Deadline: Not specified
Location: Luanda, Angola
Population Services International (PSI) is seeking to fill the position of Malaria Technical Director.
PSI is a global health network dedicated to improving the health of people in the developing world by addressing serious challenges like a lack of family planning, HIV and AIDS, barriers to maternal health, and the greatest threats to children under five, including malaria, diarrhea, pneumonia, and malnutrition.
Responsibilities
- Develop departmental/functional strategic priorities in collaboration with PSI Angola
- Develop and oversee work plans and budgets to execute strategic priorities
- Monitor deliverables, progress, and correlate course when necessary
- Drive the utilisation of evidence-based tools, innovations, and best practices to improve the department/function’s performance
- Provide strategic technical direction to malaria programme by coordinating the development of the technical aspects of the programme implementation approaches and ensuring appropriate consultations with stakeholders at all levels
- Develop and manage strategic partnerships with external stakeholders and partners
- Ensure effective collaboration between stakeholders and partners
- Represent PSI Angola at internal and external meetings, conferences, and donor meetings
- Pursue and develop responses to new business opportunities
- Support capacity building of PSI Angola or global project staff and partners engaged in activities related to area of expertise
- Carry out other related tasks
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree (or international equivalent) in a related field
- Master’s degree (or international equivalent) in a related field (preferred)
- Ten years, minimum, of related experience
- Equivalent combination of related education and experience may be substituted
- Three years, minimum, of supervisory experience
- Advanced knowledge of relevant departmental/functional area
- Excellent leadership, employee development and management skills
- Excellent customer service, relationship building/management and consensus-building skills
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to proactively identify opportunities, diagnose problems and develop client-centred and evidence-based solutions
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Portuguese and/or Spanish language skills (preferred)
- Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
To apply and for more information, click here.
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