Campaign Senior Technical Specialist

Malaria Consortium is recruiting for a Campaign Senior Technical Specialist to join our team in Abuja, Nigeria.

Job purpose

The Campaign Manager will be responsible for planning, coordinating and implementing ITN distribution activities and financial management in implementation state. Four campaign managers will be engaged to cover all implementation states; each state will be managed by a campaign manager.

Scope of work

The role involves ensuring the proper planning and coordination of all activities related to the delivery of ITNs to households in the implementation state including macro and microplanning, advocacy, procurement, supply chain management, household mobilization, demand creation as well as monitoring, evaluation and reporting of the process. This role will back-stop the State Support Team of NMEP in the technical, demand creation, logistics and security work streams to ensure the delivery of a high-quality campaign.  

Key working relationships

This role will involve working under the supervision of the Senior Project Manager and collaborate closely with: Campaign managers in all implementation states, National Malaria Elimination Program, State Ministries of Health and State Support teams, Malaria Consortium country and head office technical teams. The post holder will represent Malaria Consortium in relevant technical working groups including IVM and ITN campaign coordination platforms alongside the Senior Project Manager.

Key accountabilities

Technical leadership, strategy and advisory

• Provide overall technical leadership for ITN campaign design, planning and implementation.
• Lead the definition of campaign technical strategies, including targeting, distribution modalities, digitization approaches and risk mitigation
• Ensure alignment with the national malaria guidelines and policies, donor requirements and global best practices
• Seve as the primary technical focal point for campaign-related technical decisions.

Workstream technical oversight and integration

Provide technical oversight and coherence across all campaign workstreams:

• Microplanning
• Logistics and supply chain
• Training and capacity building
• Social and Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC)
• Digital sign-up and data systems
• Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL)

• Support workstream advisors and Campaign Managers to identify risks, gap and corrective actions.
• Ensure effective integration of multi-product campaigns and security considerations.

Other strategic key accountability areas

• Provide strategic technical leadership for ITN campaign planning and implementation, including development of campaign plans of action, timelines, macro budgets, ITN quantification, targeting and allocation of strategies, ensuring equity-focused approaches for vulnerable and hard-to-reach populations.
• Oversee technical design and validation of campaign planning tools and process including macroplans, microplanning templates, GIS-informed targeting approaches and digitised systems while leading risk assessments and mitigation strategies covering operational, security and technical risks.

• Lead technical oversight of logistics and supply chain management, ensuring effective warehousing, transportation, security, reverse logistics, waste management, ITN accountability, reconciliation and adoption of SOPs and digital tracking.
• Provide technical guidance on Social and Behaviour Change strategies (SBC), including development of comprehensive SBC plans, rumour management approaches, advocacy strategies, campaign messaging and integration of SBC components into training, microplanning and digital platforms.
• Lead monitoring evaluation, accountability and learning for ITN campaigns including development of M&E frameworks, indicators, evaluation protocols, real -time data analysis, digitized performance monitoring systems and post campaign assessments to drive evidence-based decision making and quality improvement.
• Ensure high-quality technical reporting, documentation and knowledge management including preparation of technical reports, dashboards, donor updates, learning briefs and policy inputs while representing Malaria Consortium in relevant technical coordination platforms and ensuring compliance with organizational policies and security protocols. 

Person specification

Qualifications and experience:

Essential

• Advanced degree in Public health, Epidemiology, Health Informatics, Data Science or related field.
• Minimum of 5-7 years’ experience in malaria programming or large-scale public health campaigns.
• Proven experience providing senior technical leadership across multi-workstream environments.
• Strong knowledge of ITN campaign design, logistics, SBC and M&E
• Experience working with national malaria programmes, donors and international NGOs
• Proficiency in data analysis and visualization tools (Excel, Power BI, Tableau, R, Python, DHIS2, KoboToolbox)

Desirable

• Thorough understanding of preventive aspects of malaria control
• Previous hands-on experience working in hard-to-reach locations
• Familiarity with the strategies and guidelines of NMEP as well as SMEP
• Experience in using participatory adult learning techniques
• Previous experience in mass campaign ITN distribution activities is a plus

Work-based skills and competencies:

Essential

• Experience with digitized ITN campaign and GIS-based planning
• Experience conducting independent process evaluation or coverage assessments.
• Familiarity with NMEP ITN guidelines
• Excellent diplomacy and stakeholder liaison skills and experience in working in partnerships to deliver programmes
• Competency in computer applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Good writing and communication skills
• Ability to work effectively with a wide variety of partners including MoH

Desirable: 

• Skills in qualitative research.

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Due to the nature of this role we will be reviewing applications on an ongoing basis and the role might be filled and closed before the closing date. Early applications are encouraged and qualified female candidates are strongly advised to apply.