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Country Programmes Manager is needed at Malaria Consortium
JOB TITLE: Country Programmes Manager
LOCATION: Abuja
Department: Programmes
Length of contract: Indefinite
Role type: Global
Grade: 11
Travel involved: Yes
Child safeguarding level: 3
Reporting to: West and Central Africa Programmes Director
Direct reports: BMGF Project Manager, Office Manager, Security Manager
Country and project background
The Nigeria Country Office in Abuja started operations in 2008, through the DFID/UKaid funded Support to National Malaria Programme, SuNMaP (2008 – 2016). The office had presence in 23 states of the country and has managed at various times, about 15 programmes and projects. It follows the mandate of the parent organization in Nigeria and has been working specifically in the following areas:
- Malaria control/elimination;
- Integrated community case management (iCCM) for malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoea;
- Nutrition; and
- Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs).
- Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention
Person Specification
Qualifications and Experience:
Essential:
- Postgraduate qualification in International Development, Public Health, Business Administration, Project Management or similar.
- Extensive experience in a similar role;
- Significant hands-on experience in project management at a senior level or management of large or multi-country programmes ideally in low or middle income countries
- Strong experience with managing operational units in large international organisations
- Experience working in the management of public health programmes
- Strong team management skills with experience of working in disparate teams
- Experience of managing projects with a budget size of over 5 million GBP
- Experience working in security challenged environments and/or humanitarian context
- Experience in proposal development and reporting
- Significant experience in budget holding duties
- Experience working in a multi-cultural team
Desirable:
- Experience working in Nigeria
- Programme management qualification e.g. PRINCE2
- Experience managing donor grants such as GFATM, DFID, BMGF, USAID or UNITAID
- Experience working on maternal and child health programmes, including community health delivery
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Job Features
Job Category | Manager |
Deadline | 3rd June, 2020. |