Post:Project Director
– Neglected Tropical Diseases
Organization;Malaria
Consortium
Location: Juba,south sudan
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 has its main South Sudan office in Juba and a sub office in Aweil, Northern Bar el Ghazel.
In FY2013, South Sudan had an annual programme
value of approximately £2M and employed approximately 70 staff. Its major
programme areas include iCCM and nutrition for under 5’s, health systems
strengthening and LLIN distribution, in additional to operational research.
Malaria Consortium has been notified by a donor that it will
be awarded an £8M four-year project to control neglected tropical diseases
(NTD) in South Sudan, which will focus on
blinding trachoma, bilharzia, lymphatic filariasis, onchocerciasis and soil
transmitted helminths. Working closely with the Ministry of Health and its
partners, Malaria Consortium will carry out disease mapping, mass drug
administration (MDA) and behaviour change communication, resulting in a total
of 28M treatments over the life of the project.
As a member of the senior country management team, the
Project Director - NTDs will provide leadership, stakeholder management and
representation to this strategically important project. The successful
candidate will have :
• Postgraduate and/or
doctoral degree in international health or related discipline
• Extensive
international experience at senior management level working in public health,
preferably malaria and/or NTDs
• Proven leadership
skills and team leading
• Partnership/consortium management
• Significant experience in project management
• Donor liaison and reporting
• Excellent English language presentation, writing and
reporting skills
• Technical knowledge and skills in control of malaria or
NTDs
• Monitoring and evaluation of large scale projects
• Experience with MDAs
• Experience working with Ministries of Health, preferably
in Africa
• Understanding of DfID Value for Money approach
• Strong negotiation skills
• Excellent personal and time management skills
How to apply:
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.
Closing date: 23 Oct
2013
How to Apply
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