Senior Malaria Advisor, DOS LEAP Global - Cambodia

Who We Are

ZemiTek, LLC is a Woman-Owned, SBA-certified 8(a) Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) based in the Washington, DC metro area. We have a strong record delivering innovative and high-quality solutions. Since 2007, ZemiTek has provided technical assistance, project management, information technology (IT), knowledge management, monitoring and evaluation, training and learning development, and institutional support services.

Position Description

Global Solutions Ventures (GSV) – a joint-venture partnership between ZemiTek, LLC and Dexis Consulting Group – is implementing the Long-term Exceptional Technical Assistance Project (LEAP Global), a mechanism originally used by USAID to battle against infectious diseases such as malaria, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, neglected tropical diseases, and pandemic influenza. As of July 1, 2025, LEAP Global transitioned to the U.S. Department of State (DOS). This initiative aims to address the complex human resource challenges faced by national infectious disease programs in the USA-supported countries.

 

The intervention of this project is to hire and embed technical expert advisors and subject matter experts within government entities. By directly embedding the technical expertise within the national programs, LEAP provides long-term, sustainable lifesaving support to empower host governments to lead and manage key aspects of their infectious disease portfolios and improve coordination between the U.S. Government and the host country.

 

About the Position

The Senior Technical Advisor will support Cambodia’s Center for Parasitology, Entomology and Malaria Control (CNM) and Ministry of Health (MOH) in carrying out life-saving humanitarian assistance (LHA) in full alignment with the new Presidential Executive Order (EO) directives. The primary focus of the Advisor will be providing technical leadership and assistance to ensure the successful implementation of cost-effective, lifesaving direct service delivery for malaria prevention and treatment.  Additionally, the Advisor will work with relevant stakeholders to transition these programs toward long- term country ownership, sustaining the progress and supporting Cambodia’s goal of achieving malaria-free certification by 2030.

 

The Senior Technical Advisor will support CNM and the MOH in developing and refining Cambodia’s malaria elimination and prevention of re-establishment (POR) strategies, policies, and reflecting best practices. The Advisor will work with the MOH, the Ministry of Interior (MOI), and the Ministry Economy and Finance (MEF) to assess and identify domestic resources and develop strategies for embedding malaria elimination and POR activities into the national budget. This includes aligning these efforts with the sub-national rolling plan to ensure sustainable financing and achieve malaria-free certification by 2030. The jobholder will identify programmatic bottlenecks and facilitate solutions through coordinated technical expertise in support of the cooperating country’s development objectives. The Senior Technical Advisor will be based at the CNM within the Ministry of Health. The Advisor will report to the U.S. Department of State on a weekly and monthly basis, as described below.

Responsibilities

Technical Leadership

• Work with CNM/MOH, MOI, and MEF to develop domestic resource strategies that ensure sustainable financing for malaria elimination activities, prevent potential outbreak, and maintain long-term malaria response efforts.  
• Support CNM and the sub-national level government to implement and refine as needed a sustainability road map.
• Validate lessons learned and transition sustainability models to national malaria strategies.
• Coordinate the design, planning and implementation of malaria prevention and elimination activities consistent with the America First Global Health Strategy, and with CNM/MOH’s strategic plans. This will include but is not limited to vector control, case management at the facility and community level including imported cases and new, emergent species, chemoprevention, procurement and delivery of life-saving commodities, and associated monitoring and surveillance to ensure accountability and track progress.
• Together with the host country partners, provide the technical and managerial expertise to MOH health districts and local communities to strengthen institutional capacity and sustainability and lessen Cambodia’s reliance on donors to support Cambodia in becoming certified malaria free by 20230.
• Keep abreast of current developments and successful interventions via regular engagement with malaria experts (domestic and international) and CNM officials, ensuring proven strategies and interventions are integrated in national malaria programming.

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