Malaria Specialist (Pending Donor Approval) at Health Partners International

Contract: Part time (expected duration of programme, 5 years with anticipated start date early 2017)

Description of Role

• The Malaria Specialist will provide overall technical leadership to support quality malaria interventions, especially in diagnosis, case management and prevention of malaria in general.
• Areas of focus include acute severe malaria, seasonal malaria chemoprophylaxis and ICCM. Skills also needed in lab diagnosis and QA.
• S/he must develop training plans to ensure training and skills transfer to the National Malaria Elimination Program (NMEP), and collaborate with and build capacity of the Ministries of Health (Federal, State, Local Government level)and other development partners.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provides overall technical leadership on the planning, design implementation, monitoring and reporting of malaria prevention and case management activities
• Support the formulation of evidence-based national health policies, strategies and systems for public sector service delivery, and coordinate the development of the technical aspects of project implementation.
• Support program activities focused on the private sector, malaria surveillance, monitoring and evaluation, and operations research, in conjunction with the M&E and Private/Commercial Sector Specialist, the NMEP and other partners.
• Work collaboratively with senior staff, and donor stakeholders to develop and periodically refine program strategies as needed.
• Develop and maintain systems for assuring quality of all interventions including prevention, diagnosis, malaria in pregnancy and severe malaria among others;
• Coordinate the development of all technical aspects of program implementation and ensure appropriate consultations with stakeholders at all levels, especially with donor contractors collaborating on this project in the areas of BCC and procurement.

Qualifications and Experience

• 10+ years’ experience in providing overall technical leadership to support malaria prevention and control, with experience in malaria epidemiology and control in Africa especially Nigeria, and at international level;
• Medical degree - MD or MPH/PhD, postgraduate degree qualification in international health or related discipline.
• Proven technical skills in malaria case management, integrated community case management and prevention at international level;
• Experience and understanding of working with Ministries of Health in policy and strategy formulation at national and sub-national level;
• Experience in training health workers, preferably in both public and private sectors (formal and informal);
• Prior experience with donor-funded projects
• History of productive involvement with governmental health systems, processes and service delivery models in developing countries
• Previous experience working and delivering results in West Africa, in particular Nigeria
• Excellent oral/written communication skills in English.
• Demonstrated interpersonal and skills and experience working in collaboration with multiple stakeholders
• Excellent computer skills, including proficiency in Microsoft Office suite and experience using health database systems.