\Career Vacancy at Malaria Consortium for Programme Officer in Abuja December 2014

Career Vacancy at Malaria Consortium for Programme Officer in Abuja December 2014

 Malaria Consortium is one of the world’s leading non-profit organisations, which is dedicated to the comprehensive control of malaria and other communicable diseases in Africa and Southeast Asia. Malaria Consortium (MC) works to improve lives in Africa and Asia through sustainable,

evidence-based programmes that combat targeted diseases and promote child and maternal health.

Malaria Consortium works with partners, including all levels of government, to improve the lives of all, especially the poorest and marginalised, in Africa and Asia to target key health burdens, including malaria, pneumonia, dengue and neglected tropical diseases, along with other factors that impact child and maternal health.

Malaria Consortium has been in operations in Nigeria since 2008 to fully establish its long term commitment. It now seeks to recruit a programme officer to support projects in its Country office located in Abuja.

Job Title: Programme Officer

Location: Abuja

Job Description

The Programme Officer will provide operational and financial coordination to the Programme Partnership Agreement (PPA) activities and other assigned projects within Malaria Consortium, Nigeria.She/he will report directly to the Country Programme Manager and work closely with the in-Country Programme Management Team, Technical Coordinator and the UK PPA Coordinator.

Other responsibilities will include:

Coordinate all inputs from the Country office towards completing all grant concept notes, applications and planning documents for PPA initiatives;Create and maintain consultant database to include detailed movement, terms of reference and reports, tracking contract expiration and renewal and provide up to date information on consultants when required;Provide support on filing, documentation, minutes taking and other secretarial assignments during weekly meetings and when necessary;Provide support in the organization of other country office project initiatives, programme or workshops and trainings;Manage and ensure proper maintenance of project registers, development of PPA initiatives progress reports and briefings on the implementation of the PPA initiatives;Work closely with the Finance team to finalise all budget requirements for PPA grants in Nigeria;Contribute to business development in terms of drafting and review of proposals and conducting of field or desk based research;

Qualifications

Interested candidates must have a degree in either Public Health, Social Sciences, Project Management or other related fieldsS/he must have at least 5 years project management experience and demonstrable experience in planning, evaluation, budgeting and financial monitoringThe ideal candidate must be analytic, highly organized, self-motivated with excellent communication skillsCandidates must be proficient in the use of Microsoft office packages especially MS Excel and other relevant database tools

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates who meet the above requirements should submit an application letter and a copy of their recent CV to: mcvacancies@gridconsulting.net

Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview.

Application Deadline 18th December, 2014

Latest Career at Malaria Consortium

Location: Abuja, Nigeria

Contract: 1 year

Closing date: 24th August 2014

Malaria Consortium is recruiting for a Director of Operations to join our team in Nigeria. The Director of Operations will assist the Programme Director to provide effective programme management and delivery of SuNMaP programme results, strengthen, establish and maintain effective working relationships with all partners. The Director of Operations is a member of the Programme Senior Management Team.

The successful candidate will have:

• Post graduate degree in health related or social science field with at least 8 years’ experience in implementation of public health programmes

• A minimum of five years previous experience in a similar programme management role in a developing country context

• A significant successful track record in programme and people management

• At least eight years’ experience of health service delivery and primary health care in developing countries, including experience in planning, organisation administration

• Extensive experience and knowledge of public health, policy development and health systems reform

• Strategic thinker with ability to oversee and ensure co-ordination of a health programme with multiple implementation sites and a range of component areas

• Excellent interpersonal, communication, team building and advocacy skills

• Strong operational skills in diverse cultural environment

• Performance based

• Previous experience of working in a health sector management role in Africa/Nigeria.

Country Technical Director Job Vacancy at Malaria Consortium 2014

Country Technical Director Job Vacancy at Malaria Consortium 2014

Malaria Consortium has got an opening for a Country Technical Coordinator (CTC) to join our team in

Nigeria. The Country Technical Coordinator will provide technical oversight and support to programmes based in Malaria Consortium’s Nigeria country office to ensure that up-to-date knowledge and best practices are used in implementation and that programmes have an internal learning process that contributes to improvements. The position holder will ensure that programmes are effectively technically coordinated to achieve coherent direction and a complementary portfolio. The position holder will play an active role in strategic and technical development and expansion of the Nigeria programme portfolio and will provide technical inputs to the Ministry of Health and other key stakeholders.

Location: Location: Abuja, Nigeria (up to 40% travel)
Application Closing Date: Jun 1st, 2014

The successful candidate will have:

    Master’s degree in Public or International Health, Communicable or Infectious diseases, Epidemiology or related discipline    Medical qualification and familiarity with the Nigerian health system    Extensive experience working in public health programmes or communicable disease control, with significant experience in a senior role    Experience managing projects or programmes funded by major institutional donors and agencies such as DFID, USAID, the UN or EU    Highly knowledgeable about malaria control or direct experience working in malaria control    Field experience in Sub-Saharan Africa and a solid understanding of the realities and complexities of in country programme implementation    Demonstrable experience working in a technical advisory capacity to Ministries of Health and other partners, including relating to policy and guidelines review or development, and programme reviews    Experience of building effective working relationships between MoH and its stakeholders    Project or programme management including design, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation    Business development, including needs assessment, the development of concept notes and proposals, and stakeholder consultation and analysis    Strong communication, interpersonal and presentation skills, with strong stakeholder management skills, able to engage effectively with broad and diverse audience    Strong leadership skills with inclusive and motivational style and strong influencing ability    Strong problem-solving ability, with excellent planning and organizational skills    Excellent written and spoken English    Strong technical writing skills    Strong computer skills, conversant with MS Office packages    Self-motivated, proactive and results-focused    Able to work effectively as part of a team and on own initiative, with ability to work to deadlines whilst being attentive to detailFor more information please follow the link where you will have access to the full job description. Please send your CV, with a covering letter outlining how you meet the person specification and your current salary information, to Human Resources at HR.Recruitment@malariaconsortium.org

Malaria Consortium thanks you for your application.  However, due to the volume of applications received, only short listed candidates will be contacted within three weeks of the closing date.

Deadline: 1 June, 2014

Operations Officer at Malaria Consortium

Operations Officer – Abuja

The Operations Officer will be based in the Abuja Country office and will provide direct support to the Country Director in the efficient running of the country office. S/he will provide operational and management support to all Malaria Consortium projects and also manage all relevant documents, equipment and facilities within the country office. The officer will also be responsible for developing and maintaining excellent relationships with service providers including hotels, car hire services, travel agencies, immigrations and vendors. S/he will oversee all procurement activities and consultancy engagement process from start to finish; and also manage the consultancy and procurement database.

Other key responsibilities include;

*    Provide support to the Country Director in the development and roll-out of internal project management systems.

*    Support the Country Director to adapt global value for money (VFM) framework for the country office.

*   Maintain up -to- date record of stakeholders’ activities, events and travel itineraries to ensure efficient service delivery.

*   Ensure information on Malaria Consortium projects is available in the Nigeria page of Malaria Consortium intranet.

*   Source for appropriate venues for seminars, conferences, workshops and other programme activities.

*   Oversee the collation of quarterly project assessments.

*   Contribute to proposal writing, review and packaging including desk-based or field research for business development purposes.

Qualifications:

•          A Bachelor’s degree in Public Health, Project Management or a relevant degree in the Social Sciences.

•          Interested candidate must have a minimum of 3 years’ experience in project management and financial management involving financial budgeting and monitoring.

•          The ideal candidate must have strong analytical, writing, facilitation, coordination skills. S/he must also be proficient in the use Microsoft Office packages especially Ms Excel and other relevant database tools.

Interested applicants should send their application letter and updated CV to mcoperations@gridconsulting.net. The subject of the mail must contain the title of the position applied for. Applications without a subject title will NOT be processed

All applications must be submitted by Friday, 9th May, 2014. Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.