PATH is an international organization that drives transformative innovation to save lives and improve health, especially among women and children. We accelerate innovation across five platforms-vaccines, drugs, diagnostics, devices, and system and service innovations-that harness our entrepreneurial insight, scientific and public health expertise, and passion for health equity.

Responsibilities:

• Act as the primary point of contact between country office leadership, global technical and operational staff, and partners
• Support the start-up of project activities, by coordinating work plan development and providing start-up operational support and backstopping
• Provide on-going facilitation for day-to-day implementation of project activities, working collaboratively with the REACH Malaria team to quickly identify and resolve challenges to successful implementation
• Support the development, review and submission of deliverables and reports to ensure high quality and timely products
• Provide financial management support to country office teams through analyzing financial data, monitoring project expenses against budgets, and forecasting, with support from the Finance and Administration Staff
• Monitor compliance with REACH Malaria contract and PATH policies, identify and effectively communicate any risks to compliance
• Collaborate with other teams in PATH including diagnostics, maternal, newborn and child health, center for data and digital health, for their technical inputs into project deliverables and activity plans
• Work closely with the relevant stakeholders, including ministries of health, universities, NGOs, civil society, and private sector partners in coordinating activity implementation
• Develop and write technical documents, such as Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), tools, checklists, guidelines for training and capacity building of staff as needed
• Coordinate country buy-in level planning and review meetings to track progress of implementation of interventions and ensure coordination between program team and external stakeholders
• Document activities and field observations for program reports, support in the creation of presentations for updates and meetings

Required skills and experience:

• Master’s degree with 5 years of experience or Bachelor’s degree with minimum 7 years of experience, with work experience in public health, international development or a related field
• Experience supporting USAID and/or PMI funded health projects, with preference for malaria interventions
• Familiarity with stakeholders in the malaria services space, including malaria case management, prevention of MiP, SMC, surveillance, health systems strengthening, data collection and use for service delivery
• Proven ability to multi-task and collaborate work effectively with senior staff, colleagues, donors, partner organizations, stakeholders, local institutions, and others at all levels
• Strong problem-solving, organization skills and a positive, solution-oriented approach to challenges
• Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple tasks, short deadlines, and an emphasis on quality
• Strong financial management skills, including experience in budgeting and tracking financials
• Excellent analytical, presentation and report writing skills
• Excellent skills in facilitation, team building and coordination
• Extremely detail-oriented, with the ability to communicate effectively and concisely, both orally and in writing
• Strong work ethic, resourcefulness, integrity, credibility, and dedication to PATH’s mission
• Professional proficiency in English required, proficiency in French preferred
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams)