Programme Technical Director at Grid Consulting Limited

SuNMaP is DFID-funded five year programme to support the National Malaria Control Programme. It currently operates in ten states, namely; Anambra, Enugu, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Lagos, Niger, Ogun and Yobe with headquarters in Abuja. This £50m project is jointly managed by a consortium of three international organizations, namely: Malaria Consortium UK, Health Partners International UK and GRID Consulting Nigeria.

The objective of SuNMaP is to strengthen the delivery of the Nigeria’s National Malaria control effort by providing technical support to improve the capacity of the National Malaria Control programme (NMCP) at all levels. In doing this, the programme is working with stakeholders in the health sector public and private; as well as civil and faith based societies and partners from the commercial sector.

The programme is looking to fill the post of a Programme Technical Director in the Abuja Office.

Job Title: Programme Technical Director

Location: Abuja

This position will provide overall technical leadership for the programme with focus on public sector interventions. S/he will work closely with other senior programme staff as well as Technical Advisers to coordinate the development of all technical aspects of the programme implementation approaches; thereby ensuring appropriate consultations with stakeholders at all levels.

Other key responsibilities include:

• Provides technical support to relevant branches in NMCP; Supports NMCP stewardship role on public-private partnership in collaboration with SuNMaP Commercial Sector Manager and provide input into SuNMaP commercial sector strategy;
• Coordinates the senior technical team to provide technical input and monitor activities of implementation in capacity building, prevention and treatment, communication, operational research and monitoring and evaluation. Contributes to the harmonization of outputs of the programme;
• Represents the programme in malaria technical sub-committees and other meetings as agreed with the Programme Director; In collaboration with Malaria Consortium, Country technical coordinator; support efforts for cross learning and institutional capacity building across its portfolio of programmes and projects; Line manages medium to long-term consultants as agreed by the Programme Director; Copied: www.hotnigerianjobs.com

Qualified candidates should possess the following

• A Medical degree and post graduate qualification in Public Health or other related disciplines in health and medical sciences. An extensive knowledge of the Nigerian Health systems is required for this position; as well as a good understanding of working with the Ministry of health in policy and strategy formation.
• Proven technical skills and knowledge in malaria including malaria case management and training health workers is essential. S/he must have a minimum of 10 years’ with proven skills in keeping relevant scientific research and applications for local context.
• A Good knowledge of Capacity Building tools as well as malaria prevention and control in Nigeria or other African countries is required. Previous knowledge and use of Microsoft Excel, knowledge of HMIS, DHIS Epidata and EpiInfo is desirable. Copied: www.hotnigerianjobs.com

Terms and Conditions of Employment:
The appointment term will be till August 2015 with an initial 6-months probationary period. The programme offers very competitive salary packages.

Application Closing Date
Thursday, 2nd May, 2013

Method of Application
To apply for this post, please email a covering letter addressing your suitability for the post and a CV to sunmap@gridconsulting.net  Please quote the job title in the subject line.

Please note that only short-listed candidates will be contacted.