Post:Africa Technical Director
Organization: Malaria Consortium
Location:Kampala,Uganda
Salary:Very Attractive
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.
The work in Africa covers a
broad range of malaria control initiatives, and includes diagnosis,
treatment, prevention, disease surveillance, operational research,
monitoring and evaluation, behaviour change communications and
strengthening delivery systems in the public and private sectors and
community level. Work on neglected tropical diseases includes mapping
and integrated mass drug administration, and child health work includes
integrated community case management and development of better
diagnosis. Malaria Consortium has Regional Offices in Africa and in
Africa, which are each led by a team of a regional programmes director
for management and a regional technical director for technical aspects.
The
Africa Technical Director provides technical leadership of Malaria
Consortium Africa and its strategic development and direction, including
development and technical oversight of Africa-based projects, ensuring
that the organisation achieves its objectives with the highest technical
quality. To contribute at a senior level to global organisational and
business development as a member of Malaria Consortium’s Africa Regional
Management Team and Global Management Group. The successful candidate
will have:
• PhD level qualification in epidemiology or public health or a medical doctor with at least a relevant Master’s degree
• Extensive experience providing technical support for public health in developing countries
• Operational and implementation research experience
•
Extensive experience assessing and developing infectious disease
surveillance, monitoring and evaluation systems, including design and
implementation of surveys
• Experience in managing projects and staff teams, including training and mentoring
• Previous engagement in successful proposal development
• Demonstrated ability to liaise effectively with international and local government and non-governmental organisation officials
• Experience working in Africa
• Ability to innovate and design effective health programmes
• Strong analytical skills in monitoring, evaluation
• Familiar with quantitative and qualitative research methods
• Excellent planning and organising skills
• Excellent communication and presentation skills (including both written and spoken English)
• Excellent report and manuscript writing skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills and an ability to foster a positive team spirit
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.
- See more at: http://reliefweb.int/job/610894/africa-technical-director#sthash.f1itMlld.dpuf
Closing date: 06 Nov 2013
How to Apply
http://reliefweb.int/job/610894/africa-technical-director
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