Chief of Party For Social Behaviour Change

The Vacancy

Malaria Consortium is recruiting for a Chief of Party For Social Behaviour Change to join our team in Maputo, Mozambique.

The CoP will provide overall strategic leadership, oversight, and coordination for project activities and staff. The postholder will possess both deep applied experience in SBC implementation in LMICs, and demonstrated abilities in leadership; strategic thinking; development of effective teams; and change management. S/he must also have a demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively and efficiently with host country agencies, including central and local governments, development partners, civil society, and community-based organizations. Experience in malaria SBC is preferred. The CoP will lead a team comprised of other senior-level staff.

The successful candidate will have:

• Master’s degree or higher in public health, social sciences, or other relevant discipline;
• Ten years working in the fields of international health programming, SBC, health communication, and/or health promotion, including at least five years’ experience in senior level management positions;
• Proven record of leadership in the design and management of SBC programs in LMICs, and collaboration with U.S. government agencies, other donors, host country institutions, and international and local non-governmental organizations;
• Minimum of five years of experience supervising professional staff.