Malaria Consortium in Nigeria Vacancy for Senior Evidence and Learning Specialist-Abuja

Malaria Consortium is recruiting for a Senior Evidence and Learning Specialist to join our team in Abuja, Nigeria.

The Senior Evidence and Learning Specialist will be seconded to the National Malaria Elimination Programme. S/he will work closely with counterparts in NMEP to build capacity in the area of malaria evidence generation and use. This will involve ensuring the NMEP develops and maintains a coherent and relevant learning agenda and programme that strengthens programme design and implementation.

The successful candidate will have:

  • Postgraduate degree in public health or development related fields, with a focus on learning approaches
  • At least 10 years working in technical role with an excellent understanding of health systems
  • Extensive experience of developing and supporting a framework for organisational learning and impact
  • Familiarity with the challenges and opportunities of gathering and using evidence in public health programmes in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA)
  • Strong experience in capacity building for effective outputs, ideally learning related
  • Sound understanding and experience of monitoring and evaluation processes to measure and monitor activity and progress against objectives
  • Familiarity with the Nigerian health system, including government planning processes at Federal and State levels.

Please note this role is dependent on Malaria Consortium securing a forthcoming grant. CVs will be reviewing on an ongoing basis therefore early application is encouraged.

Salary: Competitive
Location: Nigeria
Level: Technical
Deadline: 01/06/2018 23:59
Hours: 40
Benefits: National
Job Type: Fixed Term

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