Regional Programme Coordinator-Job from Malaria Consortium, Uganda

Post:Regional Programme Coordinator
Job
from Malaria Consortium
Career categories:    Management
Country:    Uganda
City:   Kampala
Organisation:   Malaria Consortium
Job years of experience:    3-5 years
Job type:    Job

Closing date: 22 May 2013

The position is conditional on funding being secured from the donor.

Malaria Consortium is one of the world's leading non-profit organisations dedicated to the comprehensive control of malaria and other communicable diseases in Africa and Southeast Asia. Malaria Consortium works with communities, government and non-government agencies, academic institutions, and local and international organisations, to ensure good evidence supports delivery of effective services, providing technical support for monitoring and evaluation of programmes and activities for evidence-based decision-making and strategic planning. The organisation works to improve not only the health of the individual, but also the capacity of national health systems, which helps relieve poverty and support improved economic prosperity.

Malaria Consortium and other partners are going to implement a multi-country programme which aims to strengthen the market for severe malaria treatment through catalytic supply and demand management initiatives.

The main goal of this project is the reduction in mortality from severe malaria in targeted countries. This will be through the accelerated global adoption of Injectable Artesunate. In order to reach this goal, the consortium of will carry out market interventions for accelerating the uptake of Inj AS in six select countries over a three year period to help improve severe malaria outcomes by strengthening the market for Inj AS.

The post holder will lead Malaria Consortium’s components of the multi-country programme which aims to strengthening the market for severe malaria treatment. The post holder will be responsible for overall programme coordination, lead the design and implementation of the programme’s research studies, oversee health worker capacity building efforts and will work closely with the organisation’s M&E team to ensure that programme progress is appropriately documented and learning shared with key stakeholders. The post holder will lead the technical writing of documents such as peer-reviewed publications. The role will in addition provide oversight to the three country Project Managers who will be based in Ethiopia, Nigeria and Uganda

The successful candidate will have:
 • A postgraduate qualification in paediatrics, medicine, public health, epidemiology or another relevant speciality.
 • Extensive experience in public health or research experience in different low income country settings, preferably in Africa.
• Experience working closely with Ministries of Health and other stakeholders in relation to malaria control policy and practice.
• A thorough understanding of malaria case management.
• Familiar with quantitative and qualitative research methods as applied to malaria case management.
• Experience in managing public health or communicable disease projects in low income settings.
• Experience managing large budgets.
 • They should have excellent programme planning and management skills
• Demonstrable research skills
• Excellent technical and report writing skills
• Proficient in MS office suite
• Excellent problem solving, planning and organising skills
• Excellent communication skills (i.e. both written and spoken English)
• Excellent presentation skills
• Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills
 • Able to work effectively as part of a multi-cultural team
• Willingness to participate in field activities/surveys and travel to remote areas within the region
 • Ability to follow deadlines, accuracy and attention to detail

How to apply:
For more information please visit our website www.malariaconsortium.org where you will have access to the full Job description. Please send a covering letter outlining how you meet the person specification along with your CV to Human Resources at HR.Recruitment@malariaconsortium.org . Please quote the position and country in the subject line of your application.

We appreciate your application however, only short listed candidates will be contacted within three weeks after the closing date.
Job ID: #575308

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