Technical Officer: COMDIS-HSD Project Coordinator

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

The role of the Technical Officer is to provide project management and support to Malaria Consortium’s portfolio of COMDIS-HSD research projects and to the overall COMDIS-HSD consortium’s development and implementation. The postholder will be part of the Malaria Consortium global technical team.

The successful candidate will have:

· Postgraduate qualification in a public health related discipline.

· Experience working in public health implementation programmes and/or operational research;

· Experience in project management, including financial management, human resources and donor reporting;

· Excellent writing and presentation skills;

· Excellent communication skills;

· High level of computer skills including data analysis.

How to apply

For more information please visit our website www.malariaconsortium.org where you will have access to the full Job Description.

Please send a covering letter outlining how your skills and experience meet the Person Specification along with your CV to Human Resources at HR.Recruitment@malariaconsortium.org

Please quote the position and country in the subject line of your application

We appreciate your application however. However, only short listed candidates will be contacted. If you have not been contacted within three weeks of the closing date, we regret that your application has been unsuccessful. Please review our website for other suitable opportunities.

Thank you for your interest in Malaria Consortium.

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