2 Job positions at CHAI Career center-iCIMS

2 Job positions at CHAI Career center-iCIMS

2 Job positions at  CHAI Career center-iCIMS

 

Job at CHAI Career center-iCIMS : Senior Associate – Hepatitis Strategy, Access, and Country Support

 

 

Overview

The Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. (CHAI) is a global health organization committed to saving lives and reducing the burden of disease in low-and middle-income countries, while strengthening the capabilities of governments and the private sector in those countries to create and sustain high-quality health systems that can succeed without our assistance. For more information, please visit: http://www.clintonhealthaccess.org.



CHAI launched its viral hepatitis program in 2015 with the objective of catalyzing the launch of national HCV screening and treatment programs in seven high burden countries in Africa and Asia, driving increased affordability of medicines and diagnostics across LMICs. Building off initial lessons learned, efforts to dive scale-up towards elimination are underway.

 

Summary of Position
The Senior Associate will support the implementation and scale-up of CHAI’s hepatitis country programs in the Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) region with both supply and demand-side activities. The associate will be based in the SSA region and will support country teams as they begin to scale-up public viral hepatitis programs, helping to optimize policies and processes to ensure access to high quality hepatitis drugs and diagnostic testing. The associate will also need to support the development of programmatic tools (costing, forecasting, supply planning, M&E) and financing strategies that can be used in the development of public treatment programs.

 

Extensive travel will be required. The associate will report to the team program manager.

 

We are seeking a highly motivated individual with outstanding credentials, strong analytical abilities, and communication skills. The candidate must be self-driven, entrepreneurial, adaptable and have a high level of comfort with ambiguity. They will be expected to function independently and flexibly, with little to no oversight. They must be self-assured, a fast learner, resilient, and a strong team player. CHAI places great value on relevant personal qualities: resourcefulness, responsibility, tenacity, independence, energy, and work ethic.

Responsibilities

  • Provide support to Sub-Saharan Africa governments and CHAI country teams on program development and implementation relating to viral hepatitis
  • Help countries to build their capacity on costing, forecasting, and supply and distribution planning, including developing tools for use in public programs
  • Support country teams with budget and scenario analysis; help develop strategies to advocate for the changes with key in-country opinion leaders
  • Support the development of patient targets and model credible uptake forecasts for use in supplier business cases
  • Disseminate information from CHAI and other sources on supply dynamics and access-to-medicines issues
  • Develop coherent and convincing materials related to viral hepatitis programs for use in countries, with suppliers, and with donors
  • Provide coordination support on projects across multiple CHAI focal countries, with multiple work streams in each country
  • Share best practices across country program to ensure knowledge is shared on the strategies, tools and experiences of all programs
  • Handle any additional responsibilities that may arise as programs mature and programmatic priorities shift

Qualifications

  • Outstanding academic credentials
  • Bachelor’s degree plus 3-5 years of work experience
  • Experience living and/or working in developing countries
  • Excellent written and oral communications skills
  • Strong quantitative skills, including significant experience in data management and data analysis, with high level of proficiency in excel
  • Strong communication skills, including the ability to prepare compelling presentations
  • Applicants with management consulting or other relevant private and public sector experience are strongly encouraged to apply
  • Ability to multi-task and to be effective in high-pressure situations
  • Ability to absorb and synthesize a broad range of information, including technical information regarding various drugs
  • Ability to work independently on complex projects and proactively manage projects with minimal supervision
  • High EQ and excellent interpersonal skills, especially in cross-cultural settings and highly distributed work environments with demonstrated ability to build relationships quickly
  • High level of proficiency in relevant computer applications particularly Excel, PowerPoint and Word
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Job at CHAI Career center-iCIMS : Senior Manager, Strategy and Country Support

  • Additional Location Description
    •  Flexible to sub-Saharan Africa , pending country leadership approval

Overview

 

The Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. (CHAI) is a global health organization committed to saving lives and reducing the burden of disease in low-and middle-income countries, while strengthening the capabilities of governments and the private sector in those countries to create and sustain high quality health systems that can succeed without our assistance. For more information, please visit: http://www.clintonhealthaccess.org

 

The Laboratory Services Team (LST) is a key source of support for Ministries of Health and CHAI’s country teams. LST works to address barriers to access and foster a healthy, competitive marketplace for essential diagnostic testing. The team coordinates global efforts access to diagnostics, working closely with diagnostics manufacturers, governments, and multilateral organizations to lower prices, increase access to testing, and accelerate the entry and uptake of new innovative products.

 

Position:



The Senior Manager, Country Support will oversee LST’s team of Country Support Managers (CSMs), whose portfolios span across 15 countries and 3 disease areas (HIV, TB, and HCV). CSMs work with country teams to ensure the rapid scale-up and effective management of high-quality diagnostics for endemic diseases by providing insight on policy and operations optimization, program design and implementation best practices, and support of forecasting and procurement of essential diagnostic products. The Senior Manager will oversee LST’s county support team, leading strategy, maintaining alignment between country teams and LST, and working through the team members to achieve of program objectives across countries.

 

The Senior Manager will play an important role in global negotiations with diagnostics manufacturers to lower prices, and with the development of new procurement strategies such as instrument rental deals to enable easier product switching. She/he will ensure that partner country considerations are factored into LST’s market-shaping strategy in order to engender sustained competition in the global diagnostics market. In doing so, the Senior Manager will develop strong relationships with various teams within CHAI, Ministries of Health, diagnostics manufacturers, and partners in partner countries.

 

The role requires frequent, extended travel, the ability to cultivate and sustain relationships across levels of seniority, and exceptional qualitative and quantitative analytical abilities. Time management, task prioritization, team leadership, and communication skills are essential, as is a commitment to excellence.

Responsibilities

  • Manage a cross-sectoral team by establishing program goals and delivery plan, supervising task execution, and monitoring project progress to ensure that expected deliverables and targets are achieved on time and on budget
  • Craft and execute comprehensive work-plans with CSMs and country teams in line with LST objectives and commitments
  • Provide technical guidance in development, implementation and management of evidence-based programming consistent with organizational and international best practices, national health plans, and CHAI’s strategic plans
  • Engender practice of sharing best practices within team, and by extension country programs, to ensure strategies, tools and planning processes build upon prior experience and learnings
  • Keep LST leadership and CSM team members informed of country and global activities so that each can fully anticipate programmatic needs
  • Work with LST leadership todevelop and maintain strong internal and external relations, including but not limited to country teams and leadership, and public and private sector partners
  • Manage collection of procurement data, development of forecasts, and communication of findings with internal and external partners
  • Identify and develop new program and funding opportunities and develop and manage relationships with existing and potential donors
  • Perform other tasks as necessary

Qualifications

 

  • Experience working in management consulting, business strategy groups, or similar fast-paced results-oriented environments
  • A minimum of 5 years’ professional work experience
  • Experience managing and developing program plans and budgets
  • Ability to navigate government processes with multiple stakeholders
  • Ability to problem solve without extensive structural or operational support
  • Able to adapt and guide team members within dynamic environments
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare and deliver compelling presentations and work on analyses at varying levels of granularity
  • Technical proficiency with Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
  • Fluent in English, proficiency in both written and verbal
  • Strong analytical skills

 

Preferred Qualifications:



  • Master’s Degree in laboratory sciences or business administration
  • Previous work experience in sub-Saharan Africa
  • Lab and diagnostics-related experience, either in a programmatic or clinical setting
  • Familiarity with global health issues, particularly HIV, HCV, and TB
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