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Funded by the United States President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI), the Program for the Advancement of Malaria Outcomes (PAMO) is a 5-year project that aims to control and prevent malaria morbidity and mortality, and thereby minimize the social effects and economic losses. It also contributes to the reduction of under-five all-cause mortality rate, as a result of reduced malaria mortality. This project which is working in 4 target provinces, namely Eastern, Muchinga, Northern and Luapula, will strengthen the Ministry of Health’s capacity to implement the National Malaria Elimination Strategic Plan (NMESP) at provincial, district, and community levels. The project which is now in its third year of implementation is building strong effective partnerships with communities, civil society, health facilities, provincial and district health offices (PHOs and DHOs), the private sector, and cooperating partners to scale-up and maintain internationally accepted strategies to fight malaria. PATH is the lead partner of the consortium that is implementing this project.

PATH seeks to recruit an experienced Pre-elimination Program Coordinator to work on the PAMO project in Zambia.  The Pre-elimination Program Coordinator will work in close partnership with the National Malaria Elimination Centre, the Ministry of Health, and the Eastern Provincial Health Office. This position based in Katete will coordinate activities in Chadiza, Katete and Sinda districts with close collaboration with the PAMO provincial coordinator based in Chipata district. The coordinator will provide technical assistance with the goal of improving knowledge and health practices of individuals and communities, while supporting systems to improve quality, capacity, and coordination of PAMO.  Under the overall responsibility of the PAMO Chief of Party, the pre-elimination program coordinator will also be responsible for contributing to the development and strengthening of PAMO implementation strategies based on the effective use of data, and for coordinating PAMO’s reporting function to ensure that it meets contract reporting deliverables. This position will be on a fixed-term contract up to July 2019.

Responsibilities:

§  Manages implementation of project activities at district level, coordinating closely with government and local partner staff in the three districts and at community levels to ensure activities are implemented according to agreed pre-elimination work plans and budgets and in conformity with quality standards and national guidelines.

§  Supports District Health Offices in monitoring and reporting of project data, including measures to strengthen management of HMIS and adherence with the overarching project M&E framework

§  Supports Provincial Health Offices in annual planning including targeting technical assistances to districts/ sub-districts most in need to help realize provincial level malaria level targets.

§  Coordinates and provides technical guidance to the pre-elimination program PAMO team, STTA providers and local sub-contractors in alignment with overall project work plan at province level

§  Supports government to strengthen planning and coordination of multiple malaria stakeholders working in designated districts.

§  Communicates regularly with provincial health office about project progress and bottlenecks, engages authorities in monitoring achievement of malaria milestones, annual work planning and budgeting, coordination of province’s overall malaria plan and problem solving, as necessary

§  Identifies and contributes to selection of sub-grantees, and supports development of work plans and budgets

§  Monitors all activities implemented under Grants Under Contract (GUC) mechanism

§  Coordinates regularly with other malaria stakeholders working in the selected districts to ensure complementarity and synergies across projects, maximizing PAMO’s overall contribution to malaria pre-elimination work.

§  Participates in Technical Working Group meetings as assigned.

§  Spends at least 40% time traveling to different sites within the designated districts, meeting with stakeholders as well as clients

§  Regularly liaises with project team in Lusaka to provide timely updates, signal potential bottlenecks, and ensure adherence to provincial work plan and harmonization of project activities across provinces.

§  Monitors, together with the Grants Officer and Grants Associate, achievement towards project objectives and compliance with USAID regulations; Signals any discrepancies between work plans and budgets and project implementation.

§  Develops regular provincial reports that will feed into overall project reporting to donor and Government of Zambia.

§  Represents PAMO at district level meetings.

Required Skills

§  A Bachelor’s degree in medical or other health related field, and a Master’s degree in Public Health is essential.

§  A minimum of  ten (10) years in management role, including supervision and experience in grants management of donor-funded projects

§  At least 3 years’ in the health sector in a similar role working independently at province level, solving day-to-day problems as they arise, and communicating regularly with head office for more strategic issues.

§  Proven team leadership skills, ability to work effectively with multiple stakeholders and across different hierarchies;

§  Excellent representational, and communication skills, written and oral proficiency in English, and verbal communication skills in one or more local languages

§  Proven experience managing multiple and continuously changing tasks including being able to problem solve

§  Strong management skills, including use of planning and supervision tools, management of program documentation, budget monitoring and oversight

§  Technical knowledge and experience in malaria prevention programs and/or quality assurance strongly preferred

§  Strong understanding of program monitoring and evaluation, use of HMIS

§  Understanding of USAID contracts and grants management requirements.

§  Computer literacy

§  Must have legal authorization to work in Zambia.

PATH is dedicated to building an inclusive workforce where diversity is valued.

PATH is an equal opportunity employer. Every qualified applicant will be considered for employment. PATH does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or orientation, genetic information, age, national origin, marital status, disability status, political ideology, military or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

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