Regional Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention Advisor (East/Southern Africa)

Management Sciences for Health (MSH) is seeking a Regional Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention Advisor (SMCA) for the anticipated 5-year, USAID-funded, Reaching Every At-Risk Community and Household with Malaria Services (REACH) global program. The purpose of the program is to provide implementation support and technical assistance to Ministries of Health (MoHs), local partners, and the global malaria community to accelerate progress in planning, delivery and monitoring of facility and community-based malaria services, including malaria case management, prevention of malaria in pregnancy (MiP), seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC), tailored deployment of existing and new prevention and control interventions and data collection and use for service delivery.

This position is subject to project award and funding.

OVERALL RESPONSIBILITIES

This position will be responsible for the REACH program’s seasonal malaria chemoprevention and drug-based prevention activities across the specific region of operation and will work with the guidance and support of the Senior Malaria Technical Advisor.

SPECIFIC ACCOUNTABILITY

• Provide technical support and oversight for the project’s seasonal malaria chemoprevention and drug-based prevention activities and ensure the efficient implementation and timely reporting of these project activities to regional and country-specific donors, MSH headquarters and the project team.
• Coordinate project liaison and collaboration with partners, donors, various USAID country missions, clients, and stakeholders, including MSH headquarters. Maintain a USAID/REACH partnership that engenders trust and respect and build USAID’s confidence in MSH’s ability to get the job done.
• Support planning and technical oversight of MSH and partners activities in the selected countries. Ensure that the seasonal malaria chemoprevention and drug-based prevention activities are coordinated at all levels. Ensure that technical work plans are linked so that the monitoring and evaluation plans are integrated. Provide technical oversight and best practices across the countries to promote sustainable seasonal malaria chemoprevention and drug-based prevention practices that lead to direct impact.
• Define specific, quantifiable performance indicators and targets for programs and report results as related to seasonal malaria chemoprevention and drug-based prevention service delivery. Work with the Monitoring and Evaluation Director to assess activity progress to ensure that the project maintains close adherence to work plans and meets designated milestones, deliverables, and benchmarks.
• Work in close collaboration with the project leadership team including regional and country levels, to ensure coordinated and effective operational support for the project and for MSH within the various countries and regions.
• Promote a team approach that emphasizes high level performance, creative approaches, the achievement of personal and project goals and a collegial approach that is focused on assisting one another to succeed for global project staff, as well as to support team members in the Home Office.
• Ensure effective coordination is established and maintained with the relevant MSH or REACH project country Operational Support Team (OST).
• Advise the project Technical Director in alignment of human resources with project work plans and emerging SOW from the donors, MSH and partners including on external sourcing of human resources and consultants.
• The SMCA will contribute to annual workplan development, implementation, and review.  They will ensure alignment with regional frameworks and strategies, national and donor strategies in each country – including USAID strategies. The SMCA will identify opportunities for integrated planning and implementation creating synergies between the various malaria service delivery areas.
• The SMCA will work closely with country teams to provide technical guidance related to seasonal malaria chemoprevention and drug-based prevention activities.
• Contribute to knowledge management and help develop technical briefs, abstracts, success stories and related manuscripts that highlight project work related to delivery of seasonal malaria chemoprevention and drug-based prevention services in the context of malaria prevention.

MSH is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender or gender identity, religion, creed, citizenship, national origin, age, veteran status, or disability unrelated to job requirements. MSH will take affirmative action to ensure that qualified applicants are employed and that employees are treated without regard to their race, age, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran and disability status. In compliance with U.S. Department of Labor Executive Order 11246, Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act, and Section 4212 of the Vietnam Era Readjustment Assistance Act, MSH has developed and maintains an affirmative action program and plan.

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