Project Director job– Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention Job at Malaria Consortium Uganda

Job title:  Project Director job
Job ID: #619507
Country:    Uganda
City:    based in Kampala
Organisation:    Malaria Consortium
Job years of experience:    5-10 years
Job type:    Job

Contract: 3 years Closing date: 12.12.13 Malaria Consortium is looking to select a Project Director to be based in Malaria Consortium’s Kampala office, with significant travel to countries in West Africa and the Sahel where the project is being implemented. The project team will include a number of experienced technical specialists both within Malaria Consortium as well as with partner agencies in the consortium.

The Project Director will provide overall strategic leadership for the project, including high-level representation of the project to international bodies and driving forward implementation of activities in the areas of market dynamics, roll-out of Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention, and advocacy, working in partnership with others in the consortium.
 
Required skills and qualifications
The successful candidate will have: • Postgraduate degree in international health or related discipline • Extensive international experience at senior management level working in public health, preferably malaria experience in Africa • Technical knowledge and skills in public health • Extensive experience in project and financial management, and planning and monitoring with a proven track record of effective and timely delivery of project outputs • Experience in managing projects or portfolios in excess of $30m • Familiar with monitoring and evaluation of large scale malaria control programmes • Good understanding of Value for Money and application of the principles in programme design and implementation Proven team leadership skills • Able to delegate efficiently and technically support teams with no direct line management responsibility over them • Experience and understanding of to the contexts of West Africa and the Sahel or similar • Demonstrated ability in effectively managing large partnerships • Experience in advocacy and policy influencing with strong negotiation skills, particularly in engaging government health officials at all levels. • Proven experience of donor liaison on reporting and donor representation skills • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a variety of internal and external audiences • Fluency in English and ability to work in French • Excellent written and presentation skills in both languages

How to apply for the Job:
For more information on how to apply please visit our website www.malariaconsortium.org where you will have access to the full job description. Please send your CV, with a covering letter outlining how you meet the person specification and your current salary information, to Human Resources at HR.Recruitment@malariaconsortium.org We appreciate your application, however only short listed candidates will be contacted within three weeks after the closing date.
Application Closing date: 12 Dec 2013