considerations, and how to effectively address them
  through the planning and implementation of the project.

• Work closely with the M&E team, lead the
  development of the programme M&E plan and work with Project Managers
  to see that implementation occurs on time and that the information feeds
  into internal and external learning cycles.
• Oversee the development of the annual and
  semi-annual M&E reports.
• Work closely with health facility and MoH
  personnel to see that health commodities provided for Malaria Consortium
  supported activities through this project are appropriately quantified,
  managed and monitored including pharmacovigilance.
• Keenly monitor the performance of the
  programme and see that the work is of high technical quality.

• Act as the primary point of contact with all
  partners and request/provide information and updates as required for the good
  management of the project.
• Work with the organisation communications
  specialists to design the communications strategy, including but not
  limited to the production of case studies, reviews of lessons learnt,
  general documentation for internal and external dissemination, and peer
  reviewed publications.
• Lead on the technical writing of programme
  dissemination documents to allow wider sharing of Malaria Consortium’s
  experiences, lessons and successes and provide technical inputs in
  advocacy materials and technical briefs.

• Work closely with Project Managers to prepare
  and implement a stakeholder engagement plan in order to create a close
  working relationship with the Ministry of Health, regulatory authorities
  and relevant private sector organisations in each participating country.
• Coordinate with and represent Malaria
  Consortium at appropriate programmatic, coordination, partner meetings,
  regional events, technical networks and working groups.

• The applicant should hold a postgraduate
  qualification in medicine, public health, epidemiology or another relevant
  speciality
• Broad knowledge in public health experience
  in different low income country settings, preferably in Africa
• Working knowledge and experience with
  quantitative and qualitative research methodologies and proven data
  management and analysis experience using software such as STATA, EPI info
• Previous experience in finance management for
  development or research projects
• Excellent technical and report writing
  skills, attentive to detail with high levels of accuracy, and excellent
  planning and organisation skills
• Fluency in written and spoken English and
  working knowledge of French
• Previous experience in integrating gender
  equality aspects in health project programming is desired
• Broad knowledge and understanding of health
  systems strengthening approaches is an added advantage
• Previous experience of people management, including
  training and mentoring is an added advantage
• Evidence of peer-reviewed publications is
  desired

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