Description

As the Head of Malaria, you will lead efforts to shape strategies for eliminating malaria, ensuring impactful investments and fostering partnerships. This role involves guiding a skilled team, driving innovations, and collaborating across health domains to enhance program performance and equity.

Requirements

• •Medical degree, post-graduate degree, or equivalent in public health, epidemiology, or infectious diseases
• •Specialized post-graduate qualification in malaria
• •Experience working in or with the global health community at a senior level with focus on malaria
• •Experience driving performance and/or change in complex organizations
• •Experience managing a large, diverse team in a complex environment
• •Over 15 years’ experience in public health with a focus on malaria
• •Demonstrated knowledge of the Global Fund and its partnership model
• •Well-recognized publications record demonstrating clear appraisal of evidence base
• •Experience leading policy negotiation discussions at an international level
• •Experience developing and leading integrated people-centered programs to fight malaria
• •Experience developing and executing organizational transformation to improve performance
• •Excellent knowledge of English and preferably good working knowledge of French
• •Analytical skills - Level 3
• •Business skills - Level 3
• •Country-context skills - Level 3
• •Disease-knowledge - Level 2
• •Geopolitical awareness - Level 3
• •Global public health knowledge - Level 3
• •Multicultural understanding - Level 3
• •Negotiation skills - Level 3
• •Operational policy skills - Level 3
• •Project management skills - Level 3

Tasks

• •Set the vision and strategy for malaria elimination
• •Leverage Global Fund investments to shape the malaria health agenda
• •Ensure equitable and impactful investments for underserved populations
• •Operationalize strategies in line with Global Fund processes
• •Provide solutioning advice and practical recommendations
• •Support people-centered malaria investments for maximum impact
• •Drive partnerships to reduce malaria mortality and incidence
• •Contribute to health systems integration and sustainability
• •Lead market shaping for malaria results
• •Introduce and scale technical and health product innovations
• •Steer partnerships to accelerate country-level impact
• •Collaborate with other Global Fund domains for integrated health responses
• •Enhance the quality of Global Fund investments in malaria
• •Ensure collaboration with the Grant Management Division
• •Identify challenges and opportunities for program quality
• •Develop a motivated and effective Malaria Team
• •Act as Corporate Sponsor for key partnerships
• •Maintain systematic dialogue on investment and program performance
• •Provide leadership and guidance to the Malaria Team
• •Communicate technical evidence and strategic direction to stakeholders
• •Advise Global Fund Country Teams as needed