Deputy Director, Strategic Evidence and Learning at Malaria Consortium

Job Summary

• The Deputy Director of Strategic Evidence and Learning (Deputy Director of SEL) leads and shapes Malaria Consortium’s global evidence and learning agenda, ensuring that high-quality, policy- and practice-relevant evidence is generated, translated, and used to improve health outcomes and influence disease control/elimination strategies.
• It has a particular focus on the systematic use of evidence in decision-making for results and impact in malaria programmes and into adjacent extensions from malaria control/elimination into other health conditions.
• The role provides strategic direction, and oversight of research, surveillance, monitoring, evaluation, and learning across the organisation and facilitates implementation science methodologies.

Requirements
The successful candidate will have:

• Substantial experience in the systematic use of evidence to support decision-making for impactful health programmes
• Substantial experience in global health with a focus on evidence generation activities and knowledge translation in malaria, vector borne diseases, child health and other communicable diseases
• A PhD, or equivalent extensive experience, in epidemiology, public health, health economics or related field
• Extensive experience in leading research and evidence functions at senior level in global health
• Experience in organisational strategic planning
• Significant management experience in an international NGO, academic institution or multilateral health agency
• Experience in LMIC settings and engaging with ministries of health and health development partners
• Has strong networks in the global health community
• Strong experience in mentoring senior, high-calibre technical staff
• Significant and current experience in writing funding proposals
• Experience communicating evidence to diverse audiences
• Right to work in the UK or a specific location where there is a Malaria Consortium office