Country Technical Coordinator

Malaria Consortium is recruiting for a Country Technical Coordinator to join our team in N'Djamena, Chad.

The job holder will lead in providing technical support to all Chad-based projects, directly line manages technical staff including the Data Analyst-epidemiologist-SMC, the Research Coordinator, the Commodity Manager and have dotted report line to the Technical Advisor West Central Africa Region. Overall management to our portfolio focusing on operational research, technical assistance and malaria control as well as cross cutting technical specialist functions, including business development advocacy and M&E.

The successful candidate will have:

• Master’s degree in public or international health, Communicable or Infectious diseases, Epidemiology or related discipline 
• Medical qualification and familiarity with the Chadian health system
• Extensive experience working in public health programs or communicable disease control, with significant experience in a senior role
• Highly knowledgeable about malaria control or direct experience working in malaria control
• Field experience in African Sahel countries and a solid understanding of the realities and complexities of in country program implementation
• Demonstrable experience working in a technical advisory capacity to Ministries of Health and other partners, including relating to policy and guidelines review or development, and program reviews
• Experience of building effective working relationships between MoH and its stakeholders
• Project or program management including design, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation
• Business development, including needs assessment, the development of concept notes and proposals, and stakeholder consultation and analysis
• Professional working proficiency of French and English (both written and spoken)

We need to keep beneficiaries safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to safeguarding. Please find our Code of Conduct, Safeguarding Policy and Privacy Notice here.

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

Due to the nature of this role, we will be reviewing applications on an ongoing basis and the role might be filled and closed before the closing date. Early applications are encouraged.

This is a fixed term contract for the period of 12 months.

To apply for this position, you will need to have the right to work in Chad.