Deputy Country Director, Malawi

This role was posted on January 21, 2026. Please note that we will review applications on a rolling basis.

The Role

At Last Mile Health, we embrace feedback and practice humility. Do you have a strong technical background in public health and progressive experience leading program design and delivery at scale? Can you coach teams, drive collaboration across teams, and support government capacity through practical, high-quality implementation and a doer disposition? If so, you may be a great fit for our Deputy Country Director role in Malawi.

The Deputy Country Director is responsible for overseeing the management of all programs and operational activities in Malawi, working closely with the Country Director to ensure the successful delivery of LMH–Malawi OKRs. This role will drive strong integration across our program, Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning (MERL), and operations teams, while supporting the Country Director in overseeing work plans, targets, budgets, and overall execution across the Malawi program.

Significantly, the Deputy Country Director will lead implementation and innovation that supports government capacity, and ensure MERL is fully integrated into programming to support learning and adaptive management. The role will also help inform business development and growth opportunities, while ensuring strong coordination with key external stakeholders. As the team expands, the Deputy Country Director will provide supervision and support to key staff and consultants to ensure a high-performing and well-supported team.

This position is only open to candidates who are currently located and authorized to work in Malawi. This role is onsite and located in Lilongwe, Malawi.

What You'll Do

Technical Leadership

• Support the Country Director as the senior relationship manager with the Ministry of Health and partners,  in the effective implementation and quality of programs. 
• Provide effective technical leadership for program design, planning, and implementation of activities, M&E and reporting in collaboration with LMH- country team.
• Support the Country Director to oversee the design of annual work plans that align with strategic objectives, overall resources available, and detailed budgets for planned activities
• Provide technical leadership on the ecosystem model of implementation that harnesses digital, upskill and health financing for improved access to care of remote communities in Malawi, efforts of Malawi country programs.
• Provide technical support on all MERL-related activities and program quality, ensuring the use of data for learning, program adaptations, and informing scale-up efforts. 
• Provide technical leadership and MoH engagements on all Digital Health activities and innovations

Team Leadership

• Promote professional development and team cohesiveness for direct reports and to connect with appropriate resources.
• With support from the Global People Operations team, contribute to a team culture that reflects LMH’s values.
• Manage and provide coaching and professional development support to direct reports, Senior Program Managers, Digital Health Manager and others as may be delegated as the team grows.
• Identify and manage local consultants to source, adapt, or develop programs and other technical assignments.

Business Development and Donor Engagement

• Support LMH Country Director and the program team to develop and sustain relationships with key technical programmatic partners, including the MoH, implementing partners, and donors.
• Lead efforts to co-design and create content for business development, proposals, and donor engagement materials in collaboration with the Partnerships & Communication (P&C)  and Program Strategy and Performance (PSP) teams.
• Work with different teams on new business (concept notes, proposals, consortia positioning) readiness.

Program and Operations Management and Business Services

• Provide leadership to increase coordination, collaboration, communication, and alignment of LMH’s programming and operations.
• Facilitate learning across program teams and global support teams to incorporate learning in program design and management.
• Ensure that program implementation is aligned with MoH priorities and LMH’s country and global strategies.
• Provide leadership and oversight to ensure program adherence to grant agreements, LMH policies and procedures/ regulations.
• Serve as authorized co-signatory in Malawi, overseeing (directly or via delegation) all expense approval, regulatory compliance as per the LMH approval thresholds and matrix

What You'll Bring

• Master’s degree level in Public Health, with a clinical-focused degree preferred 
• Progressive years of relevant INGO professional experience in clinical education for frontline health workers and project management.
• Demonstrated years of experience in using web-based or digital platforms for delivering health programs 
• Experience working alongside donors, government partners, and operational partners in the implementation of health programs.
• Proven hands-on experience and expertise in quality-of-care projects life cycle
• High-level business development and grant management skills and passion in the non-profit or private sector.
• Alignment with the values and culture of LMH and the ability to promote those values across the organization.
• Demonstrated skills in managing relationships with the Ministry of Health (MoH) and relevant stakeholders, including donors, implementing partners, and regulatory bodies.

You'll Impress Us If

• You have experience with program design, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation with demonstrated strong relationship-building and management skills.
• You have proven experience as a strong leader with an ability to mentor and manage a team for consistently high performance. 
• You have excellent written and oral communication skills.
• You are a consensus builder, working across multiple stakeholders to advance programmatic decision-making 
• You have knowledge of effective clinical practices for frontline health workers.
• You have experience working in a cross-cultural environment
• You are a doer and results-focused

Compensation Information

At Last Mile Health, we strive to reward our employees equitably and transparently. This means that we pay our employees based on a clear and consistent methodology and without regard to their identity or personal relationships. We have made this model fully transparent so that everyone has access to all information related to compensation. We hope this helps you better understand Last Mile Health’s values and commitments to our employees. We look forward to answering any questions you may have during the hiring process.

Before applying to this role, please take a moment to learn more about our approach to compensation and how compensation works in each of the countries where we operate. Please find the link to our compensation model and benefits overview below:

OVERVIEW OF LAST MILE HEALTH’S COMPENSATION MODEL

Compensation for this position:

The Band for this position: MWI-4

For Malawi, the range is $70,823 - $89,531 USD per annum, depending upon experience doing an equivalent role. Please note that this compensation is subject to statutory taxes.

About Last Mile Health

Last Mile Health partners with governments to design, scale, strengthen, and sustain high-quality community health systems, which empower teams of community and frontline health workers to bring life-saving primary healthcare to the world’s most remote communities. LMH is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization. For more information, visit www.lastmilehealth.org.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at LMH. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.