Malaria technical director | Cote d’Ivoire | 2021

Chemonics seeks a malaria technical director for the anticipated five-year USAID/Cote d’Ivoire malaria prevention and control opportunity, which will aim to strengthen malaria diagnosis and treatment (clinical and community), distribution and promotion of use of long-lasting insecticide-treated nets (LLINs), and health behavior change interventions in 40 districts in the eastern part of the country. The malaria technical director will be responsible for providing technical direction to the project in-line with global, regional, and country-specific best practices. This position is for a five-year program anticipated to begin in 2021. It is expected that this position will be primarily based in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. We are looking for individuals who have a passion for making a difference in the lives of people around the world.

Responsibilities include:

• Provide overall project technical oversight, leadership, and guidance to team members and consultants to achieve targeted results and impact
• Oversees and leads team to design, implement, and monitor implementation of technical activities pertaining to the integrated delivery and scale up of proven malaria interventions, specifically community- and facility-level case management, IPTp, distribution of LLINs, SBCC and surveillance
• Ensures technical rigor of approaches and activities in line with global, regional, and country-specific best practices
• Develops and adapts technical strategies, approaches, and activities to achieve objectives, and applies and contextualizes global best practices and learning to the Cote d ’Ivorian setting
• In collaboration with MEL director, monitors program results and is responsible for ensuring that the project provides high quality services, meets its annual targets, and maximizes positive outcomes
• Ensures coordination and collaboration with President’s Malaria Initiative, Ministry of Health, and other USAID implementing partners and cross-sector programs, as appropriate
• Represents Chemonics in national level technical working groups, committees
• Ensures the timely and quality completion of all program technical deliverables and reports in accordance with USAID guidelines
• Oversees and coordinates activities of regionally dispersed staff and directly supervises technical leads

Qualifications:

• Advanced degree in public health, epidemiology, neglected tropical diseases, social sciences, medicine, international development, or management, or a comparable advanced degree in a related field; knowledge of and experience with malaria programs required
• Minimum of seven years of experience designing and implementing malaria programs in developing countries and experience in West Africa preferred
• In-depth knowledge of and experience in United States Government and President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) rules and regulations preferred
• Proven experience analyzing public health data and applying information to improve project implementation across a wide range of technical interventions
• Demonstrated leadership, versatility, and integrity
• Excellent oral and written French and English communication skills