Senior National Consultant (Innovation Summit) at Malaria Consortium

Malaria Consortium is one of the world's leading non-profit organizations dedicated to the comprehensive control of malaria and other communicable diseases in Africa & Southeast Asia. Malaria Consortium works with communities, government and non-government agencies, academic institutions, and local & international organizations 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 Organization works to improve not only the health of the individual, but also the capacity of national health systems, which helps to relieve poverty and support improved economic prosperity.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior National Consultant (Innovation Summit)

Location: Abuja (FCT) 
Employment Type: Full Time

Purpose of the Assignment

• The purpose of this term of reference (TOR) is to support the country office technical team to drive innovation using proof of concepts and lessons learnt from impactful research/projects implemented in previous years in the light of the new organizational strategy and contribute to business development.

Scope of the Assignment

• The scope of the technical assistance involves supporting a brainstorming workshop on innovation for the country office technical team using an appropriate framework to generate innovative concepts/ideas that can be developed into proposals.
• The TA will also support the review of existing proofs of concept with the view to developing them further in the pathway for adoption and scale-up.

Specific tasks:
The review of existing proofs of concept and development of innovative concepts/ideas will be led by one (1) Senior National Consultant to carry out these specific tasks:

• Familiarisation with the new Malaria Consortium strategy 2025-2028 and NMEP’s strategy for malaria control.
• Desk review of previous projects, existing proof of concept in preparation for a robust brainstorming workshop on innovation to generate innovative concepts/ideas
• Coordinate the brainstorming workshop on innovation to generate innovative concepts/ideas that align with the new strategy and are relevant in the Nigerian context.
• Submission of the compilation of innovative concepts and ideas that can be developed into proposals.
• Prepare a report of the consultancy.

Deliverables:

• Desk Review Report
• Innovative concepts/ideas that can be developed into proposals
• Workshop Report
• Consultancy report

Qualifications and experience

• PhD or equivalent experience in Public/Global Health, Implementation Science, Health Systems, Health Policy and Planning or related field is required.
• Have at least 10 years’ experience in implementation science, health policy and health system strengthening in public health-related programmes, preferably in areas related to implementation research.
• Demonstrate extensive experience of working with Ministries of Health, NMEP, SMEP, NPHCDA, SPHCDA, other government sectors, donor agencies and/or implementing partners.
• Excellent knowledge of malaria prevention and control in endemic settings, current global realities, National malaria elimination strategies and health systems strengthening strategies.
• Excellent technical writing and facilitating skills are highly required.
• Availability for the period of this assignment.
• Ability to give attention to details.
• Self-motivated, team player but also able to work independently.
• Meets tight deadlines and able to work under pressure.

Application Closing Date
20th March, 2026.