Manager, Malaria & NTDs, Country Operations

Strategic Leadership and Program Management 

• Define the national team's overall strategy, develop clear operational plans for execution, and continuously identify opportunities for CHAI to add value and maximize impact. 
• Maintain a profound understanding of health system priorities and gaps at the national and provincial levels, and ensure effective implementation and long-term sustainability of CHAI Angola's malaria program areas. 
• Lead program design and expansion in partnership with government, and guide each program toward scale and sustainable impact. 
• Ensure rigorous design, execution, and monitoring and evaluation, so program results meet or exceed commitments to donors. 
• Given CHAI's lean staffing model, take on direct programmatic work where needed to support the country team. 
• Proactively identify impactful opportunities for CHAI technical support across multiple disease areas. 

Stakeholder Engagement and Communication 

• Elevate CHAI's role as a trusted partner and adviser to the Angola Ministry of Health, relevant stakeholders, and safeguard CHAI's reputation as a highly capable organization whose primary agenda is to support government priorities. 
• Build and maintain trusted relationships with key stakeholders across national and county government, international agencies, NGOs, the private sector, and donors. 
• Develop communication materials, deliver presentations, and represent CHAI in public fora. 
• Maintain strong bidirectional communication with CHAI regional and global leadership to ensure CHAI's full capabilities are leveraged on the ground. 

Resource Mobilization and Donor Relations 

• Support fundraising efforts, including the development of new programs and the management of relationships with existing and potential donors. 
• Represent CHAI externally with partners, and at national and international fora. 

Team Development 

• Lead the Angola malaria and NTD team of about 6 people to consistently deliver transformational impact within Angola’s malaria and NTD programming. 
• Build and maintain cohesive, effective, and high-performing teams to support new and existing programs.
• Undertake other responsibilities as assigned by Manager or CHAI leadership. 

• A Bachelor or Master's degree plus 7+ years of working experience with increasing levels of responsibility and leadership
• Fluent written/spoken English and Portuguese
• Experience working in an international context and/or entrepreneurial environment
• Exceptional analytical (qualitative and quantitative) and communication (written, oral, interpersonal, organizational, and problem-solving) skills
• Ability to think strategically and anticipate future consequences and trends
• Ability to work well both independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team
• People-management skills: experience with directly line-managing employees to support professional development and ensure quality outputs from the team
• Ability to be effective, calm, and flexible in a fast-paced work environment, to handle multiple tasks simultaneously and to effectively prioritize
• Experience and willingness to work in unstable and ever-changing, developing settings
• Strong work ethic, integrity, credibility, and dedication to CHAI’s mission
• High level of proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Ability to travel up to 20% in-country as needed

Advantages 

• Experience in different roles (i.e., country and global) within CHAI
• Experience working in management consulting, investment banking, or similar fast-paced, output-oriented environments
• Experience working in health system strengthening and/or healthcare worker engagement
• Experience working in developing countries, particularly on health-related initiatives
• Experience working in pharmaceutical or medical device market research, market intelligence, wholesale distribution, or commercial strategy
• Knowledge of major global infectious disease problems
• Experience working with governments and institutions in sub-Saharan Africa