Malaria Consortium is recruiting for a Senior Health Systems Strengthening Advisor to join our team in the Abuja office of the SuNMaP 2 Project.

The Senior HSS Advisor will provide technical leadership on all aspects of health systems to improve the quality of service delivery in both the public and private health sectors using malaria as entry point into the health system at Federal and State levels.S/he will lead the design and oversight of interventions which use the WHO health systems framework and Malaria Consortoium's approach to health systems strengthening to facilitate changes to embed and institutionalize SuNmaP 2 into the Nigerian Health System at the Federal, State and LGA levels. The position holder will work closely with the project team and Short Term Technical Assistants (STTA) ti implement evidence-based approaches to achieve the project's outcome.

The successful candidate will have:

• A post-graduate degree in public health or development related field with focus on health systems strengthening approaches;
• A minimum of 8-years experience working in a technical role and an excellent understanding of health systems;
• Significant experience in intervention design and implementation of large scale health projects;
• Familiarity with the challenges and opportunities of strengthening health systems in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA);
• Experience with value for money measurements;
• Familiarity with the Nigerian health systems; inlcuding planning and budgeting processes at the Federal and State levels;

To view the full job description please click here.

Due to the nature of this role we will be reviewing applications on an ongoing basis and the role might be filled and closed before the closing date. Early applications are encouraged.

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