Director, Africa Policy and Advocacy

🔥 12 hours ago

🌐 Ghana, Kenya, +2 more countries – Remote

🇬🇭 Ghana – Remote 🇰🇪 Kenya – Remote 🇹🇿 Tanzania – Remote 🇳🇬 Nigeria – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

👔 Director

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Medicines for Malaria Venture is a leading product development partnership (PDP) focused on antimalarial drug research and development. Their vision is to create innovative medicines that will cure and protect vulnerable populations at risk of malaria, ultimately aiming to eradicate the disease. With a strong partnership network of over 375 pharmaceutical, academic, and endemic-country partners across 50 countries, MMV excels in research and access, as well as product management.

📋 Description

• Lead MMV’s Africa policy and advocacy portfolio within the organisation’s overall advocacy strategy • Develop and implement the Africa policy and advocacy workplan under the direction of the Senior Director, Advocacy • Translate agreed priorities into regional engagement and action • Build and sustain relationships with governmental, parliamentary, intergovernmental and global health stakeholders across Africa • Strengthen MMV’s regional advocacy network • Coordinate engagement with partners, consultants and other approved resources • Bring regional evidence, policy priorities and stakeholder insights into MMV’s global positions and advocacy activities • Advise senior colleagues on emerging policy opportunities, risks and reputational considerations • Work across advocacy, research and development, access, communications and resource mobilisation • Ensure advocacy is informed by scientific, access and product priorities, with clear objectives and coordinated implementation

🎯 Requirements

• Substantial experience leading policy and advocacy initiatives in African health policy environments • Evidence of influencing policy or institutional agendas through credible analysis, sustained engagement and effective partnerships • Strong understanding of African governmental and regional policy processes • Ability to navigate complex stakeholder environments • Experience representing an organisation with senior decision-makers and building relationships across institutions and sectors • Ability to translate technical evidence into clear policy arguments, briefings and recommendations • Experience coordinating people, partners or consultants and turning strategy into delivery • Sound judgement and political awareness • Ability to work independently while collaborating across a geographically distributed organisation • Fluency in English • High level of professional proficiency in French • Experience in malaria, access to medicines or related global health policy would be particularly relevant • Must be locally eligible for employment in Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania or Nigeria • Relocation and immigration sponsorship are not provided

🏖️ Benefits

• Home-based work arrangement • Three-year fixed-term contract, with the possibility of renewal • Inclusive recruitment process • Employer of Record employment in the agreed country

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