Vacancy in a Donor-Funded Development Work at Malaria Consortium

The Director of operations will be based in the Abuja Country office and will provide direct support to the Country Director in effective programme management. S/he will provide operational and management support to all Malaria Consortium projects including the SuNMaP project. The Director of operations will strengthen, establish and maintain effective working relationships with all new and existing partners.

Other key responsibilities include:

• Provide support to the Country Director in the development of long-term country and regional program strategies, long-term strategic partnerships, annual work-plans, and budgets aligned with MC global strategies, policies, and procedures.
• Provide strategic leadership for identifying opportunities and implementing actions for improving efficiency and effectiveness of program management functions.
• Represent MC in local/international meetings with donors, government representatives and other relevant stake holders;
• Support Country Director to identify technical resource gaps and coordinate the identification, recruitment and selection of technical staffs in different regions;
• Oversee regular program portfolio reviews and budget pipeline reviews to monitor performance based on results and cost, identify challenges with implementation, and oversee course corrections as needed;
• Contribute to policy development and other relevant programme documents.

Qualifications:

• Interested candidates must have a post graduate degree in public health, health management or any relevant Social Science degree.
• A minimum of 8 years' experience in implementation of public health programmes five of which should be in programme management and health service delivery in a developing country.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, communication, coordination and operational skills are required for this position.