Junior Operations Manager

Against Malaria Foundation; Remote; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A malaria prevention charity is seeking a Junior Operations Manager to support the success of net distribution campaigns. This remote full-time role focuses on data analysis and operational tasks critical to effectively managing distribution programmes. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills, excellent Excel knowledge, and the ability to work with large datasets. A keen interest in malaria reduction is essential, as the role supports impactful health initiatives across various countries.

Benefits

Initial salary of £28,000 to £35,000

Company contributed pension scheme

25 holiday days + bank holidays

Co-working office space covered by AMF

Laptop contribution for candidates without adequate equipment

Qualifications

• Strong skills working with large datasets and presenting findings.
• Excellent in interpersonal relations for team collaboration.
• Confident in using statistical concepts for data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Analyze distribution and independent monitoring data.
• Support the operations team's stages across AMF's programmes.
• Review evidence of net deliveries and arrivals.

Skills

Quantitative and analytical skills

Excellent interpersonal skills

Highly confident in Excel

Experience with Python or R

Self-starter

Ability to learn new skills

Interest in malaria prevention

Fluent English

Tools

Excel

Python

R

Job description

Against Malaria Foundation (AMF)

Junior Operations Manager

Full time

Job Description

AMF profile

Against Malaria Foundation (AMF) was founded in 2004 and is a charity that fights malaria in a highly effective, accountable and transparent way.

We do this by purchasing and distributing multiple millions of long‑lasting insecticide‑treated nets (LLINs) at a time in nationwide universal coverage campaigns. This is the most cost‑effective way of preventing malaria. AMF receives donations from the public and in the last financial year received US$147 million and, in our history, now over US$780 million. AMF is particularly data‑focused and monitors and reports on net use and drives and supports innovation to improve the effectiveness of malaria programmes.

AMF is the world’s third largest funder of nets.

AMF has been rated a top charity for all of the last 16 years by independent charity evaluators GiveWell, Giving What We Can and The Life You Can Save who focus on impact and cost‑effectiveness.

We are a team of 15 highly motivated individuals with different skills and experience. Each person has an important role to play. All team members work remotely with constant communication between them. While the team is small, the impact is big – our net distributions protect millions of people. Our largest programme is in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where we are funding 52 million nets to protect 94 million people for distribution during 2025 to 2027. We have ongoing multi‑million net programmes in other countries including Chad, Guinea, Nigeria, South Sudan, Togo, Uganda and Zambia.

Role Description

Our activities and commitments are steadily increasing, with 2026 a particularly busy year with over 60 million nets planned for distribution to protect more than 110 million people, and the next few years will be similarly busy. In light of this, AMF is recruiting a Junior Operations Manager to join the operations team and to play an important role in ensuring the success of the net distributions. We are looking for someone with strong quantitative and analytical skills who enjoys working with data. The ideal candidate will be a fast learner with a scientific or numbers‑oriented mindset, comfortable performing quick, high‑quality analyses and communicating findings clearly.

The role will include involvement in all stages of a distribution campaign (pre‑agreement, net procurement, post‑agreement, during distribution, and post distribution) with a focus on two areas:

• Data analysis – reviewing and analysing distribution, monitoring and malaria data to support decision‑making
• Operational work to support programmes – across independent monitoring, net accounting and keeping internal systems up to date

Further Information

Across the life of each distribution, AMF collects large amounts of data: household registration and distribution data, net transportation information, data from independent monitoring partners both during distributions and after distributions through post‑distribution monitoring surveys conducted at 0, 9, 18, and 27 months. We also receive and analyse external data including population estimates and malaria burden data. These data are central to how AMF operates – it informs operational decisions, ensures we can track every net accountably from manufacturing site to household, and it also enables us to report to donors with confidence on where their nets went.

We are looking for a junior operations manager to support in two main areas:

1. Data analysis

   Analysing distribution and independent monitoring data to:

   • Ensure data is sufficiently high quality
   • Work with monitoring partners to take quick action if operational adjustments are needed
   • Work with the team to build systems enabling process automation such as data quality monitoring
   • Provide ad‑hoc analyses to support data‑driven operational decisions
   • Maintain an overview of results across countries to inform benchmarks and interpret new data
   • Contribute to how we present and communicate our data, both internally and publicly – summarising findings clearly and appropriately for different audiences
2. Operational work to support programmes

   Supporting the operations team through the stages of AMF’s programmes:

   • Independent monitoring
   • Tendering and contracting
     • Send documentation to bidding partners and receive proposals
     • Support budget comparisons and proposal review
     • Draft agreement documents and process payments
   • Project management
     • Support operations team and partners during data collection, drawing on the data analysis above to troubleshoot issues as they arise
   • Closeout
     • Ensure all reporting has been delivered (narrative and financial)
     • Review reporting, analyse final results and put them in context of AMF’s wider programme
     • Analyse project spend against budget, propose closeout payments and process them
   • Net accounting
     • Review evidence of net deliveries and arrivals from in‑country partners
     • Check nets were sent to locations in the quantities agreed
     • Work with ops team members to flag discrepancies and support communications with partners
     • After distribution, verify and document nets distributed, left over, lost or damaged
     • Keep AMF’s internal systems up to date
     • Input and process payments
     • Ensure distribution and project dates are up to date
     • Update the latest status for the nets for each distribution (in production, en‑route to country, etc.)

There will be other significant work related to AMF Group Operations, dependent on the candidate’s skill set, such as assisting with documentation for tax deductibility, new AMF entities, and updating our website with blogposts.

Characteristics of the successful candidate

We are looking for someone who has strong intellectual and analytical skills, is a fast learner and who relishes the opportunity to develop their abilities. They will work collaboratively, building strong relationships with the AMF team and in‑country partners. The ideal candidate will be motivated to help improve the lives of those affected by the wider impacts of malaria.

Required

• Strong quantitative and analytical skills with the ability to work with large datasets, identify patterns, and present findings succinctly. Comfortable with statistical concepts (e.g. sampling, variability, precision)
• Excellent interpersonal skills to build and maintain strong working relationships
• Highly confident in Excel
• Experience with Python, R, or other programming languages for data analysis is a plus
• A self‑starter who is highly organised with the ability to work independently and manage working time effectively
• Ability and willingness to learn new skills
• Comfort in dealing with and learning about financial matters, willing to examine and compare budgets in detail
• An interest in driving down malaria rates through procedure changes and the use of technology
• Fluent English

Of interest (but not required)

• French language ability
• Experience with data analysis tools beyond Excel (Python, SQL)
• Background in a quantitative field (statistics, economics, science, engineering)
• Previous experience working with survey data or monitoring & evaluation
• Comfortable experimenting with AI tools as part of their workflow

Other role details

Reporting to a senior member of the operations team.

Location: Remote working (all the AMF team work remotely) within UK / Europe time zones. The cost of any co‑working office space will be covered by AMF. If not a UK resident, part of the first three months may be spent in the UK working with the Operations team.

• Initial salary: £28,000 to £35,000 (salary is based on a UK‑based person and may be adjusted depending on location)
• Company contributed pension scheme
• 25 holiday days per year + bank holidays
• Travel: travel to Africa is a possibility but is not expected
• This is a full‑time role

AMF will contribute a high % of the cost of a laptop if the candidate does not already have a machine sufficient for the job.

Applying

Applicants should send a) a one‑page cover letter explaining why they are interested in and suitable for the position, and b) their CV via the button below.

Early applications are encouraged as we will be reviewing applications on an ongoing basis.