Job Vacancy for Technical Malaria Manager at SuNMaP

The Support to National Malaria Programme (SuNMaP) is being implemented by a Malaria Consortium-led partnership of international and national companies and non-governmental organisations.

It currently operates in six states, namely; Anambra, Kano, Katsina, Lagos, Niger and Ogun with headquarters in Abuja. This £50m project is managed by a consortium of three international organizations, namely: Malaria Consortium UK, Health Partners International UK and GRID Consulting Nigeria.

The objective of SuNMaP is to strengthen the delivery of the Nigeria’s National Malaria control effort by providing technical support to improve the capacity of the National Malaria Control programme (NMCP) at all levels. In doing this, the programme is working with stakeholders in the health sector public and private; as well as civil societies and partners from the commercial sector.

The programme has been in operation for over three years and is now expanding to four additional states; namely; Enugu, Jigawa, Kaduna and Yobe.

A vacancy currently exists for a suitably qualified candidate to fill the position below:

Job Title: Technical Malaria Manager

Location: Enugu, Jigawa, Kaduna & Yobe

This position will be based in each of the four new operating States. Each Technical Malaria Manager will be responsible for providing technical support to the State Ministry of Health and other partners engaged in malaria control effort.

Responsibilities

S/he will be involved in direct implementation of projects for the control of malaria at the State, community and grass-roots level. S/he will coordinate and maintain an oversight of programme activities in the State including harmonization of malaria control efforts at the state level. Other key responsibilities include;

• Coordinating public sector, private sector and civil society on-site training of health workers and PMVs on malaria diagnosis and case management.


• Coordinating the implementation of state based activities including malaria commodity distribution.


• Ensuring programme monitoring data are regularly collected, collated and fed-back to the Central programme team.


• Monitoring access to LLINs and ACTs through the commercial sector and civil society.

Qualifications:

• A Health professional with a Master’s degree in International or Public Health with a minimum of five years relevant work experience.


• S/he must have experience in malaria, and general management and control of other diseases. Excellent planning, budgeting and communicating skills are required for this position.


• Previous experience in a similar role within a donor funding environment will be an added advantage.

Method of Application

To apply for this post, please email a covering letter addressing your suitability for the post and a CV to  sunmap@gridconsulting.net . Please quote the job title in the subject line.

Please note that only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Closing Date: 12 noon, Friday 23 January 2012