Careers at Grid Consulting Limited for Market Support Officers

Grid Consulting Limited - The Support to National Malaria Programme (SuNMaP); a UKaid Malaria Programme seeks to recruit professionals with technical expertise in Malaria control and treatment in Africa; particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. The SuNMaP Project focuses on strengthening the delivery of malaria efforts towards reducing malaria within the target population of women and children under five.

The approach towards achieving these objectives is to work closely with stakeholders in the public and private sector including civil societies, NGOs, faith-based organisations as well as the commercial sector. The following positions are currently vacant within the programme;.

Job Title: Market Support Officers

Job Location: Anambra, Kano, Kaduna and Lagos (Nigeria)

Responsibilities:

• The Market Support Officer will be responsible for supporting market development strategies aimed to the antimalaria commodities (LLINs, ACTs and RDTs) market and its key players.
• The Market Support Officer will work with the Programme Commercial Sector Partners to analyse the market and design interventions to address identified market constraints.
• S/he will monitor all market interventions through regular field visits to ensure proper implementation of activities and work closely with the Commercial Sector Manager to document market information for lesson learning and decision making.

Qualifications:

• A University degree in Business, Marketing, Pharmacy or other related discipline is required.
• Demonstration of a good understanding of ‘making markets work for the poor (M4P) is an added advantage.
• A minimum of 3-years’ experience in the market development of commodities, good understanding of the private sector, as well as excellent communication skills is required for this post.

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Note

• Interviews will commence thereafter with a view to engaging the best candidates immediately.
• Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an interview.

Application Deadline: 15th August, 2013