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Regional Senior Malaria Technical Advisor (RSMTA) is needed at the Management Sciences for Health (MSH)
JOB TITLE: Regional Senior Malaria Technical Advisor (RSMTA)
Job ID: 13-11054
LOCATION: Nigeria
Group/Office: PDG (Program Delivery Group)
Dept/Unit: PDGGEN – Program Delivery Group
Project/Program: A576 – PMI – S
Reports To: Deputy Project Director / Senior Malaria Technical Advisor, Abuja.
Grade: J
Overview
- PMI-S is a five-year PMI/USAID flagship malaria project implemented through a consortium led by MSH. The project is supporting the Government of Nigeria through its agencies at the federal, state, LGA and community levels to reduce under-five and maternal mortality by delivering quality services for management of malaria, its complications, and prevention. PMI-S project focuses on strengthening the capacity of the National Malaria Elimination Program (NMEP) and State Malaria Elimination Programs (SMEPs) for the implementation of the National Malaria Strategic Plan 2014-2020.
- The Regional Senior Malaria Technical Advisor (RSMTA) will provide technical support and strategic direction to the SMEP for not only strengthening laboratory practices (both microscopy and RDT) but also manage overall malaria quality of care interventions. S/he will work in close collaboration with the State Malaria Technical Lead, as well as with WRAIR to increase utilization and standardization of laboratory practices.
Qualifications and Experience
- A Master’s Degree in Public Health, with a professional degree in laboratory medicine or equivalent.
- At least 8 years post qualification experience working in a laboratory setting.
- Good understanding of the essential package of health and laboratory services needed at each level of the health system to facilitate implementation of malaria diagnostic package, and quality of care.
- Program management experience.
- Knowledge and experience in laboratory capacity building, monitoring and supervision including the ability to plan and conduct trainings in malaria diagnostic (RDT and microscopy).
- Familiarity and experience in implementing a comprehensive laboratory system and services including QA/QC, and accreditation systems.
- Willingness and availability to travel between states.
- Experience with basic database management and Microsoft Word, Excel, and Power point.
- Demonstrated capacity to collaborate with State Health departments, SPHCDA, partners supporting SMOH, and LGAs to achieve results.
- Strong interpersonal and written communication skills to manage project communications and disseminate project information are required.
- Demonstrated organizational, strategic agility, diplomacy, conflict management, and team building skills, to ensure internal coherence among diverse team members, as well as external relations with the State Ministry of Health, civil society, private sector and other stakeholders.
- Experience working with USAID funded projects will be a plus.
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Job Features
Job Category | Engineering / Technical |
Deadline | 27th April, 2020. |