U.S. Embassy Abuja - USAID Project Management Specialist – President’s Malaria Initiative Jobs in Nigeria

General Statement of Purpose of the Contract:

The goal of the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) is to reduce malaria-related mortality by fifty
percent (50%) across a number of high-burden countries in sub-Saharan Africa, and elsewhere,
through rapid scale-up of proven and highly effective malaria prevention and treatment measures, including: insecticide-treated mosquito nets (ITNs); indoor residual spraying (IRS); accurate diagnosis and prompt treatment with artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs); and intermittent preventive treatment of pregnant women (IPTp).

Statement of Duties to be Performed

Program/Project/Activity Management
The USAID Project Management Specialist (PMI) serves as a COR/AOR and/or Activity Manager, with full responsibility for management, implementation, evaluation, and monitoring of
assigned aspects of the malaria prevention, control, and elimination portfolio. The Specialist manages programming and activity design for all USAID activities in the sector and serves as primary liaison with other Health Office Specialists, and Implementing Partners (IPs) implementing malaria activities.

Data Collection and Analysis

As COR/AOR and/or Activity Manager, the Specialist monitors and reports on developments in the PMI and other health sectors, especially as they relate to successful implementation of malariarelated activities; and, monitors, analyzes, and reports on relevant aspects of host government policy, regulation, and programming, and on malaria-related and other health and development issues, based on an in-depth understanding of USAID and USG policy and program objectives and priorities. The Specialist prepares technical and policy analyses, evaluates sectoral issues, and
provides input to Mission activities with respect to malaria and related sectors; summarizes information and conclusions in written and oral form for presentation to senior USG, and other, decision makers, and for incorporating into other activity documents as appropriate; organizes field trips, conferences, and seminars to ensure maximum exposure to emerging trends and various points of view, and for monitoring assigned malaria-related activities, providing translation as
needed; and, prepares written reports that reflect a sound understanding of assigned areas of responsibility, and that clearly document that a wide variety of sources and points of view have been consulted in undertaking analyses, and in drawing conclusions.

Performance Monitoring

The Specialist ensures that performance monitoring systems are in place, and that periodic, reliable measures and indicators of portfolio impact are established; and, collects and monitors performance data on an ongoing basis, and prepares reports of program/project/activity progress for use within the Office, the Mission, the USG at Post, and for USAID/Washington and others.

Minimum Qualifications Required

Education

The work requires a Master’s in Public Health (MPH), or Master’s in Nursing
degree, or a degree as a Public Health Physician in a field involving and/or related to clinical and/or field work in malaria.

Prior Work Experience

A minimum of five to seven years of progressively responsible experience in the field of public health, with a focus on clinical and/or field work in public
health involving malaria is required. This experience must demonstrate that the Specialist has strong medical/clinical skills in the field. The Specialist must have demonstrated technical leadership in malaria prevention and control, program management, strategic planning, policy experience, and problem-solving skills while working on complex programs/projects/activities in a highly sensitive environment. Experience working in an English-language work environment with USAID or USAID-funded health programs is highly desirable.

Language Proficiency

Level 4 (advanced professional proficiency) English and local language proficiency (if appropriate), both oral and written, is required.

Job Knowledge

The Specialist must have in-depth professional-level knowledge of development principles, concepts, and practices, especially as they relate to malarial education,
prevention, and treatment activities in the host country and/or region, and the problems and policies in the host country from the business, political, civil society, and social perspectives.

Skills and Abilities

The Specialist must have a good knowledge and demonstrated experience in the programming of malaria prevention, control, and elimination
programs/projects/activities; and, the role of malaria prevention, control, and elimination with other health areas such as health systems strengthening, PEPFAR, maternal and child health, and family planning.

The Specialist should be able to facilitate and link culturally appropriate
assessments, counseling, treatment deficits, and related issues and facilitation of linkages to food security programs, including water, sanitation, and hygiene promotion; and, be able to use this data for decision making.

The Specialist must be able to provide technical leadership in malaria planning; and apply this knowledge to advanced programming in the host country and the region.

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; U.S. Embassy Abuja - USAID Project Management Specialist – President’s Malaria Initiative Jobs in Nigeria

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