Technical Lead - Clinical Care at Malaria Consortium

The Vacancy

• Malaria Consortium is recruiting for a Technical Lead - Clinical Care to join our team in Abuja, Nigeria.
• The Technical Lead for Clinical Care will provide technical leadership to the Support to Malaria Elimination Project in Nigeria.
• The position holder will be responsible for overseeing the clinical care component of the project, working closely with the Project Director and project team to implement evidence-based approaches to achieve the projects outcomes.

Requirements
The successful candidate will have:

• Postgraduate Degree in Epidemiology / Public Health / Medicine / Nursing / Parasitology / Tropical Medicine with a focus on malaria control / elimination
• Medical and Clinical qualification
• At least 8 years working in technical role with an excellent understanding of malaria control/elimination approaches
• Significant experience in intervention design and implementation of large-scale malaria control projects, including the sustenance of impact
• Familiarity with the challenges and opportunities of malaria control Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) and in particular the reasons for the high burden of malaria in Nigeria
• Experience in setting up standards of technical quality as well as internal quality assurance mechanisms and their functioning
• Familiarity with the Nigerian health system
• Strong communication skills (oral and written) in English

Salary
Competitive against market.