Assistant manager, malaria capacity development consortium

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine - Faculty of infectious and tropical diseases, Department of disease control and vector biology

An exciting opportunity is available for an experienced project administrator who will support the Malaria Capacity Development Consortium (MCDC) which has its secretariat based at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. MCDC is a consortium of 8 partners funded by the Wellcome Trust and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) which is working to strengthen malaria research capacity in 5 African Universities

The successful applicant will take responsibility for the day-to-day administration of the two MCDC grants; this will include the financial management and monitoring of the awards to LSHTM, managing the MCDC grants programme, providing support to PhD students and Post doctoral fellows, working with other consortium staff to help strengthen PhD programmes in partner institutions and disseminating the work of the consortium by maintaining and updating the MCDC website/network areas and organizing consortium meetings and workshops.

Applicants should have proven experience of project management, excellent IT and organisational skills and be highly motivated. Experience of, or interest in developing countries, especially those in Africa would be desirable and the post will involve some overseas travel to Sub-Saharan Africa.

The post is funded by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for a period of 2 years and is available immediately. Salary will be in the range of £30,915 to £35,511 per annum, inclusive.

Applications should be made on-line via our website at http://jobs.lshtm.ac.uk and the reference for this post is MCDC-02. Applications should also include a CV and the names and email contacts of 2 referees who can be contacted immediately if shortlisted. Any queries regarding the application process may be addressed to jobs@lshtm.ac.uk. Please quote reference MCDC-02.

Closing date for the receipt of applications is Wednesday 2 November 2011.

The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine is committed to being an equal opportunities employer