Technical Malaria Manager at DFID - Department for International Development

Details

• This position will be based in the Anambra office of the programme.

• S/he will be responsible for providing technical support to the State Ministry of Health and other partners engaged in malaria control effort.
• The Technical Malaria Manager (TMM) will be involved in the direct implementation of projects for the control of malaria at the State and LGA levels.
• S/he will coordinate and maintain an oversight of programme activities in the State.

Other key responsibilities include;

• Plan with SMEP and other partners to strengthen delivery of malaria control programme;
• Coordinate planned interventions within supported state in the area of capacity building of health workers within the public and private sector, anti-malaria commodity distribution and logistics management;
• Strengthen the implementation of preventive measures against malaria;
• Coordinate the public sector, private sector and civil society on-site training of health workers and Patent Medical Vendors (PMVs) on malaria diagnosis, case management and referrals;
• Coordinate Behaviour change communication (BCC) and community mobilization interventions;
• Oversee a range of technical assistance in the state to strengthen Health
• Management Information Systems (HMIS), Logistics Management
• Information System (LMIS) and commodities monitoring systems in the state;
• Ensure programme monitoring data are regularly collected, collated and fed-back to the Central programme team;
• Monitor access to Long Lasting Insecticidal treated Nets (LLlNs) and ACTs through the commercial sector and civil society;

Qualifications:

• A Health professional with a Master's degree in International or Public Health with a minimum of 8-years post-qualification experience in the public health sector in Nigeria/Africa.
• S/he must have experience in malaria, general management and disease control.
• Excellent planning, budgeting and communicating skills are required for this position.
• Previous experience in project management and a strong understanding of health policy formulation and strategy within a donor funding environment will be an added advantage.