Malaria Consortium Jobs – Technical Advisor

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Organisation: Malaria
Consortium
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports To: Project Coordinator
About MC:
Malaria
Consortium is one of the world’s leading non-profit organisations dedicated to
the comprehensive control of malaria and other communicable diseases in Africa
and Southeast Asia. Malaria Consortium works with communities, government and
non-government agencies, academic institutions, and local and international
organisations, to ensure good evidence supports delivery of effective services,
providing technical support for monitoring and evaluation of programmes and
activities for evidence-based decision-making and strategic planning. The organisation
works to improve not only the health of the individual, but also the capacity
of national health systems, which helps relieve poverty and support improved
economic prosperity. Malaria Consortium is a global leader in the prevention,
diagnosis and treatment of malaria, the control of neglected tropical diseases
and the promotion of child health.
Background:
Due to
a number of upcoming funding opportunities, Malaria Consortium anticipates
scaling up its work in malaria and child health over the coming year and is
looking to strengthen its team in a number of technical and programme
management areas.
Job Summary: The Technical
Advisor will be a key member of this team, providing malaria specific
programmatic guidance to Malaria Consortium and its partners.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:
  • Provide technical expertise at the State level
    to the National Malaria Control Programme
  • (NMCP) as it relates to all issues on capacity
    building for the management of malaria control
  • Review the literature for new developments,
    promoting best practices, policies and emerging issues in malaria
  • Provide technical support for capacity building
    on malaria technical areas including training of personnel at NCMP and
    other health facilities within the State;
  • Attend coordination meetings and workshops, and
    participate in relevant training events, sharing lessons learned with the
    project team
  • Formulate recommendations for the projects
    responses to new developments and emerging issues and share with Malaria
    Consortium, NMCP and other project partners
  • Work with Malaria Consortium global technical
    staff and the technical officers in country offices to enhance linkages
    between malaria and other development-related activities
  • Facilitate exchanges between Malaria Consortium
    countries in order to share experiences, materials and capabilities,
    including best practices and lessons learned in malaria prevention and
    control
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
  • The candidate should possess a master’s degree
    in public health or related health discipline required
  • Significant experience in malaria and/or public
    health, with experience in health programme design, implementation,
    coordination and management in developing countries, preferably in Africa
  • Strong programme management and policy analysis
    skills including programme monitoring and evaluation, budgeting, strategy
    development and ability to work effectively with partners and
    stakeholders.
  • Ability to provide vision and input to strategy
    development at country and global level
  • Experience collaborating with Ministries of
    Health and/or NMCPs in Africa on the implementation of technically sound
    public health programmes, including malaria control prevention and
    treatment interventions
  • Demonstrated technical leadership, policy
    experience, and problem solving skills working on and providing expert
    oversight of complex projects
  • Prior experience working on USAID funded
    programme(s)
  • Experience in technical analysis and writing,
    with proven ability to produce research protocols, journal articles,
    publishable manuscripts, technical briefs, etc.
  • Excellent planning, budgeting and communicating
    skills are required for this position
  • Strong analytical ability
  • Project management and planning skills
  • Able to delegate efficiently and technically
    support teams with no direct line management responsibility over them
  • Excellent personal and time management skills
  • Experience working in Uganda
How to Apply:
For
more information please visit our website www.malariaconsortium.org where
you will have access to the full Job description. Please send a cover letter
outlining how you meet the person specification along with your CV to: Human
Resources at HR.Recruitment@malariaconsortium.org. Please quote the
position and country in the subject line of your application.
NB: Only short
listed candidates will be contacted within three weeks after the closing date.
Deadline: 2nd
December 2013

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