State Project Manager at 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.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: State Project Manager
Location: Gombe
Employment type: Full – Time
Job Description
- among the project’s stakeholders and local partners
- Oversee project partners inputs and subcontractors’ activities to deliver harmonized, aligned and effective outputs
- Manage risks to Malaria Consortium including financial, reputation and security in a challenging environment
- Work with the project M&E Manager and Country Public Health Specialist to ensure that high quality project data is collected, analyzed and disseminated to relevant stakeholders at all levels and reported to the donor.
- Technical performance management and quality assurance (30%)
- Work with the project teams, PD and the Senior Country Technical Coordinator to determine technical support needs to implement the project effectively and with high quality. Liaise with the Senior Country Technical Coordinator to obtain regional or global technical support
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- Contribute to the development and production of dissemination documents to allow wider sharing of Malaria Consortium’s experiences, lessons and successes
- Oversee monitoring and evaluation of project performance against workplan
- Keep abreast with evidence and best practices that are related to the project.
- Represent Malaria Consortium at state level meetings related to the project and keep key stakeholders abreast of project implementation.
- Participate in national level meetings and workshops as appropriate with the PD’s support.
- Liaise regularly with the PD, keeping the relevant Country Team in loop of communication.
Requirements
- Postgraduate or Master’s Degree in Public Health, Health Policy, Epidemiology or another relevant specialty is a minimum requirement
- Extensive experience of working at national or state level in developing countries on a donor-funded project
- Excellent project planning, management and monitoring & evaluation skills
- Experience managing project budgets
- Proven leadership skills and team leading
- Experience in advocacy and policy influencing
- Excellent written and spoken English
- Experience in malaria programme implementation
- Experience in leading a project at state level
- Advance knowledge of Microsoft office.
Skills and Competencies:
- Proof of strong interpersonal and negotiating skills
- Excellent report writing and presentation skills are also needed
- Understanding of public health issues in West and Central Africa.
Application Closing Date
3rd June, 2025.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
