Malaria Consortium is one of the world’s
leading non-profit organizations specializing in the comprehensive prevention,
control and treatment of malaria and other communicable diseases among
vulnerable and under privileged populations.
We increasingly find our work on
malaria can be effectively integrated with other similar public health
interventions for greater impact and therefore expanded our remit to include
child health and neglected tropical disease interventions.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Zonal Project Manager – Nig ZPM
Location: Gusau, Zamfara
Job Type: Fixed Term
Level: Technical
Hours: 40
Benefits: National
Job Purpose
Location: Gusau, Zamfara
Job Type: Fixed Term
Level: Technical
Hours: 40
Benefits: National
Job Purpose
§ To work with the country office team and SMC
Senior Project Manager to effectively manage project activities and resources,
provide leadership and stewardship to the project team and maintain
collaborative links with the project’s key stakeholders at national and
sub-national level.
Key working relationships:
§ The Sate Project manager would be working with
the state team and stakeholders in their zones, especially the State Ministries
of Health and LGA Departments of Health/PHC, manage the rollout and implementation
of the SMC activities in project states. S/he would report to the Senior
Project Manager.
Scope of work:
§ The State Project Manager (ZPM) would support
the programme activities at zonal and state levels, being in charge of a
cluster of states to ensure timely project delivery of the programme to achieve
given targets and objectives.
Key accountabilities (percent of time spent on
each area)
Project Management (60%):
Project Management (60%):
§ Ensure the mass drug distribution campaign is
carried out according to guidelines, and in compliance to donor funding
requirements
§ Organize and participate in the training of
State, LGA and community volunteers teams involved in the distribution
activities
§ Participate in the state and LGA level
microplanning meetings for the distribution activities
§ Be responsible for timely financial
accountability for any disbursed funds for project activities in the state
§ Support SMOH to develop SMC scale – up plan
especially in the period after the project period
§ Duty of care on all campaign personnel.
§ Work with the project team to develop and
implement annual work plans.
§ Work closely with the SPM to prepare the
programme monitoring and evaluation plan in conjunction with the Project
M&E Manager. Work with the project team to implement it.
§ Work with the country finance team and project
finance associate to prepare and track progress of project and activity
budgets.
§ Be responsible for zonal project budget
management and reporting
§ Be responsible for preparing project progress
report, which is submitted to the SPM and regional programme director
quarterly, including narrative reports on a timely basis.
§ Work with finance team and SPM to prepare
quarterly financial reports.
§ Work with the relevant country personnel and
the SPM to prepare an exit strategy and to implement it, to see to the smooth
end of the programme.
§ Coordinate with other donors and implementers
to ensure complementarity of implementation of the SMC malaria project in
project states by leveraging resources and harmonizing efforts where possible.
§ Work with the Country Communication Manager,
the Country Technical Coordinator, SPM, for social mobilization to see that a
programme communications strategy is developed and implemented.
§ Coordinate the documentation of SMC supported
activities in form of activity-specific reports and ensure proper archiving of
such for easy access and reference.
§ Contribute to SMC coordination meetings in
form of progress updates and power point presentations.
§ Be responsible for quarterly lessons
identification and learning documentation and dissemination.
§ Be responsible for building functional partner
relationships among the project’s stakeholders.
§ Oversee project partners inputs and
subcontractors’ activities to deliver harmonized, aligned and effective outputs
§ Manage risks to Malaria Consortium including
financial, reputation and security in a challenging environment
§ Work with the project M&E Officer and
Country M&E Specialist to ensure that high quality project data is
collected, analysed and disseminated to relevant stakeholders at all levels and
reported to PI.
§ Work with the programme team and other
relevant personnel in the country office to lead activities for smooth project
start up and planning in line with the SMC Malaria Project Implementation Plan.
§ Work with the relevant personnel to prepare
all necessary project start up and planning tools on time.
§ To build and performance manage an effective
and technically unsurpassed SMC project team in their states.
§ Work directly with the SPM and be responsible
for coordinating overall project implementation in the states and see that
activities are carried out on time and within budget.
§ Liaise regularly with the SPM to provide
timely and comprehensive updates and reports as required.
§ Liaise with other partners relevant for
successful SMC malaria implementation in the state.
§ Line manages an effective and technically
sound SMC project team in the state.
§ Liaise with state stakeholders to get their
buy-in and ensure effective implementation of SMC activities in the state
Technical contributions (10%):
§ Work with the project teams, SPM and the
Country Technical Coordinator to determine technical support needs to implement
the project effectively and with high quality. Liaise with the Country
Technical Coordinator to obtain regional or global technical support.
§ Contribute to the development and production
of dissemination documents to allow wider sharing of Malaria Consortium’s
experiences, lessons and successes.
Technical performance management and Quality
Assurance (20%):
§ Take the lead in monitoring and evaluating
project performance.
§ Keep abreast with evidence and best practices
that are related to the project.
Representation (10%):
§ Work with the Country Director, Country
Technical Coordinator and SPM to participate in national level meetings and
workshops to represent Malaria Consortium at programmatic and coordination
events,
§ Work with the Country Director, Country
Technical Coordinator and SPM to keep key national stakeholders abreast with
the project.
§ To exert influence and to advocate for Malaria
Consortium’s key technical positions and promote best practice in SMC
interventions
Qualifications and experience
Essential:
Essential:
§ Postgraduate or Master’s degree in Public
Health, Health Policy, Epidemiology or another relevant specialty is a minimum
requirement.
§ Extensive experience of working at national or
state level in developing countries.
§ Excellent project planning, management and
monitoring & evaluation skills.
§ Experience managing project budgets
§ Proven leadership skills and team leading
§ Experience in advocacy and policy influencing
§ Excellent written and spoken English
Desirable:
§ Experience on SMC-supported project
§ Advance knowledge of Microsoft office
Work-based skills and competencies
Essential:
Essential:
§ Proof of strong interpersonal and negotiating
skills
§ Experience in using participatory adult
learning techniques and previous experience in mass drug distribution campaign
activities
§ Excellent report writing and presentation
skills are also needed.
§ Understanding of public health issues in
Nigeria
Salary
NGN 5,386,500
NGN 5,386,500
How To Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Interested and qualified candidates should: