Malaria Consortium recruiting

VACANCY

IN A DONOR-FUNDED DEVELOPMENT WORK

Malaria Consortium (www.malariaconsortium.org) is one of the world’s leading non-profit organizations which is dedicated to the comprehensive control of malarial and other communicable diseases in Africa and Southwest Asia. Malaria Consortium (MC) works with communities, local and international organizations, to ensure good evidence support delivery of effective services, providing technical support for monitoring and evaluation of programmes and activities for evidence-based decision-making and strategic planning.

The organization has been in operations in Nigeria since 2008 with its country office in Abuja. MC now seeks to recruit professionals in this capacity.

Director of Operations: Abuja

The Director of operations will be based in the Abuja County and will provide direct support to the country Director in effective programme management. S/he will provide operational and management support to all malarial consortium projects including the SuNMaP project. The Director of operations will strengthen, establish and maintain effective working relationships with all new and partners.

Other key responsibilities include:

·                 Provide support to the country Director in the development of long-term country and regional program strategies long-term strategic partnerships, annual work-plans and budgets aligned with MC global strategies, policies, and procedures.

·                 Provide strategic leadership for identifying opportunities and implementing actions for improving efficiency and effectiveness of program management functions.

·                 Represent MC in local/international meetings with donors, government representatives and other relevant holders:

·                 Support country director to identify technical resource gaps and coordinate the identification, recruitment and selection of technical staffs in different regions

·                 Oversee regular programs portfolio reviews and budget pipeline reviews to monitor performance based on result and cost, identify challenges with implementation, and oversee course corrections as needed

·                 Contribute to policy development and other relevant programme documents

Qualification: Interested candidates must have a post graduate degree in public health, health management or any relevant social science degree. A minimum of 8 years experience in implementation of public health programmes five of which should be in programme management and health service delivery in a developing country. Excellent interpersonal skills, communication, coordination and operational skills are required for this position.

Method of Application: To apply, please send a recent CV alongside an application letter highlighting why you are the best fit for the job as well as current salary information to: HR.Recruitment@malariaconsortium.org the subject of the mail must contain the title of the position applied for applications without a subject title will not be processed.

All applications must be submitted latest by noon on Friday, 22^nd August, 2014. interviews will commence thereafter with a view to engaging the best candidates

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.