Project Lead – Urban Malaria Elimination Project

Job Purpose 

The Project Lead will provide overall strategic, technical, and operational leadership for the Urban Malaria Elimination Project. The incumbent will oversee project planning, implementation, monitoring, stakeholder coordination, quality assurance, and reporting while ensuring alignment with the National Framework for Malaria Elimination (NFME), National Strategic Plan (NSP), WHO Global Technical Strategy, and BMC priorities. The Project Lead will ensure timely achievement of project milestones and facilitate institutional strengthening for sustainable malaria elimination. 

Key Responsibilities 

Strategic Leadership 

• Lead overall project implementation across intervention wards.  

• Develop annual and quarterly implementation plans and monitor progress.  

• Ensure achievement of project objectives, outputs, and outcomes.  

• Guide adaptive management based on epidemiological evidence and program performance.  

Programme Management 

• Establish and manage the Project Management Unit (PMU).  

• Coordinate implementation of surveillance, case management, vector control, GIS mapping, and operational research activities.  

• Ensure timely implementation of ward-specific operational plans.  

• Oversee development and implementation of SOPs, operational guidelines, and implementation toolkits.  

Technical Oversight 

• Provide technical leadership on malaria surveillance, case management, radical cure, vector control, GIS analytics, and digital health systems.  

• Ensure quality implementation of integrated vector management and public-private engagement strategies.  

• Promote evidence-based decision-making through routine data analysis.  

Stakeholder Coordination 

• Liaise with BMC departments, National Centre for Vector Borne Diseases Control (NCVBDC) regional office, private healthcare providers, academic institutions/medical colleges, NGOs, and community organizations.  

• Support the functioning of the Malaria Advisory Task Force.  

• Facilitate coordination among municipal departments and project partners.  

Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning 

• Lead implementation of the MEL framework.  

• Review project dashboards and key performance indicators.  

• Ensure timely preparation of technical and financial reports.  

• Document best practices, operational research findings, and lessons learned.  

Capacity Building 

• Supervise competency-based training programmes.  

• Mentor project staff and municipal teams.  

• Strengthen institutional capacity within BMC for sustainable malaria elimination.  

Financial and Administrative Oversight 

• Monitor project budgets and resource utilization.  

• Ensure compliance with donor, organizational, and BMC policies.  

• Support procurement planning and contract management.  

Required Qualifications 

• MBBS with MD (Community Medicine/Public Health) or Master's degree in Public Health, Epidemiology, Health Management, Tropical Medicine, or related discipline.  

• Additional training in programme management is desirable.  

Experience 

• Minimum 10 years of experience managing large public health programmes.  

• At least 5 years of experience in vector-borne disease control or malaria programmes.  

• Experience working with government health systems and international donors.  

• Experience in programme planning, monitoring, GIS, digital surveillance, and stakeholder management.  

Competencies 

• Strategic leadership  

• Programme management  

• Technical expertise in malaria elimination  

• Team management  

• Data-driven decision making  

• Communication and negotiation  

• Financial management  

• Report writing  

Key Performance Indicators 

• Project milestones achieved on schedule.  

• Surveillance reporting targets achieved.  

• Timely implementation of operational plans.  

• Improvement in malaria programme performance indicators.  

• Quality and timeliness of technical reports.  

• Successful coordination with BMC and stakeholders.