Malaria Consortium is one of the world’s leading non-profit organisations dedicated to the comprehensive control of malaria and other communicable diseases in Africa and Southeast Asia . Malaria Consortium works with communities, government and non-government agencies, academic institutions, and 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 works to improve not only the health of the individual, but also the capacity of national health systems, which helps relieve poverty and support improved economic prosperity.
The Programme Manager will be responsible for strengthening performance and providing leadership in the implementation of the PPA-funded initiatives globally to ensure that they are successfully delivered. The Programme Manager will support PPA Initiative Managers to implement their work, monitor progress, organise measurement of their impact and support cross country and programme learning internally and externally, drawing on Malaria Consortium’s evidence and experience. The PM will be expected to work closely with colleagues across all functions and represent the partner relationship with DFID when necessary.
The successful candidate will have:
• Post graduate in a relevant subject e.g. public health and disease control programmes
• Significant experience in leading and managing projects in multiple locations in Africa & Asia
• Substantial experience working with DFID
• Substantial experience managing project and budgets
• Experience of high quality monitoring and evaluation of international public health programmes
• Experience producing high quality reports and publications
• International NGO experience
• Project planning and project management skills
• Ability to build strong relationships with colleagues and partners
• Monitoring & evaluation skills
• Excellent time management and organisational skills
• Ability to communicate effectively at all levels to diverse audiences
• Excellent written communications skills
• Advanced computer skills
• Project evaluation and evaluating the impact of project outputs
Candidates must meet all essential criteria. As this post is UK based non-EC nationals will require to have current and valid permit to work in the UK.
How to apply:
For more information please visit our website www.malariaconsortium.org where you will have access to the full Job Description.
Please send a covering letter outlining how your skills and experience meet the Person Specification along with your CV of maximum 4 pages to Human Resources at HR.Recruitment@malariaconsortium.org
Please quote the position and country in the subject line of your application
We appreciate your application however, only short listed candidates will be contacted. If you have not been contacted within three weeks of the closing date we regret that your application has been unsuccessful.
Please continue, however, to periodically review our website for other suitable opportunities.
Thank you for your interest in Malaria Consortium.
Closing Date: Thursday, 16 February 2012
