Technical Advisor II, Malaria

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in District of Columbia, +1 more state.

📋 Description

• Deliver senior-level technical guidance to the AFGHS–FHI 360 core team, national programs, and country partners focused on malaria programming.

• Offer technical leadership from the initiation of the project and workplan development through to execution.

• Ensure the technical quality of both ongoing projects and new buy-ins.

• Assist country teams with technical support, compliance with budgets and regulations, engagement with donors, and interaction with stakeholders.

• Promote evidence-based malaria interventions at both health facility and community levels.

• Update commodity planning and gap analysis tools utilizing MOU guidelines, new malaria commodities, Global Fund GC8 data, and supply chain information.

• Manage a designated malaria portfolio and establish strategic priorities for resource allocation.

• Set and monitor best practices while leading business development initiatives.

• Spearhead the development of supply plans, dashboards, risk summaries, and visual materials.

• Analyze data related to forecasting, inventory, procurement, shipment, consumption, stockouts, overstock, expirations, pipelines, and funding.

• Coordinate analyses and reporting of commodity availability at both country-level and cross-country scales.

• Provide technical leadership for malaria case management strategies, guidelines, training, and implementation.

• Offer advice to national programs on malaria diagnosis and management, including severe cases, malaria during pregnancy, and care for vulnerable populations.

• Facilitate the introduction and monitoring of multiple first-line therapies.

• Provide guidance on ITN selection, distribution, coverage, durability, and bioefficacy monitoring.

• Assist with assessments of residual efficacy, corrective actions, spatial emanator implementation, vector control tools, and related research.

• Deliver both remote and in-country support by reviewing workplans, technical approaches, curricula, budgets, and monitoring strategies.

• Evaluate clinical and operational performance through field visits, supportive supervision, mentorship, audits, job aids, and quality improvement initiatives.

• Enhance iCCM, referral pathways, community health worker capacity, and connections between communities and facilities.

• Improve malaria surveillance, DHIS2 and national reporting systems, dashboards, performance reviews, and the use of indicators.

• Contribute to the development of technical reports, evaluations, policy briefs, and educational products.

• Represent FHI 360 in technical forums and collaborate with Ministries of Health, NMCPs/NMEPs, WHO, donors, academic institutions, laboratories, and implementing partners.

• Provide technical input for proposals, country strategies, program designs, and operational research.

• Evaluate emerging diagnostics, medicines, digital tools, and delivery methods for potential adoption.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of a master's degree in public health, infectious diseases, epidemiology, clinical medicine, or a closely related field.

• At least 12 years of progressively responsible experience in providing technical leadership in malaria.

• Proven experience advising Ministries of Health and national malaria programs.

• Experience in developing case management policies, clinical guidelines, training materials, or quality improvement strategies.

• Strong background in malaria prevention, diagnosis, and treatment, including services at both facility and community levels.

• Experience in integrating malaria services into maternal, newborn, and child health platforms.

• Ability to analyze surveillance and program data and convert evidence into actionable recommendations.

• Professional proficiency in both written and spoken English.

• Proficiency in additional languages such as French is a plus.

• Familiarity with major international donor-funded malaria programs and regional or multicountry technical assistance is advantageous.

• Solid understanding of PMI malaria guidance, malaria supply chain systems, prevention and case management, and iCCM.

• Strong analytical, technical writing, facilitation, and presentation skills.

• Capacity to support multidisciplinary teams, manage competing priorities, cultivate partnerships, and operate across diverse country contexts.

• Commitment to scientific integrity, national ownership, safeguarding, and sustainable capacity enhancement.

• Proficient in using laptops, Microsoft Office 365, SharePoint, Skype/Zoom/Teams, mobile technology, and standard office equipment.

• Willingness to travel internationally 10–25% periodically to malaria-endemic countries.

🏝️ Benefits

• FHI 360 contributes 7% of monthly base salary to a money purchase pension plan account.

• 18 days of paid vacation annually for full-time US-based staff.

• 12 sick days per year for full-time US-based employees.

• 11 holidays each year for full-time US-based staff.

• Competitive benefits package.

• Opportunities for professional development.

• Policies and programs that promote a healthy work/life balance.