Country Technical Coordinator
This is a Permanent, Full Time vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.
The Vacancy
Malaria Consortium is recruiting for a Country Technical Coordinator to join our team in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
The successful candidate will have :
Master’s degree in public or international health, Communicable or Infectious diseases, Epidemiology or related discipline.
Extensive experience designing and working in public health programmes or communicable disease control, with significant experience in a senior role.
Highly knowledgeable about malaria control, communicable diseases and nutrition, maternal and child health, community health and/or direct experience working in these areas.
Field experience in Sub-Saharan Africa and a solid understanding of the realities and complexities of programme implementation.
Demonstrable experience working in a technical advisory capacity to Ministries of Health and other partners, including relating to policy and guidelines review or development, and programme reviews.
Business development, including needs assessment, the development of concept notes and proposals, and stakeholder consultation and analysis.
Professional working proficiency of French and English (both written and spoken)
MD or PhD in related field
Experience in conducting qualitative and quantitative research related to public health programmes
Experience in health systems strengthening and health service offer
- Experience of building effective working relationships between MoH and its stakeholders
- Project or programme management including design, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation
- Business development, including needs assessment, the development of concept notes and proposals, and stakeholder consultation and analysis
- Experience working with teams with diverse cultural and professional backgrounds
- Experience in strategic planning and strategy implementation
- Experience managing projects or programmes funded by major institutional donors and agencies such as DFCO, USAID, the UN or EU
- Financial management and/or experience of working with large budgets
- Strong communication, interpersonal and presentation skills, with strong stakeholder management skills, able to engage effectively with broad and diverse audience
- Strong leadership skills with inclusive and motivational style and strong influencing ability
- Strong problem-solving ability, with excellent planning and organizational skills
- Excellent written and spoken English and French
- Strong technical writing skills
- Strong computer skills, conversant with MS Office packages
We need to keep beneficiaries safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to safeguarding. Please find our Code of Conduct, Safeguarding Policy and Privacy Notice here.
This role is conditional of Malaria Consortium securing funding.
This is a fixed term contract for the period of 12 months.
To apply for this position you will need to have the right to work in Burkina Faso
The Company
Established in 2003, Malaria Consortium is one of the world’s leading non-profit organisations specialising in the prevention, control, and treatment of malaria and other communicable diseases among vulnerable populations.
Our mission is to save lives and improve health in Africa and Asia through evidence-based programmes that combat targeted diseases and promote Universal Health Coverage.
What We Do
We are dedicated to ensuring our work is supported by strong evidence and remains grounded in the lessons we learn through implementation. We explore beyond current practice, to try out innovative ways – through research, implementation, and policy development – to achieve effective and sustainable disease management and control.
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