Senior Malaria Technical Advisor

Tracking Code 4720

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Job Description
The Senior Malaria Technical Advisor will serve as the lead liaison with the National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP) in the implementation of the Malaria Control & Evaluation Partnership in Africa (MACEPA) project work. The goal of MACEPA is to increase the number of sub-Saharan African countries in which malaria prevention and control efforts rapidly reduce malaria incidence and ultimately eliminate deaths attributed to malaria. This position reports to the MACEPA Project Director and is based at the NMCP offices in Lusaka, Zambia. Duties and responsibilities include:

Leadership and Relationship Management
• Maintain close working relationships with relevant offices and staff of the Government of Zambia and local implementing partners UN Agencies (WHO, UNICEF and others), the US Government, and nongovernmental national and international agencies working in Zambia.
• Participate in national and regional meetings to represent PATH/MACEPA.
Project Planning and Implementation
• Provide technical support as requested to the NMCC on malaria program policy, strategy, and implementation and actively participate in malaria-related technical working groups Serve as the lead technical advisor for the implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of MACEPA support to the NMCC.
• Work with other offices within the Ministry of Health to facilitate the integration of malaria control activities into the broader primary health care system.
• Maintain updated technical knowledge on malaria and related public health topics to be able to provide vision and input to strategy development.
• Work with the NMCC to actively use data for decision-making and to identify how malaria control activities and impact can be sustained over time.
• Ensure MACEPA's work complements PATH's Zambia overall country program strategy.
Project Management
• Develop annual work plans, budgets, and performance reports for Zambia-based activities.
• Participate in monitoring, periodic evaluations, and semi-annual reviews of project activities, including program analysis and strategic planning for future assistance in malaria.
• Manage MACEPA Zambia staff as per organizational structure
• Supervise PATH/MACEPA technical consultants and oversee their input to program activities.
Required Skills
• Demonstrated ability to work in a multi-site team-based organizational structure, including partners and other collaborators; experience with cross-cultural teams highly desirable.
• Excellent written and oral communications skills in English required.
• Demonstrated skills in collaboration and diplomacy and commitment to achieving project objectives.
• Demonstrated proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office Suite or comparable professional software package—specific competence in the use of word processing, presentation, email and calendaring software required.
Available to travel within the country as needed; availability to travel internationally up to 10 percent.
Required Experience
Graduate degree in related field (e.g., public health, epidemiology, or health administration) or equivalent; doctoral degree preferred. Minimum seven years of experience working in public health with minimum of 5 years working in developing countries in Africa to include supervision of staff, management of budgets and day-to-day project management; minimum five years of nongovernmental organization experience preferred. Experience working in close collaboration with and/or managing a national malaria control program is highly desirable. Prefer experience writing/publishing manuscripts for peer-reviewed publication and presenting at technical conferences.
Job Location
Lusaka, ZAMBIA
Position Type
Full-Time/Regular

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