Country Director - Malawi I-TECH

The International Training and Education Center for Health (I-TECH) is a global network that works with local partners to develop skilled health care workers and strong national health systems in resource-limited countries. I-TECH promotes local ownership to sustain effective health systems. I-TECH envisions a world in which all people have access to high quality, compassionate, and equitable health care.

I-TECH is a global health program of the University of Washington (UW) Department of Global Health in Seattle, in partnership with the University of California – San Francisco. I-TECH operates programs and employs staff in multiple countries in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, and the Caribbean Region. I-TECH country offices are led by a Country Director who serves as the lead I-TECH representative for the country project.

The I-TECH Malawi Country Director reports to the Executive Team through the Division Director for Global Health Programs at I-TECH headquarters. The position of I-TECH Malawi Country Director requires an individual with demonstrated expertise in public health and global health program management and capacity development. The position requires effective communication with both domestic and international staff, local Ministry of Health and other governmental bodies, US-based funders and other implementing partners within and beyond Malawi. The I-TECH Malawi Country Director must provide leadership in developing sustainable programs and cope with rapid growth and possible change of programmatic direction as dictated by the funder. The Country Director must also effectively use available resources to meet those expectations. In addition, the Country Director is required to use sophisticated problem-solving skills and to successfully interface and communicate within the organization, across the I-TECH network, and externally to local stakeholders.

I-TECH has been working in Malawi with funds provided by the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and in collaboration with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) since 2003. I-TECH’s focus is twofold. Through the placement of technical specialists and fellows at the Ministry of Health, I-TECH helps to support the national response to the HIV epidemic by developing and implementing treatment and care models for HIV and AIDS and strengthening strategic information systems. I-TECH is also engaged in a large pre-service initiative, partnering with the Christian Health Association of Malawi (CHAM) colleges and the Nurses and Midwives Council of Malawi to strengthen the Nursing Midwife Technician program. The program currently employs 14 staff in Lilongwe, including a team of clinical and technical experts as well as finance and operations staff. The Country Director is also expected to work closely with management and administration staff at HQ in Seattle.

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