Project Director at Malaria Consortium

Malaria Consortium is inviting credible applicants who are willing to partake in its ongoing recruitment to fill the position below:

Job Titles: Project Director

Location: Abuja

About Malaria Consortium: Malaria Consortium is one of the world’s leading non-profit organisations specialising in the comprehensive prevention, control and treatment of malaria and other communicable diseases among vulnerable and under privileged populations. We increasingly find our work on malaria can be effectively integrated with other similar public health interventions for greater impact and therefore expanded our remit to include child health and neglected tropical disease interventions.

Job Requirements

• Master’s Degree in Public Health, International Development or related discipline.
• Senior management level experience on large sized health projects in Africa.
• At least 15 years working experience in international projects.
• At least 5 years of those spent in projects in developing countries lasting more than 2 years and managing teams of 10 or more including local and international staff.
• Experience managing at least one project for an external government client for at least 2 years.
• Experience working with performance-based contracts.
• Experience in project and financial management with a proven track record of timely submission of high quality project deliverables.

Desirable:

• Experience managing donor grants or contracts such as DFID, GFATM or USAID/PMI.
• Experience working on malaria, maternal and child health programmes, including community health delivery.
• Familiar with the Nigeria health system.

Work-based skills:

• Strategic thinking.
• Ability to manage and inspire high performing teams.
• Excellent programme management skills, with proven ability to implement high quality projects on time and within budget.
• Strong negotiation skills, particularly in engaging government health officials at all levels.
• Good influencing and persuasion skills and ability to remain compliant with organisational and donor policies.
• Ability to manage and prioritize high workload and multiple tasks in a fast paced environment with tight deadlines.
• Excellent problem solving skills.
• Excellent English language skills, both spoken and written.
• Capable of establishing strong working relationships with colleagues from different functions and cultures.
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Word and Excel.
• Excellent presentation skills.
• A team player, with a friendly attitude.
• Proactive and takes initiative as required.
• Results-oriented work ethic.
• Good capacity building skills especially mentoring and coaching.
• Conversant with the basic epidemiology of malaria in Nigeria.
• Data-driven decision-making mentality.
• Excellent advocacy skills, and comfortable being a strong advocate for malaria control.

 How to Submit Your Application

Interested and qualified candidates should: Click here to apply online

Note

• Due to the nature of this role we will be reviewing applications on an ongoing basis and the role might be filled and closed before the closing date. Early applications are encouraged.
• This is a fixed term contract for the period of one year.
• To apply for this position you will need to have the right to work in Nigeria

Application Closing Date
15th December, 2022.