Malaria Consortium Nigeria Recruits Project Manager (UNITAID Project)

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. Malaria Consortium works with communities, Government and non-Governmental 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: Project Manager

Location: Abuja

The Project Manager will coordinate all in-country project activities against agreed performance indicators. The job holder will also work closely with the country project team, other key personnel in the country office and the Regional Programme Coordinator; to lead activities in-country for smooth project start-up and planning.

Additional Key Responsibilities Include:

• Coordinating along with other key personnel in the country office; the overall programme implementation and ensure all activities are carried out on time and within budget.
• Developing and implementing annual work-plans.
• Providing support for the development of an in- country project monitoring and evaluation framework.
• Working closely with the Country Finance and Regional Programme Coordinator to prepare bi-annual financial reports as well as prepare and track progress of project activity budgets.
• Participating in National level meetings and workshops to represent Malaria Consortium at programmatic and coordination events.
• Providing support for the development and production of dissemination documents; to allow wider haring of malaria Consortium’s experiences, lessons and successes.

Qualifications
Candidates should possess the following:

• Post-Graduate degree in either of Public Health, Health Policy, Epidemiology, or other related discipline is required. The job holder must have a minimum of 7-years’ experience with 3-years’ experience working at the National level in a developing country.
• Previous experience in managing projects or project budgets is required for this position. S/he must be excellent in project planning, management with knowledge of monitoring and evaluation.
• A proof of strong interpersonal and negotiating skills as well as report writing and presentation skills is essential. Previous experience within a donor funding environment will be an added advantage.

Application Closing Date
8th March, 2013

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