Position title: Country Stakeholder and Liaison Manager – SELF Project

Job type: Full-time

Duty station: Respective SELF implementing country (Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, South Sudan or Zimbabwe)

Contract duration: To be confirmed

Reports to: Designated Project Lead

Works closely with: Country Engagement Lead, Learning Journey Officer, Technical Specialists, Finance Analyst, national partners

ASLM Background

The African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM) is a Pan‐African professional body, working to advocate for the critical role and needs of laboratory medicine and networks throughout Africa. Africa is rapidly growing but faces major health challenges including epidemics of HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria, and new priorities such as Ebola and other global health security threats. Strengthened laboratory capacity and surveillance in Africa are critical to overcoming the burden of disease and ensuring a healthy future for the continent. ASLM addresses these challenges by working collaboratively with governments, local and international organizations, implementing partners, and the private sector.

Purpose of the role

The Country Stakeholder and Liaison Manager will coordinate day-to-day implementation of the SELF youth empowerment programme at country level, ensuring effective delivery of training, practical learning, and youth employment initiatives. The position will serve as the principal operational liaison with national stakeholders, training institutions, laboratories, employers, and participating youth. Working with the SELF Project Lead, Country Engagement Lead, and technical teams, the Manager will translate strategic partnerships into operational activities, monitor country progress, and facilitate pathways to employment and entrepreneurship.

Major Duties and Responsibilities

• Coordinate implementation of approved country workplans, training schedules, and programme activities, identifying and escalating operational challenges.
• Organize country-level training arrangements, including facilities, equipment, materials, practical training sites, and local logistics.
• Maintain working relationships with Ministries of Health, training institutions, laboratories, employers, and other national partners; follow up on commitments secured through the Country Engagement Lead.
• Coordinate national stakeholder consultations, technical meetings, workforce needs assessment inputs, and local validation of training priorities.
• Coordinate transparent recruitment and selection of eligible youth in accordance with approved criteria, with attention to inclusion and equitable participation.
• Work with trainers, technical teams, and the Learning Journey Officer to support training delivery, learner participation, competency assessments, and accurate learner records.
• Identify barriers to learner participation and coordinate timely local support to improve retention and completion.
• Facilitate internships, workplace learning, mentorship, and links to employers and entrepreneurship support organizations; track graduate transitions.
• Collect and validate country-level monitoring data, maintain implementation records, and prepare timely country progress updates.
• Support country activity forecasts, procurement planning, and financial documentation in coordination with the Finance Analyst, without assuming financial approval authority.
• Document lessons learned, partner feedback, and implementation improvements; perform other relevant duties assigned by the supervisor.

Qualifications and Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Public Health, Laboratory Sciences, Education, Project Management, Development Studies, or a related field; postgraduate qualification is an advantage.
• At least five years’ relevant experience coordinating health, education, workforce development, or youth empowerment programmes.
• Demonstrated experience in country-level programme implementation, stakeholder engagement, and partnership coordination.
• Experience supporting training delivery, internships, youth employment, or entrepreneurship initiatives is desirable.
• Understanding of national health systems, training institutions, and youth employment structures.
• Strong organizational, communication, reporting, problem-solving, and digital collaboration skills
• Fluency in the relevant country working language; English and/or French proficiency as appropriate

Disclaimer

ASLM is an equal opportunity employer and selects its employees based solely on their skills, qualifications and suitability for the job.

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