Country Technical Director at Malaria Consortium

Location: Location: Abuja, Nigeria (up to 40% travel)
Application Closing Date: Jun 1st, 2014

The successful candidate will have:

•     Master’s degree in Public or International Health, Communicable or Infectious diseases, Epidemiology or related discipline
•     Medical qualification and familiarity with the Nigerian health system
•     Extensive experience working in public health programmes or communicable disease control, with significant experience in a senior role
•     Experience managing projects or programmes funded by major institutional donors and agencies such as DFID, USAID, the UN or EU
•     Highly knowledgeable about malaria control or direct experience working in malaria control
•     Field experience in Sub-Saharan Africa and a solid understanding of the realities and complexities of in country programme implementation
•     Demonstrable experience working in a technical advisory capacity to Ministries of Health and other partners, including relating to policy and guidelines review or development, and programme reviews
•     Experience of building effective working relationships between MoH and its stakeholders
•     Project or programme management including design, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation
•     Business development, including needs assessment, the development of concept notes and proposals, and stakeholder consultation and analysis
•     Strong communication, interpersonal and presentation skills, with strong stakeholder management skills, able to engage effectively with broad and diverse audience
•     Strong leadership skills with inclusive and motivational style and strong influencing ability
•     Strong problem-solving ability, with excellent planning and organizational skills
•     Excellent written and spoken English
•     Strong technical writing skills
•     Strong computer skills, conversant with MS Office packages
•     Self-motivated, proactive and results-focused
•     Able to work effectively as part of a team and on own initiative, with ability to work to deadlines whilst being attentive to detail