Posted on: Thu 13-07-2023

Malaria Consortium is one of the world’s leading non-profit organisations specialising 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: Team Leader - Western Region

Location: Lagos

Employment Type: Full-Time

Job Description

• The Technical Lead for Clinical Care will provide technical leadership to the Support to Malaria Elimination Project in Nigeria.
• The position holder will be responsible for overseeing the clinical care component of the project, working closely with the Project Director and project team to implement evidence-based approaches to achieve the projects outcomes.

Requirements

The successful candidate will have:

• Postgraduate Degree in Epidemiology / Public Health / Medicine / Nursing / Parasitology / Tropical Medicine) with a focus on malaria control/elimination
• Medical and Clinical qualification
• At least 8 years working in technical role with an excellent understanding of malaria control/elimination approaches
• Significant experience in intervention design and implementation of large-scale malaria control projects, including the sustenance of impact
• Familiarity with the challenges and opportunities of malaria control Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) and in particular the reasons for the high burden of malaria in Nigeria
• Experience in setting up standards of technical quality as well as internal quality assurance mechanisms and their functioning
• Familiarity with the Nigerian health system
• Strong communication skills (oral and written) in English.

Salary

Competitive against market.

Application Closing Date

26th July, 2023.

How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates should:

Click here to apply online

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