Senior Technical Advisor for Malaria Elimination (BID)

Malaria Consortium is recruiting for a Senior Technical Advisor to join our team in Yangon, Myanmar

The Senior Technical Advisor for Malaria Control & Elimination (STA) will provide overall technical leadership, oversight and support to a wide range of program implementation issues and technical assistance for the anticipated USAID-funded PMI Malaria Elimination project. The position holder will provide technical direction to the project’s technical and implementation teams including partner organizations.

The successful candidate will have:

• Medical degree, Master’s in Public Health, epidemiology, disease control or related discipline
• At least seven years of experience performing as a technical lead in malaria programs, with at least five years of experience in malaria elimination in Cambodia or other countries with an elimination setting
• Published work in the field of malaria or related field preferred
• Experience in maintaining relationships with a broad range of stakeholders such as host government counterparts, donors, implementing partners, and private sector entities
• Experience and understanding of working with Ministries of Health in policy and strategy formulation
• Experience and good understanding of the Myanmar health system
• Experience working on USAID funded health programs, with some experience at senior level
• Strong English language skills, especially good oral and written communication skills.

Applications will be viewed on a rolling basis and the role may close early due to high demand, so we encourage you to submit your applications as soon as possible.

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This role is conditional of Malaria Consortium securing funding for this role.

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