AMREF is the leading African health development international organisation. Driven by the need to close the gap between communities and their health systems, AMREF seeks to enhance its contribution to community programming and research in the area of malaria, one of the most devastating health threats facing African communities. AMREF is aware of the challenges and opportunities presented by the new and expected developments in malaria management and control. With a comparative advantage for malaria focusing on the hard-to-reach communities, including refugees, nomads and those affected by malaria outbreaks, AMREF wants to be at the cutting edge of finding best solutions that address the challenge. Through community partnering, capacity building and health systems and policy research, AMREF seeks to test service delivery models, generate evidence and develop competences that address bottlenecks in access, quality and utilization of malaria prevention, care and treatment tools and services for such populations, and to influence policy towards effective malaria management, control and eventual eradication. To read more on AMREF, please visit www.amref.org.
Technical Director, Malaria - Ref: - CHR/08/11-20
To enhance AMREF’s contribution in community programming and research, we are seeking to fill the above position. As AMREF’s principle advisor on malaria programming, the job holder will provide technical leadership for malaria programming and research and expand the AMREF malaria portfolio. S/He will work in collaboration with the AMREF Senior Management to support initiatives in health systems strengthening; research, and community empowerment; carry out evidence-based advocacy to influence malaria policy and practice and identify opportunities for program development. The position reports to the Director, Community Partnering and has a critical role to play in the accomplishment of AMREF’s overall mission and strategy.
Key areas of responsibility will include:
- Developing the AMREF strategy for malaria, ensuring its alignment with the AMREF corporate strategy and supporting its translation into field operations.
- Developing partnerships, research networks and collaboration with policy makers to ensure the visibility of AMREF contribution to the malaria agenda. The partnership with the Roll Back Malaria programme will be particularly important.
- Providing backstopping support and advice to the design and implementation of effective malaria interventions in AMREF country programs;
- Developing frameworks, guidelines and tools that will ensure consistency and quality of AMREF engagement with malaria through research, capacity building and community health development;
- Identifying opportunities for program development and working with AMREF technical teams to design program proposals
Please visit our website www.amref.org and look at the jobs at AMREF page for a detailed job description and required qualifications.
If you have a Masters degree in public health, epidemiology or a related field, at least 7 years practical experience of malaria programming accompanied with field-based malaria research, 5 of which in international health development experience in Africa, you have an established reputation and a strong understanding of community-based malaria programming, community-based health care and community linkages with formal health systems; knowledge of and experience with strategic and operational planning at senior management level and are familiar with malaria policy at national and global levels, then you are the person we are looking for.
Please send your detailed CV and application letter by email to the Director of Human Resources at jobs@amref.org.We will continue the search until the position is filled, but we encourage interested candidates to submit their applications by 22nd December 2008.
This is an internationally recruited position and therefore attracts a competitive salary and package of benefits
AMREF is an equal opportunity employer and has a non-smoking environment policy.
