Essential Duties and Responsibilities are outlined below. Other duties, responsibilities, and activities may change or be assigned at any time.

 Program Management and Program Quality (70%)  

The Immunization Manager shall ensure high quality of program implementation by undertaking the following roles:

• Provide day-to-day programmatic direction, immunization activity planning and implementation leadership for the Gavi HPV Research project, across phases of start-up, design, implementation, and dissemination.
• Coordinate and support the execution of project activities, working closely with technical counterparts within VillageReach Malawi, Mozambique and global team members to ensure quality and timely execution of activities against defined work plans.
• Update project work plans as agreed by cross-country HPV project team and conduct quarterly project reviews and reporting in line with VillageReach Malawi country office schedule.
• Lead and support all field work implementation at subnational level, including hiring and supervising data collectors and research assistants as needed to complete the scope of work
• Prepare update reports for submission as required by the donor, VillageReach global team members, project Award Manager and VillageReach Malawi management.
• Monitor donor programmatic and financial compliance requirements and collaborate with project award manager to ensure efficiency in achieving donor deliverables.
• Provide regular feedback to Malawi Country Director through the bi- weekly Program Coordination meetings and other planned meetings on progress of activities, and coordinate and collaborate with other VillageReach team members ensuring cross coordination and complementarity of VillageReach Malawi program activities.
• Supervise all subnational level project staff (if relevant), ensuring high quality delivery of planned activities

Partnership Management (10%)

• Build and manage relationships with the Ministry of Health, relevant District Health Offices, and relevant regulatory bodies to ensure effective collaboration and partnership in the implementation of the Gavi HPV Research project.
• Coordinate with VillageReach’s implementing partners to ensure strong collaboration and timely completion of all projects’ deliverables.
• Represent VillageReach at EPI immunization technical meetings and other relevant meetings and initiatives.
• Develop and make effective project presentations on behalf of VillageReach to senior MoH, donor and INGO partners to share progress, findings and advocate for the project scale up.

Business Development (10%)  

• Collaborate with the Country Director and business Development Manager to engage with key donors that support immunization work for further resource mobilization
• Lead the development of concept notes/proposals for new business development for VillageReach Malawi in the immunization sector based on experiences and knowledge gained from the HPV project.
• Support VillageReach Malawi and Global teams business development managers and technical support leads to develop new business opportunities benefiting VillageReach beyond Malawi as needed .

Budget Management (10%) 

• In collaboration with immediate Malawi supervisor and global project Award Manager, monitor, track and review the Gavi HPV project budget to ensure expenditures are on track.
• In collaboration with the Malawi Finance and Administration team and program supervisors, prepare and timely submit the monthly budget projections, activity procurement requests, liquidations and updates on project performance and burn rates.

Other  

• Support implementation of other related VillageReach projects with incumbent’s technical inputs, and expertise.
• Perform any other duties as may be assigned by the supervisor.

Competencies: 

The following competencies reflect what is expected of all VillageReach employees; including examples of how one might demonstrate each of these competencies in one’s role.

Personal Motivation and Drive: Is self-directed in one’s approach to work, but asks for help when needed; holds oneself accountable; undertakes self-development activities; seeks to build and master new skills; looks for and takes advantage of opportunities within the organization.

Collaboration & Effective Communication: Establishes and maintains effective relations with coworkers, partners & stakeholders and external parties; works collaboratively with others to accomplish organizational and team goals and objectives; works actively to resolve conflicts; expresses ideas and thoughts effectively; selects and uses appropriate communication methods and maintains meaningful communication with virtual coworkers and other parties to keep them informed

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: Takes personal responsibility for and supports others across the organization in creating and sustaining a diverse work environment where individuals are welcomed, valued, respected and supported; personally committed to attaining cultural competency including self-awareness of one’s own attitudes about culture and cross-cultural interactions; exhibits the willingness and ability to engage openly and respectfully around issues of race, colonialism, identity and culture; upholds equity in access to sharing of information, ideas, and opportunities throughout VillageReach

Commitment to Excellence: Produces a high output of work, both in terms of quality and quantity; looks for ways to improve and promote quality; monitors work to ensure quality; has a personal commitment to the mission of VillageReach.

 Solution Orientation & Innovation: Focuses on results and desired outcomes and how to best achieve them; get the job done; sees opportunities for creative problem-solving while staying within the parameters of good practice; sees old problems in new ways and has novel approaches to solving those problems; contributes original and/or resourceful ideas to their area of responsibility; is able to consider and articulate risks and consequences of proposed innovations and factor these into decision-making.

Requirements