Malaria Consortium (www.malariaconsortium.org ) is one of the world’s leading
non-profit organisations which is dedicated to the comprehensive control of
malaria and other communicable diseases in Africa and Southeast Asia.
agencies, academic institutions, 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 has been operational in Nigeria since 2008 and recently opened
a country office in Nigeria to fully establish itself with long term commitment.
UNITAID Project
Malaria Consortium recently awarded funding by UNITAID to create a private
sector market for Quality Assured Malaria RDT’s through licensed premises. The
3-years project which will be implemented in three states, namely; Anambra,
Cross-River and Ogun now seeks to recruit professionals in its implementing
offices
Job Title: Technical Officer (Marketing)
The Technical Officer (Marketing) will oversee activities geared towards
increasing the uptake of the enhanced RDTs in the private sector. The job
holder will be responsible for developing and implementing a diagnostics
marketing strategy for malaria diagnostics brands, targeted at both the
providers and consumers.
Candidates should possess the following:
Bachelor’s degree in International health or other related
discipline with a Post-Graduate qualification in one of; Procurement, Marketing
or Business management is required for this post.
S/he must have a minimum of 3-years’ experience, prior experience managing
large scale programmes and strong interpersonal and negotiating skills.
Excellent report writing and presentation skills are required for
this position.
The job holder must be familiar with the Nigerian Health Sector
and the operations of the Ministry of Health.
Specific Duties & Responsibilities
Coordinating regular meeting with key stakeholders on the
progress of the project towards gathering learning on stock, RDT results
interpretation, adherence and over-treatment of ACTS.
Ensuring constant availability of quality assured diagnostics
stock in the private sector pipeline by tracking orders, shipping, stocking and
providing information on commodities as they move from manufacturers to the
importers, wholesalers, distributors, retailers and end –users.
Working with importers, distributors and healthcare providers to
improve access to good quality malaria diagnostics. Working with the Regional
BCC specialist to develop IEC materials and a BCC campaign.
Monitoring market price of the enhanced product. Monitoring and
supervision of sub contracted marketing activities.
METHOD OF APPLICATION
Interested candidates should please submit a covering letter addressing your
suitability for the post and a CV to include contact numbers and email to:
malaria@gridconsulting.net Please quote the job title in the subject
line.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews
