Regional Malaria Advisor, Southern and East Africa (MACEPA)

About the role

PATH's Malaria Control and Elimination Partnership in Africa (MACEPA) is recruiting a Regional Malaria Advisor for Southern and East Africa. The role provides technical expertise and management in data quality and use, surveillance system strengthening, and community case management, and leads surveillance and monitoring across PATH's non-tropical diseases division. It is based in Maputo, Mozambique, and works with country leads in Zambia, Ethiopia, Malawi and Nigeria. Current PATH employees should apply through the PATH careers site.

Key responsibilities

• Work with country leads and regional and global technical staff to develop and implement evidence-based strategies for data quality, surveillance strengthening, community case management, data analytics and monitoring and evaluation.
• Support annual country and global work plans and the learning agenda, and give timely feedback during implementation.
• Assess progress against goals and donor commitments, identify bottlenecks and help strengthen programs.
• Manage day-to-day the country leads and support engagement with partners and technical expertise.
• Review the quality of strategic plans, guidelines, SOPs, presentations, project reports and partner communications.
• Lead the cross-malaria surveillance and monitoring learning agenda and working group, and share knowledge across global, regional and country teams.
• Represent PATH at conferences and coordinate with regional and international bodies; support new concepts, proposals and awards.

Required profile

• Advanced degree in Public Health, Medicine or a related field.
• At least 8 years of progressively responsible leadership in public health programs and research, preferably in developing countries.
• At least 5 years of in-country experience leading or implementing malaria programs in East/Southern Africa.
• Experience with Ministries of Health, donors and partners, and with USAID, BMGF, UNITAID and similar donors.
• Fluency in English; French and/or Portuguese preferred.
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally about 30% of the time.

Required skills

• Malaria surveillance, monitoring and evaluation.
• People management, facilitation, mentoring and capacity building.
• Strong analytical and writing skills.