Sub Regional Coordination Officer - East and Southern Africa

Roll Back Malaria Partnership

The Roll Back Malaria (RBM) Partnership is a global health initiative created to implement coordinated action against malaria. It mobilizes for action and resources and forges consensus among partners. RBM works mainly through Partner Committees (PCs) which formalize, consolidate and amplify the Partnership priorities of advocacy, resource mobilization, and country/regional support. Each Partner Committee is supported by a Partner Committee Manager employed by the RBM Management Team.         

The Country/Regional Support Partner Committee (CRSPC) provides a platform to engage the RBM Partnership community in coordinating support to countries and regions as they execute their malaria control and elimination implementation programmes. Support is tailored to suit the requirements and existing capacity in each country and region.

Two Sub-Regional Network Coordinators will support a sub-regional approach to ensure that collaboration by stakeholders is effective at the sub-regional level. This approach will be operationalized with sub-regional support to Eastern and southern Africa, as well as to Western and Central Africa, in close collaboration with existing structures and partners.  Each of these two sub-regional units will consist of a Sub-Regional Network Coordinator and a Coordination Officer working under the auspices of the CRSPC, to co-ordinate and facilitate communications and support between National Malaria Control Programmes (NMCPs) and partners within the sub-region.

Based in Geneva, the Europe and Central Asia Regional Office (ECR) supports UNOPS offices throughout the region through: management, financial and programmatic oversight of global and country-specific portfolios, clusters and operations centres, including hosting services; fund and management advisory services; project implementation; procuring goods and services; and managing human resources.

ECR ensures that projects are executed to the highest standards, providing a shared knowledge base and ensuring that best practices and lessons learned are disseminated between business units and projects across the entire region.

ECR operates global portfolios from offices in Geneva, Brussels and New York, and country-specific programmes from its operations and project centres located in Eastern Europe and Central Asian countries.

Reporting to and working with the Sub-Regional Network Coordinator for East and Southern Africa to coordinate and facilitate support to malaria endemic countries and to implement the approved CRSPC work plan, including to:

• Support identification, administration and coordination of a global team consisting of about 50 consultants/experts for provision of technical assistance to East and Southern Africa countries, as well as sub-regional approaches including E8 countries (Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe) and MOSASWA countries (Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland), in co-ordination with external Regional Economic Communities.  
• Analyze and compile annual technical assistance needs following consultation with NMCPs in East and Southern African countries.
• Prepare and disseminate the CRSPC East and Southern Africa Work Plans, Budgets, calendar of events, plus monthly and annual progress reports.
• Update country and partner profiles, identify role players/ambassadors and help maintain a vibrant multi-sectoral forum.
• Assist countries to prepare for Global Fund applications, grant making processes and implementation including participating in country missions, as required.
• Contribute to the in-depth exercise of identifying needs and gaps through programmatic and financial gap analysis in the East and Southern African countries.
• Support country resource mobilization efforts
• Lead compilation and dissemination of reports on achievements, challenges and lessons learnt at country and regional levels.
• Any other duties as might be assigned by the RBM Secretariat, CRSPC and the Sub-Regional Network Coordinator

Advanced university degree (Master or equivalent) in Public Health, Political Science, International Relations, Development Studies, Public Administration, Business Administration or related fields is required.

A Bachelor degree with two additional years of relevant experience may be acceptable in lieu of the advanced degree.

• Please note that the closing date is midnight Copenhagen time
• Applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
• Only those candidates that are short-listed for interviews will be notified.
• Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. 
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