Deadline: 16 March, 2021
Location: Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) is seeking to fill the role of West African Health Organisation (WAHO) Regional Malaria Coordinator.
UNOPS’ mission is to serve people in need by expanding the ability of the United Nations, governments and other partners to manage projects, infrastructure, and procurement in a sustainable and efficient manner.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate and provide technical inputs and capacity building to the national malaria programmes
- Support and strengthen the cross-border initiatives and interventions geared towards malaria elimination including some regional malaria elimination initiatives
- Provide technical inputs to the establishment of a regional cross-border malaria data-sharing and visualisation platform for complementary action in response to active transmission across borders, including harmonisation with the existing ones in the member states
- Provide technical inputs to the establishment of a regional monitoring and evaluation framework and monitor all regional malaria control activities including the cross-border activities
- Coordinate, strengthen and scale up partnerships with the Global Fund, PMI and other funding agencies for harmonised actions and better resource sharing to leverage and complement, but not duplicate, bilateral partner investments across the region
- Lead and provide technical inputs in development and dissemination, in collaboration with ALMA, RBM, of the regional malaria scorecard and action tracking mechanism
- Coordinate and provide technical inputs to a joint data collection and information tracking mechanism including antimalaria commodities stock status at regional level
- Provide technical inputs to the advocacy for harmonising regulatory policies related to pharmaceuticals and vector control products including fast tracking introduction of new commodities related to malaria
- Lead the advocacy efforts to secure resources to support the regional elimination plan including resource mobilisation through the private sector and regional malaria financing facility
- Lead in the strengthening of the multisectoral approach in malaria elimination at regional level
Requirements
- Advanced university degree (master’s degree or equivalent) in Public Health, Business Administration, Economics, Development Studies, or a related field
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field with two years of experience may be considered in lieu of the advanced university degree
- Seven years, minimum, of relevant experience in planning, managing and implementing programmes at national and/or international levels, with three years, minimum, in managing malaria control or any health projects, programmes and/or partnership networks
- Extensive knowledge in monitoring and evaluation of health programmes
- Experience in multisectoral collaboration at country or regional levels
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