JOB DESCRIPTION

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Ready to embrace rewarding and meaningful work? Now’s your chance.

The Opportunity

As the Provincial Coordinator, you will focus on programmatic and management oversight for all aspects of the project’s ITN distribution activities in your assigned district(s), including planning, technical assistance and training, logistical and operational support and supervision, monitoring and evaluation, and external reporting. You will coordinate closely with all involved stakeholders – communities, governments, and technical experts – to promote equity, access, and sustainability of the PMI Evolve Project’s insecticide-treated net (ITN) activities as well as capacity strengthening and skills transfer to local institutions.

Project Description

The U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) Evolve Project, awarded to Abt Global in December 2022, supports national malaria programs with the planning, implementation, and monitoring of vector control interventions, including insecticide-treated net (ITN) distribution, indoor residual spraying (IRS), and essential entomological monitoring required to make vector control decisions. PMI Evolve Zimbabwe will assist the NMCP and partners to support the 2025 ITN mass campaign and continuous distribution through antenatal care (ANC) and expanded program on immunization (EPI) distribution channels in select high-burden districts.

The project seeks to recruit a Provincial ITN Coordinator based in Mashonaland East and Mashonaland Central to support these activities.

Core Responsibilities 

General: 

• Support and manage robust ITN distribution mass campaign and routine distribution planning efforts, including logistical planning for ITN distribution and transportation; ITN and equipment storage, security, and environmental safety; and coordination with community members and district-level counterparts.
• Ensure that mitigation actions are implemented and proactively work with the Vector Control Manager to ensure adequate oversight and support is provided across teams.
• Monitor the progress of program targets and initiate corrective action when necessary.
• Ensure that PMI Evolve ITN distribution activities are of high quality, in line with project goals, objectives, and deadlines. Anticipate potential schedule or priority delays and formulate/initiate plans for alternative actions.
• Ensure all risk prevention and environmental compliance measures are fully implemented and work closely with the project environmental compliance and safety staff to address relevant issues.
• Facilitate communication between the districts and the project office. Represents the program at meetings with the community leaders and other local stakeholders.
• Prepare weekly and other activity reports as directed by the project Vector Control Manager.
• The position requires frequent travel to field sites to support and oversee district and community level operations and activities.

Mass ITN Distribution Campaign:

• Support NMCP with mass campaign distribution during micro-planning, training, and supervision. Supervise ITN distribution and contribute to the trainings conducted in the assigned geographical area.
• Work in collaboration with malaria focal point persons and government staff at the regional, district, and health facilities level to support the planning and coordination of routine and mass ITN distribution implementation.
• Manage ITN-related community mobilization and SBC/IEC activities and data collection process. Suggest strategies to increase the ITN issuance rate through efficient ITN supply management and demand creation.

Routine Distribution:

• Support the training of ANC and EPI (Expanded Program on Immunization) health providers in North and Far North on routine ITN distribution, focusing on routine distribution strategies, reporting/record keeping, logistics, supply management, and education on ITN use and care.
• Provide supportive supervision and on-site coaching of ANC and EPI service providers.
• Work with third-party logistics vendors to ensure timely delivery of ITNs to field sites in coordination with the supply chain team.
• Ensure that ITN distribution to health facilities is documented using standard reporting tools.
• Receive, analyze, and present HMIS data on ITN routine distribution to Monitoring Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Manager and Vector Control Manager on distribution trends, best practices, challenges, and mitigating strategies.

What We Value

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree + 4-6 years of relevant experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health, Social Sciences, Business Administration, or other relevant field and 5 years of relevant experience; or Masters + 3 years of relevant experience directly managing ITN distributions, mass vaccination campaigns, and/or other large-scale health commodity delivery operations at the regional or district level.
• Experience working in close partnership with government stakeholders, local community leaders, and partner organizations supporting health activities highly preferred.
• Significant experience in the logistics and management of ITNs or other public health commodities.
• Demonstrated ability to work with a minimum of direction and supervision.
• Demonstrated ability to work both as a member of a team and as a team leader, with the ability to accept the inputs of other team members.
• Strong management and planning skills of project tasks.
• Demonstrates leadership and teamwork and produces high quality work in a timely, cost-effective manner and has excellent writing skills.
• Excellent interpersonal communications, and organizational skills.
• Excellent computer skills, computer software programs, including MSWord, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Experience with U.S. government-funded programs and/or other international development experience preferred.
• Fluency in spoken and written French is required. English language skills preferred.

What We Offer

We foster an environment where you can Thrive Your Way. Our innovative total rewards programs are designed to help balance your work and personal life. The approach toward your wellbeing centers around comprehensive benefits and professional development.

Abt Global is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse workforce. Abt Associates provides market-competitive salaries and comprehensive employee benefits. Local candidates strongly encouraged to apply.

Disclaimer: Abt Global will never ask candidates for money in exchange for an offer of employment.

Responsibilities may include:

• Managing projects and processes, working independently with limited supervision. • Coaching and reviewing the work of lower-level professionals. • Problems faced are difficult and sometimes complex. • May have frequent inter-organizational and outside customer contacts. • Represents organization in providing solutions to difficult technical issues associated with specific projects.

Preferred Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree + Five years of relevant experience, or Master’s Degree + Three years of relevant experience, or PhD

Abt Associates is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse workforce. Abt Associates provides market-competitive salaries and comprehensive employee benefits. Local candidates strongly encouraged to apply.

Disclaimer: Abt Associates will never ask candidates for money in exchange for an offer of employment.