Programme Manager - The African Snakebite Research Group

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Contract type: Full time Fixed term until 31st May 2020

Closing date: 11 September 2017, 23:45

Snakebite is a Neglected Tropical Disease that kills many thousands of victims each year and leaves many more survivors with poverty-inducing disabilities, particularly in rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa. The research focus of LSTM’s Alistair Reid Venom Research Unit (ARVRU) is to develop the next generation of clinical, and other tools to substantially and sustainably reduce the high rates of deaths and disability in sub-Saharan Africa.

Now, with substantive new funding we have established the African Snakebite Research Group (ASRG) which brings together African, UK, Asian and Australian expertise in snake venom therapy and biology, pharmacology, epidemiology, health economics and diagnostics development to establish self-sustaining regional hubs of snakebite expertise in strategically-selected units in Nigeria, Cameroon and Kenya. This provides an exciting opportunity for a Programme Manager to join a pioneering, innovative and expanding research team and help them deliver progress on multiple diverse activities designed to improve the management of snakebite in sub-Saharan Africa.

Working with Dr Rob Harrison (the leader of the ASRG and ARVRU) and colleagues, this role will require the coordinated management of the research and administration activities at LSTM and that of our partners in Nigeria, Cameroon and Kenya. You will therefore require skills in (i) devising, delivering and acquiring input to Monitoring & Evaluation Plans, (ii) preparing reports from the M&E plans, and (iii) establishing productive working relationships and communication channels with all our project partners. The role is based at LSTM in Liverpool with the need to travel to our partner institutes in Kenya, Cameroon and Nigeria. This post will provide the appointee with important, invigorating and diverse programme management exposure.

It is essential that the candidate has a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree, a qualification in Programme Management. Plus, proven experience of managing health-related projects involving multiple partners must be demonstrated. We ideally seek a candidate with the above essential skills and experience coupled with fluency in written and oral French. The ability to work as an integral, productive and co-operative member of a multi-disciplinary, diverse team is also essential. The ideal candidate will be a dedicated, technically-gifted and enthusiastic programme manager with a background relevant to this project and eager to bring project and financial management expertise. You will need to bring initiative and ideas to help us achieve our objectives to improve the management of snakebite in sub-Saharan Africa.

Further details of this post can be found by visiting our website at: http://www.lstmed.ac.uk/vacancies.

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