Technical Advisor vacancy at Malaria Consortium in Uganda,East Africa Jobs,

Job Title: Technical Advisor - Malaria

Organisation: Malaria Consortium

Closing date: 02 Dec 2013

Location: Kampala

 Contract: 2 years with the potential for an additional 2 year extension

Due to a number of upcoming funding opportunities, Malaria Consortium anticipates scaling up its work in malaria and child health over the coming year and is looking to strengthen its team in a number of technical and programme management areas. If successful in securing additional contracts, we are looking to recruit a Malaria Technical Advisor to be a key member of this team, providing malaria-specific programmatic guidance to Malaria Consortium and its partners.

The successful candidate will have:

• Master’s degree in public health or related health discipline

• Significant experience in malaria and/or public health, with experience in health programme design, implementation, coordination and management in developing countries, preferably in Africa

 • Strong programme management and policy analysis skills including programme monitoring and evaluation, budgeting, strategy development and ability to work effectively with partners and stakeholders. Ability to provide vision and input to strategy development at country and global level

• Experience collaborating with Ministries of Health and/or NMCPs in Africa on the implementation of technically sound public health programmes, including malaria control prevention and treatment interventions

 • Demonstrated technical leadership, policy experience, and problem solving skills working on and providing expert oversight of complex projects

How to apply:

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 you meet the person specification along with your CV 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 within three weeks after the closing date.

Job ID: #616674

Closing date: 02.12.13