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Programme Manager Job Opportunity in South Sudan at Malaria Consortium

Malaria Consortium is one of the world's leading non-profit organisations dedicated to the comprehensive control of malaria and other communicable diseases in Africa and Southeast Asia. Malaria Consortium works with communities, government and non-government agencies, academic institutions, and local and international organisations, to ensure good evidence supports delivery of effective services, providing technical support for monitoring and evaluation of programmes and activities for evidence-based decision-making and strategic planning. The organisation works to improve not only the health of the individual, but also the capacity of national health systems, which helps relieve poverty and support improved economic prosperity.
We are recruiting a Programme Manager who will be based in our satellite field site, in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State. They will work alongside a base team in Aweil and will report to the Area Coordinator. Technical guidance for this position will be provided by the Programme Coordinator in our Country Programme Office in Juba. The programmes in this area (which the Programme Manager would have oversight of) include an integrated community case management project, a nutrition project and health system strengthening work.
The successful candidate will have: • Relevant post graduate degree: MD, Nutrition, MPH • Demonstrated previous experience in program management • Previous experience working in a developing country, particularly in a nutrition and health program in a remote location • Excellent interpersonal and teambuilding skills • Ability to work in a challenging environment with few support services • Excellent organisational skills • Excellent written and spoken communication in English • Proficient in Microsoft Office and Excel • Willingness to work in a remote area of Southern Sudan, with common incidences of insecurity, and basic amenities • Patience and a sense of humour
How to apply For more information please visit our website www.malariaconsortium.org where you will have access to the full Job Description. Please send a covering letter outlining how your skills and experience meet the Person Specification along with your CV to Human Resources at HR.Recruitment@malariaconsortium.org .Please quote the position and country in the subject line of your application We appreciate your application however, only short listed candidates will be contacted. If you have not been contacted within three weeks of the closing date we regret that your application has been unsuccessful. Please continue, however, to periodically review our website for other suitable opportunities. Thank you for your interest in Malaria Consortium.
 

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