United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Coordinator- Public Health Approach Papers

Organization: Malaria Consortium
Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Closing date: 24 Sep 2014

Location: London, UK

Contract: 18 months (with possibility of extension)

Salary: ca. £35K depending on experience

Closing date: 24th September 2014

Malaria Consortium has currently got an opening for a Coordinator- Public Health Approach Papers to be based in London. The Coordinator - Public Health Approach Papers will lead the development and writing of Malaria Consortium’s Approach Papers and manage the successful implementation of these within the organisation.

The successful candidate will have:

• Masters in Public Health, International Relations, or related field.

• Demonstrable skills and experience in producing policy papers or equivalent with a proven ability to analyse and synthesize large amounts of multi-disciplinary information into concise reports.

• Good project management demonstrating the ability to coordinate a group of people, manage competing priorities and deliver goals within deadline.

• Demonstrable skills and experience in securing involvement of internal stakeholders, planning and facilitating consultation exercises, interviews or fact finding meetings which result in all relevant information being collected within a limited timeframe.

• A broad understanding of public health and development policy and practice in a developing country context. Malaria specific knowledge is an advantage.

• Good presenter with experience of presenting complex ideas to specialist and non-specialist audiences.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Proven ability to secure the support of a diverse range of (internal) stakeholders and work with them to achieve a shared goal.

• Ability to appreciate the detail of a complex subject matter but pick out salient points.

• Ability to interpret the wider public health and development context and identify issues relevant to the organisation and integrate these into own work.

• Flexibility to adapt to variable timeframes and changing staff availability but able to manage this to ensure achievement of agreed end goal.

• Able to schedule work effectively and meet deadlines

• Ability to work independently as well as take direction from others and contribute to the wider team

• Good judgement and ability to appropriately escalate concerns if these arise.

• Good IT skills (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)

• Commitment to Malaria Consortium’s mission and values

How to apply:

For more information please visit our website www.malariaconsortium.org where you will have access to the full job description. Please send your CV, with a covering letter outlining how you meet the person specification and your current salary information, to Human Resources at HR.Recruitment@malariaconsortium.org

Malaria Consortium thanks you for your application. However, due to the volume of applications received, only short listed candidates will be contacted within three weeks of the closing date.