Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, November 14 2023, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:

PATH seeks to recruit a Technical Director who will be responsible for supporting the Chief of Party (COP) with the technical leadership of the project. The Technical Director will report directly to the Chief of Party (COP) and will take a leadership role in ensuring quality technical implementation of activities to meet stated goals and reporting requirements. S/he will coordinate among USAID/PMI and key stakeholders and other implementing partners and will interact with numerous Government of Zambia institutions and representatives on technical issues of the project.

Responsibilities:
• Provide overall technical backstop for the project
• Provide technical support to the MOH through NMEP on malaria program implementation and actively participate in malaria-related technical working groups.
• Maintain current technical knowledge on malaria, associated data, and other related public health topics to enable the provision of best practices to inform malaria strategy development.
• Focusing at provincial and district levels, establish and maintain close working relationships with relevant offices of the Government of Zambia and other organizations, the US Government, other donor agencies, and nongovernmental local working in Zambia. With an emphasis on provincial and other peripheral levels.
• Work with other relevant departments within the MOH to facilitate the integration of malaria control activities into the broader primary health care systems.
• Supervise PATH technical consultants and oversee their input to program activities
• Collaborate with specialist medical practitioners in mentorship and management of complicated malaria cases in health facilities to prevent death.
• Work with the MOH to actively use data for decision-making and to identify how malaria control activities and the impact can be sustained over time.
• Assist the Deputy Chief of Party in developing annual work plans, budgets, and performance reports.
• Take on duties as may be assigned by the Chief of Party and other senior partners.

Skills and Experience:
• Medical degree with a postgraduate qualification in infectious diseases, paediatrics and child health, public health, epidemiology, global health, or related discipline.
• A minimum of five years of experience implementing public health programs, with at least three years of experience in malaria control in Zambia or other parts of sub-Saharan Africa
• Leadership experience and understanding of the Zambian health systems context
• S/he shall have depth and breadth of technical expertise and experience, a solid professional reputation, interpersonal skills, and professional relationships to fulfil the requirements of the activity.
• Demonstrated proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office Suite or comparable professional software package—specific competence in the use of Word processing, Excel, PowerPoint, email, and calendaring software required.
• Experience in work plan development, project implementation and tracking, activity prioritization, budget development and review.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a multi-site, multi-year project, including managing partner collaboration; experience with cross-cultural teams highly desirable.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with government representatives, local community organizations, donors, and other stakeholders, particularly at the sub-national level.
• Professional level of oral and written fluency in the English language, with experience in writing for technical audiences.
• Ability to review and interpret current malaria policy documents, reports, and guidelines, and incorporate them into project activity implementation.
• Demonstrated skills in collaboration and diplomacy and commitment to achieving project objectives.
• Available to travel within the country as needed; availability to travel locally up to 40 percent.
• Must have legal authorization to work in Zambia.
• Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months:

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

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