Senior Digital Health Specialist (Maternity Cover)

Malaria Consortium is recruiting for a Senior Digital Specialist - Maternity Cover to join our team in London, UK.

The Senior Digital Health Specialist works with internal and external stakeholders to ensure Malaria Consortium utilises digital health opportunities to enhance the quality of the organisation’s programming. Bringing together the considerations of all external stakeholders with the organisations operating practicalities to enhance the quality of the organisation’s programming and strengthen global capacity.

The successful candidate will have:

• Post-graduate degree or equivalent experience in relevant field (public/global health, digital health, information systems or similar)
• At least 5 years’ experience working in the design, development, testing, implementation and monitoring of digital solutions, preferably in the health system
• Previous experience working with and providing technical assistance regarding the implementation of digital solutions to stakeholders at various levels
• In-depth knowledge of the digital health sector, including awareness of donor priorities; the key stakeholders working in digital health; flagship projects, platforms and approaches; key themes and trends in digital health
• Knowledge and experience of community health information systems, public health campaigns and/or health systems strengthening Experience in research methodology, implementation, analysis and interpretation
• Project management experience in malaria or other public health programmes
• Experience in working effectively with government and non-government partners
• Experience in stakeholder mapping, analysis and engagement, particularly with government officials
• Experience in proposal writing and/or business development
• Experience of a flexible approach to managing and prioritizing a high workload and multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to work comfortably with broad range of software solutions
• Experience in the monitoring and evaluation of digital health interventions

This is position is a Maternity Cover and therefore a fixed term contract for up to 12 months.

To apply for this position you will need to have the right to work in the UK.

We are currently hybrid working and staff must come into the officer at least four times a month.