Senior Private Sector Advisor at FHI 360

Job Description

• The U.S. President's Malaria Initiative for States program envisions a flagship malaria project which will contribute to the efforts the Government of Nigeria to reduce the burden of malaria and specifically, reduction of all cause under-five morbidity and mortality as well as maternal mortality and its associated complications.
• The project will provide facility and community based malaria case-management and prevention through the public and private sectors in nine or more States of Nigeria.

Job Summary / Responsibilities
The position will ensure that project employs cutting edge and evidence based strategies to improve malaria case management in the private sector. The Senior Private Sector Advisor will ensure that the inclusion of the informal private sector in malaria in the malaria response as per the national guidelines and protocols.  S/he will work with the Senior M&E and Senior Technical Malaria Advisors to improve the performance (i.e. quality and productivity) of a range of private sector providers; and assist in improving reporting and data collection and management from the private sector:

• Serves as the main point of contact for private sector engagement on malaria interventions and collaborations for each specific TO;
• Advises Project Director and other key personnel on public-private partnership strategy and contributes to the strategic direction of the project
• Develops overall private sector strategy and plan for the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative for States Project, ensuring its alignment with both PMI and NMEP strategies and identifying opportunities for expansion in the private sector at federal, state, and community level;
• Supports the development of strategic partnerships in malaria control activities that provide synergy and complement existing strengths;
• Enhances strategic coordination with NMEP on the public –private sector strategy.
• Identifies cost effective innovations for expansion in the private sector including marketing strategies, capacity building, demand creation, data collection and supervision;
• Contributes to market analysis and segmentation for private sector service delivery and commodity management;
• Works with the Senior M&E Advisor to identify indicators that will communicate success in the private sector;
• Works with the Senior Malaria Technical Advisor to develop/adapt appropriate tools for quantification of commodity, costing, distribution, capacity building and supportive interventions especially on malaria diagnosis for malaria program;

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Public Health, Business Administration, or another relevant field;
• Minimum eight years working in a public-private - mix project, preferably in malaria prevention and treatment and control activities;
• Demonstrated experience in marketing of health products in Nigeria;
• Demonstrated progressive field experience in malaria prevention and treatment programs in developing countries;
• In depth knowledge of the private sector and public-private sector partnerships for health;
• Demonstrated experience implementing health programs in the private sector, and the community;
• Demonstrated capacity to mobilize private sector stakeholders at a senior management level.