Qualifications and Experience:

• A Degree in Medicine plus a Master’s in Public Health, Health Policy, Epidemiology or another relevant specialty with at least ten years work experience, is a minimum requirement;
  
• Previous experience working at national level with oversight for at least 3 states
  
• Demonstrable experience working with national programmes and engaging with stakeholders at that level.
  
• Significant experience of working in developing countries and experience with GF or GAVI funded programmes would be an added advantage.
  

Technical contributions (70%)

• Support the development of technical workplans and provide quarterly project performance updates.
  
• Support states to ensure that rollout of programme service delivery activities meet international standard of quality;
  
• Initiate/follow-up on approval of ToRs for all activities to be carried out at the national, state, LGA, health facility and community level;
  
• Work in liaison with country office team to closely monitor delivery of ToRs; obtain reports in a timely manner and ensure the proper sign-off of all submitted reports;
  

Project Management (20%)

• Support collation, review, and submission of routine project service delivery activity reports to Programme Director.
  
• Support Project Director to follow up Country Office review feedbacks on reports and other project documents.
  
• Contribute to preparation of the quarterly Progress Update and Disbursement Request (PUDR) to the donor.
  
• Contribute to quarterly lessons identification and learning, documentation and dissemination
  

Representations (10%)

• Represent MC on malaria Case Management Subcommittee, SMC Expert Group and other relevant health coordinating committees at national level as may be delegated;
  
• Be part of the relevant Malaria Consortium/global technical community of practices (CoPs);
  
• Represent the GF/SMC programme/MC externally as might be assigned by the PD, SCTC and/or West & Central Africa Programme Director (WACPD).