Malaria Expert
Job Context
Duty Station: Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), Dhaka
Contract Duration: Initially for 1 (one) Year. Continuation or renewal is subject to a formal satisfactory performance evaluation, operational requirements, and the continued availability of funding from the donor.
Contract Type: Contractual
Number of Position(s): 01
Contract Start Date: 1 January 2027
Reporting to: Deputy Team Lead (Operations)
A. Background
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (GFATM) has transitioned its portfolio in Bangladesh from siloed, disease-specific management structures into a unified Program Management Unit (PMU) under the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). This centralized model is designed to harmonize project management, lower transaction costs, and provide portfolio-level assurance across the national Tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and Resilient and Sustainable Systems for Health (RSSH) interventions.
To strengthen coordination, accountability, efficiency, and standardized portfolio management, an integrated Program Management Unit (PMU) has been established for Global Fund-supported programmes, providing coordinated leadership, grant management, technical oversight, financial stewardship, performance monitoring, and operational support across the portfolio. The Malaria Expert provides strategic and technical leadership for grant-supported malaria interventions, supporting the National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP) to accelerate equitable prevention, prompt diagnosis and effective treatment, surveillance, vector control, community engagement, and elimination, with particular attention to endemic, border, mobile, migrant, and other underserved populations.
B. Objective of the Position
To provide strategic and technical leadership for the planning, implementation, quality assurance, and performance management of malaria interventions under the Global Fund Grant, ensuring alignment with national elimination priorities, achievement of grant targets, timely use of surveillance and programme data, and delivery of high-quality, people-centered services.
C. Scope of Work
Under the supervision of the Deputy Team Lead (Program), the Malaria Expert leads malaria-component planning, budgeting, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, quality assurance, and technical reporting; oversees malaria prevention, diagnosis, treatment, surveillance, case and foci response, vector control, entomology, and elimination activities; strengthens stratification and data-driven targeting of endemic, border, mobile, migrant, and hard-to-reach populations; ensures commodity, laboratory, community, outbreak-response, and health-system linkages needed for uninterrupted malaria services; drives achievement of Performance Framework targets, work-plan milestones, value for money, and timely corrective action; and coordinates NMEP, implementing entities, communities, professional and research institutions, and technical or development partners.
Job Responsibilities
D. Key Duties and Responsibilities
A. Strategic Leadership, Planning, and Integration
Lead malaria programme implementation in line with national strategies, WHO recommendations, and Global Fund requirements.
Coordinate annual workplans, targets, budgets, procurement inputs, risk actions, and grant milestones.
Advise the PMU and NMEP on programme priorities and supervise malaria technical personnel.
B. Case Management, Diagnosis, and Elimination
Strengthen timely diagnosis, appropriate treatment, referral, and follow-up, including services for severe cases and remote populations.
Improve access to quality-assured microscopy and rapid diagnostic testing with the Laboratory Expert.
Support case notification, investigation, and response, and address diagnostic or treatment gaps.
C. Vector Control, Entomology, and Community Prevention
Oversee evidence-based planning and monitoring of mosquito nets, indoor spraying, and other approved vector-control interventions.
Guide entomological surveillance, vector mapping, and insecticide-resistance monitoring.
Address coverage gaps and strengthen community engagement, early care-seeking, testing, and referral.
D. Surveillance, Performance, M&E, and Learning
Support in monitoring the malaria indicators and milestones and lead performance, bottleneck, and equity reviews.
Support to strengthen surveillance, stratification, data quality, and feedback with the M&E Expert.
Promote data use for decision-making for programme improvement.
E. Commodities, Quality Assurance, and Capacity Development
Support forecasting and supply planning for medicines, diagnostics, mosquito nets, insecticides, and related commodities.
Facilitate monitoring of the stock, consumption, expiry, and distribution risks and coordinate corrective action.
Support to ensure the quality-assure technical materials and implement training, mentoring, and supportive supervision.
F. Risk, Preparedness, Coordination, and Reporting
Monitor outbreak, climate, imported-case, insecticide-resistance, commodity, and implementation risks, and coordinate preparedness and response.
Ensure compliance and support audits, Global Fund reviews, and official missions.
Coordinate with government, implementers, and partners, and prepare quality-assured reports, briefs, and grant inputs.
G. Additional Responsibilities
Undertake any other reasonable and relevant responsibilities assigned by the Deputy Team Leader (Technical and Programmatic), commensurate with the technical seniority, skills, and experience required for the position.
E. Qualifications and Experience
Education
● A medical degree (MBBS or equivalent) and a master's degree in public health, epidemiology, tropical medicine, parasitology, or another relevant discipline.
● Postgraduate qualification or advanced training in malaria, infectious diseases, vector control, epidemiology, programme management, or health systems is desirable.
Experience
● At least 10 years of progressively responsible experience in malaria programme management or public health, including at least 5 years supporting national or donor-funded malaria programmes.
● Demonstrated experience in planning, surveillance, stratification, implementation, M&E, technical quality improvement, supportive supervision, and government and partner coordination.
● Experience with Global Fund or WHO-supported programs, malaria elimination, vector control or entomology, operational research, outbreak response, or health systems strengthening is highly desirable.
F. Competencies:
Technical Competencies
● Malaria epidemiology and elimination.
● Prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and referral.
● Surveillance, case and focus investigation, and response.
● Stratification and data use.
● Vector control, entomology, and insecticide resistance.
● Community systems and high-risk populations.
● Commodity coordination and monitoring, evaluation, and data quality.
● Outbreak preparedness and operational research.
● Grant performance, risk, and compliance, and high-quality technical reporting in English and Bangla.
Behavioral Competencies
● Strategic and technical leadership, analytical thinking, and results orientation.
● Sound judgement, communication, and stakeholder coordination.
● Supervision, coaching, and teamwork.
● Innovation, with willingness to take disciplined risks.
● Integrity, accountability, and honesty; encourages openness and transparency.
● Cultural sensitivity, respect for diversity, and commitment to equitable, people-centered, and evidence-based programming.
Additional Information
G. Expected Deliverables
Approved annual malaria implementation plan, including targets, technical budget and procurement inputs, risk actions, and supervision schedule.
Quarterly and annual malaria performance-review reports with disaggregated analysis, bottlenecks, equity gaps, and corrective actions.
Surveillance, case and foci response, vector control, entomological, and outbreak-readiness review reports and improvement plans.
Technical supervision, quality assurance, and data-quality review reports, with documented closure of agreed actions.
Annual capacity-development plan and training, mentoring, and evaluation reports.
Technical inputs to commodity forecasts, quantification, supply plans, and stock-risk mitigation.
Timely grant-reporting inputs and documentation of research, innovations, lessons, and scalable good practices.
H. Integrity, Safeguarding, Confidentiality and Compliance
The incumbent shall uphold the highest standards of integrity, accountability, impartiality, professionalism, and ethical conduct, including the timely and transparent disclosure of any actual, potential, or perceived conflict of interest.
The incumbent shall contribute to and promote a safe, respectful, inclusive, and non-discriminatory working and service environment, with zero tolerance for harassment, sexual exploitation and abuse, discrimination, retaliation, or any other safeguarding violation.
The incumbent shall safeguard and maintain the confidentiality of all programme, financial, personnel, beneficiary, and other sensitive information, including medical and personal data, and shall respect the principles of informed consent, privacy, and data protection.
The incumbent shall promptly report any suspected or identified misconduct, safeguarding concern, fraud, corruption, conflict of interest, financial irregularity, misuse of resources, or other violation through the prescribed reporting and escalation channels.
The incumbent shall perform all duties in accordance with applicable Government of Bangladesh laws and policies, the Global Fund Grant Agreement, the Global Fund Code of Conduct for Recipients, and other relevant policies, procedures, and guidelines.
Compensation & Benefits
I. Remuneration and Benefits
Monthly remuneration will be determined in accordance with the PMU HR guideline
Group health insurance will be provided as per the PMU HR guideline
Monthly mobile and internet bill will be provided as per the PMU HR guideline
Special Instruction
All these positions are open for Bangladeshi Nationals only. All candidates, irrespective of gender, religious and ethnic backgrounds can apply for the vacancies. Female candidates are highly encourged to apply.
Only short-listed candidates shall be invited for written test/interview. All selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks.
Last Date of Application: 20 November 2026 (23:59 PM)
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