Campaign Senior Technical Specialist At Malaria Consortium
full-time
Job purpose
The Campaign Manager will be responsible for planning, coordinating and implementing ITN distribution activities and financial management in implementation state. Four campaign managers will be engaged to cover all implementation states; each state will be managed by a campaign manager.
Scope of work
The role involves ensuring the proper planning and coordination of all activities related to the delivery of ITNs to households in the implementation state including macro and microplanning, advocacy, procurement, supply chain management, household mobilization, demand creation as well as monitoring, evaluation and reporting of the process. This role will back-stop the State Support Team of NMEP in the technical, demand creation, logistics and security work streams to ensure the delivery of a high-quality campaign.
Key working relationships
This role will involve working under the supervision of the Senior Project Manager and collaborate closely with: Campaign managers in all implementation states, National Malaria Elimination Program, State Ministries of Health and State Support teams, Malaria Consortium country and head office technical teams. The post holder will represent Malaria Consortium in relevant technical working groups including IVM and ITN campaign coordination platforms alongside the Senior Project Manager.
Key accountabilities
Technical leadership, strategy and advisory
Provide overall technical leadership for ITN campaign design, planning and implementation.
Lead the definition of campaign technical strategies, including targeting, distribution modalities, digitization approaches and risk mitigation
Ensure alignment with the national malaria guidelines and policies, donor requirements and global best practices
Seve as the primary technical focal point for campaign-related technical decisions.
Workstream technical oversight and integration
Provide technical oversight and coherence across all campaign workstreams:
Microplanning
Logistics and supply chain
Training and capacity building
Social and Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC)
Digital sign-up and data systems
Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL)
Support workstream advisors and Campaign Managers to identify risks, gap and corrective actions.
Ensure effective integration of multi-product campaigns and security considerations.
Other strategic key accountability areas
Provide strategic technical leadership for ITN campaign planning and implementation, including development of campaign plans of action, timelines, macro budgets, ITN quantification, targeting and allocation of strategies, ensuring equity-focused approaches for vulnerable and hard-to-reach populations.
Oversee technical design and validation of campaign planning tools and process including macroplans, microplanning templates, GIS-informed targeting approaches and digitised systems while leading risk assessments and mitigation strategies covering operational, security and technical risks.
Lead technical oversight of logistics and supply chain management, ensuring effective warehousing, transportation, security, reverse logistics, waste management, ITN accountability, reconciliation and adoption of SOPs and digital tracking.
Provide technical guidance on Social and Behaviour Change strategies (SBC), including development of comprehensive SBC plans, rumour management approaches, advocacy strategies, campaign messaging and integration of SBC components into training, microplanning and digital platforms.
Lead monitoring evaluation, accountability and learning for ITN campaigns including development of M&E frameworks, indicators, evaluation protocols, real -time data analysis, digitized performance monitoring systems and post campaign assessments to drive evidence-based decision making and quality improvement.
Ensure high-quality technical reporting, documentation and knowledge management including preparation of technical reports, dashboards, donor updates, learning briefs and policy inputs while representing Malaria Consortium in relevant technical coordination platforms and ensuring compliance with organizational policies and security protocols.
Person specification
Qualifications and experience:
Essential
Advanced degree in Public health, Epidemiology, Health Informatics, Data Science or related field.
Minimum of 5-7 years' experience in malaria programming or large-scale public health campaigns.
Proven experience providing senior technical leadership across multi-workstream environments.
Strong knowledge of ITN campaign design, logistics, SBC and M&E
Experience working with national malaria programmes, donors and international NGOs
Proficiency in data analysis and visualization tools (Excel, Power BI, Tableau, R, Python, DHIS2, KoboToolbox)
Desirable
Thorough understanding of preventive aspects of malaria control
Previous hands-on experience working in hard-to-reach locations
Familiarity with the strategies and guidelines of NMEP as well as SMEP
Experience in using participatory adult learning techniques
Previous experience in mass campaign ITN distribution activities is a plus
Work-based skills and competencies:
Essential
Experience with digitized ITN campaign and GIS-based planning
Experience conducting independent process evaluation or coverage assessments.
Familiarity with NMEP ITN guidelines
Excellent diplomacy and stakeholder liaison skills and experience in working in partnerships to deliver programmes
Competency in computer applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
Good writing and communication skills
Ability to work effectively with a wide variety of partners including MoH
Desirable:
Skills in qualitative research.