Campaign Project Director at Malaria Consortium

Malaria Consortium is recruiting for a Programme Director to join our team in Abuja.

Job purpose

To manage suppport to ITN Campaign programme activities, resources as well as provide leadership, stewardship and maintain collaborative links with the project’s key stakeholders at national and FCT  levels.

Scope of work

The Programme Director will provide overall leadership to the ITN Campaign team and be responsible for managing the project activities. The position will be based in the country office, with regular travel within implementing locations at FCT. It will support the ITN Campaign project team through providing managerial, technical support and direct implementation of ITN campaign and distribution, the community engagement and waste management.   S/he will work clsely with the country-level   Senior Management Team (SMT).

Key working relationships

The post holder will report to the West and Central Africa Programmes Director and work closely with the wider Technical and management team  at country and state level, especially the Country Programmes Manager, Country Operations Manager, as well as other senior technical, research, M&E, operational and external relations colleagues at project level. The role will also work with major stakeholders and partners at the national level, including the National Malaria Elimination Project (NMEP) Prevention , integrated vector control, ACSM , supply chain managers , as relevant to the project. S/he will line manage key project staff in the country.

Key accountabilities (percent of time spent on each area)

• communications and advocacy strategy is developed, taking project-level communications and advocacy goals and objectives into account.
• Contribute to the development and be responsible for the implementation of a communications and advocacy plan in line with the communications and advocacy strategy of the project and NG office, which will include, for example, the production of case studies, reviews of lessons learnt and general documentation for internal and external dissemination.
• Be responsible for lessons identification and learning documentation and dissemination.
• Be responsible for building functional partner relationships among the project’s stakeholders.
• Oversee project partners’ inputs and subcontractors’ activities to deliver harmonized, aligned and effective outputs
• Manage the risks of the project including Safeguarding, financial, reputation and security in a challenging environment.
• Lead on the performance management of country-level project staff
• Ensure regular communications are maintained between the different teams.
• Be responsible for the project risk register. Work with the team members of the SMT in the identification, tracking, prevention and management of key project risks especially those related to performance and fiduciary management.
• Liaise between the project, NMEP, SMEP and other stakeholders.

Technical contributions (10%)

• Work with senior technical colleagues at country and project to determine technical support needs to implement the project effectively and with high quality.
• Liaise with the Senior Country Technical Coordinator to obtain the required technical support.
• Support the generation of evidence to improve project performance and illustrate effectiveness through monitoring and evaluation, research and learning.
• Contribute to the development and production of dissemination documents to allow wider sharing of Malaria Consortium’s experiences, lessons and successes.

Technical performance management and Quality Assurance (20%)

• Take the lead in monitoring and evaluating project performance.
• Keep abreast with evidence and best practices that are related to the project.

• Clear communication skills for managing partnerships and relationships with senior stakeholders at all levels
• Strategic thinking.
• Ability to manage and inspire high performing teams.

• Excellent project management skills, with proven ability to implement high quality projects on time and within budget.
• Strong negotiation skills, particularly in engaging government health officials at all levels.
• Good influencing and persuasion skills and ability to remain compliant with organisational and donor policies.
• Ability to manage and prioritize high workload and multiple tasks in a fast paced environment with tight deadlines.
• Excellent problem solving skills.
• Excellent English language skills, both spoken and written.
• Capable of establishing strong working relationships with colleagues from different functions and cultures.
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Word and Excel.
• Proactive and takes initiative as required.

Application Dealine: 1st April 2026

METHOD OF APPLICATION

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