Associate Director, Malaria at the Henry M. Jackson Foundation (HJF)

The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine is a global nonprofit organization created by Congress in 1983 to assist in accelerating the progress of military medicine. Our unmatched experience in military medical research makes us uniquely qualified to assist investigators and clinicians in managing scientific research. By providing exceptional program management services, we relieve the administrative burden associated with medical research, empowering researchers to make the medical discoveries our warfighters need.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Associate Director, Malaria

Location: Abuja
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

• The Associate Director (AD) Malaria maintains overall responsibility for managing the planning, development, design, and direction of the malaria project implemented by HJFMRI for PMI Nigeria.
• S/he is required to integrate PMI requirements and participation into a comprehensive plan that is fully coordinated with all contributing agencies, stakeholders, and organizations; establish responsibilities and set expectations; control and manage the project budgets and schedules, assuring that commitments to PMI are met; and serving as the project’s primary point-of-contact for USAID, as PMI lead, and other collaborators to include the Global Fund.

Responsibilities

• Assures the overall management, control, coordination, and execution of the assigned projects. As project leader, implements PMI, WRAIR, and HJF decisions, guidance, laws, regulations and policies in the development of the project and intermediate products in support of the project.
• Manages PMI and USAID needs and maintains awareness of other agencies' commitments in support of the project, into a comprehensive scope of work. Obtains and maintains USAID and WRAIR concurrence on the scope of work (SOW). Participates in programming decisions, affecting long- and- short range courses of action for assigned projects. Provide support to global health partners i.e WHO, Roll Back Malaria, Nigerian Center for Disease Contorl, NAMRU-3, Global Fund, etc) to develop the capacity of health care workers and quality assurance to strengthen the healthcare systems.
• Controls and manages project implementation to meet agreed objectives and targets. Works with HJFMRI Finance to monitor project spend, and analyze spend consistent with progress attained, and measures/monitors performance to assure that commitments of all parties are being maintained. Gathers and provides input to budget projections.
• Plans and submits SOWs for procurement, and follows up on the procurement and delivery processes. Monitors progress, measures performance, and takes necessary corrective action to maintain agreed-upon schedules and costs. Based on performance trends forecasts schedule, budget, manpower, or quality problems and ensures proper resolution of issues raised.
• Reviews and approves, within authorities provided, project cost and schedule changes. Endorses all products produced by malaria staff in support of the project, and has the authority and responsibility to challenge those products. Shares products with USAMRD-A/N and HJF leadership, appropriate stakeholders at WRAIR, and PMI per schedule.
• Oversees the documentation and dissemination of program implementation success stories, lessons learned and challenges within the organizations and external stakeholders and audiences. ordinate with the program team to produce project success stories, lessons learned, fact sheets, news brief and blogs and disseminate through appropriate communication channels.
• Develops appropriate strategies and tools for strengthening the use of program data, and identifies data needs at all levels.
• Communicates technical data and information (including health research methods and statistical analysis) to both technical and non-technical audiences to support data-informed decision making, advocacy, and other activity objectives. Supports evidence-based planning, analyzing program data and lessons from global experience.
• Serves as the primary point of contact with internal and external stakeholders. Provide briefings and updates to USAMRD-A/N leadership, HJF, WRAIR, NMEP and PMI as requested and required, and other interested parties as directed or necessary for achievement of project goals.
• Communicate regularly with the PEPFAR program staff and Emerging Infectious Diseases staff to share practices, encourage transparency, and leverage resources as feasible.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Direct Supervisor: Direct authority to make decisions on the following: employee hiring, disciplinary action, starting salaries and merit increases; conduct employee performance evaluations and directs work activities.

Physical Capabilities:

• May require lifting materials up to 10 lbs.
• Ability to stand or sit at a computer for prolonged periods.

Qualifications
Education and Experience:

• Master's Degree is required. Medical Labortory Science or related discipline is preferred).
• 9-10 years of experience required.

Licenses and Certifications:

• The incumbent must be registered with the Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria (MLSCN).

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Candidate must have sound managerial knowledge, with a general understanding of the management of projects, people, and budgets. Incumbent should understand quantitative and qualitative research methods and monitoring systems, and be able to apply them to generate quality deliverables.
• Familiarity with a wide range of implementation science methods, frameworks and models is desired. The incumbent must have the ability to translate research findings and project outputs into practical recommendations.
• The incumbent must have knowledge of quality assurance principles and malaria microscopy for health systems strengthening in Nigeria.
• S/He must have a working experience with GOG , NMOD and USG funded projects .
• Managerial and administrative skills are required. Strong leadership, analytical, and communication skills are required.
• Must have exceptional communication skills, including clear and concise technical writing, the ability to communicate technical information to non-technical audiences, an engaging presentation style, and expertise in group facilitation.
• Must maintain strong interpersonal and teamwork skills, with a demonstrated ability to build and manage a team, collaborate across teams, roles, and departments and the ability to influence without formal authority.
• Incumbent must have good time management skills, with the ability to juggle multiple tasks, short deadlines, and pressure to perform. Must have the ability to produce polished evidence-based outputs for external dissemination.
• Experience as a published author in peer-reviewed literature is a plus.

Work Environment

• This position will take place primarily in an office setting.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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