President's malaria initiative advisor

The PMI Advisor will collaborate with the USAID personnel managing the health portfolio, and provide technical and administrative guidance as needed. Concurrently, the PMI Advisor, in collaboration with the PMI CDC Technical Advisor, and other Contracting Officer Technical Representatives and Assistance Officer Technical Representatives (COTR/AOTR) shall oversee the planning, implementing, and monitoring of the PMI Initiative. He/she will be the point person to liaise with backstops for the PMI in USAID/W, in CDC, and in the USAID/DRC Health Team. S/He shall consider the macro picture of the health portfolio while focussing on malaria activities and work with the entire health team to achieve maternal and child mortality reduction goals.

The PMI Advisor's responsibilities include regular contact and collaboration with the counterparts in the NMCP and other government ministries and agencies, as well as in a wide range of civil society and private organizations, other donors and international organizations, and other USG entities working in malaria prevention and control.

The PMI Advisor shall exercise substantial judgment in planning and carrying out tasks, in representing the USG in critical technical and policy forums, in resolving problems and conflicts, and in taking appropriate steps to meet deadlines. With approval from the Health Team Leader, the Malaria Advisor may be requested to perform governmental functions such as officially representing USAID at functions, approving policy documents, budgeting, and developing planning documents.
The PMI Advisor must also possess an understanding of the social, economic and cultural determinants and implications of the malaria epidemic in DRC and neighboring countries, as well as have the experience and skills required to help formulate the USG position on malaria and contribute to important policy decisions as a Malaria Team Leader of the USAID/DRC Health Team.