Program Manager at Clinton Health Access Initiative- Rwanda (CHAI): (Deadline 19 February 2022)
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Title: Program Manager
Program: Sustainable Health Financing
Job Location: Kigali
Start date: February 2022
Type of Assignment: Full-Time Paid
Organization Overview
The Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. (CHAI) is a global health organization committed to strengthening integrated health systems around the world and expanding access to care and treatment for HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other illnesses. Based on the premise that business-oriented strategy can facilitate solutions to global health challenges, CHAI acts as a catalyst to mobilize new resources and optimize the impact of these resources to save lives, via improved organization of commodity markets and more effective local management. CHAI does not operate stand-alone programs, nor does it build parallel health systems. Rather, CHAI works at the invitation and in support of governments. We focus on large-scale impact and have secured lower pricing agreements for treatment options in more than 70 countries.. CHAI’s teams are working side-by-side with over 30 governments to tackle many of the largest barriers to effective health care. For more information, please visit: http://www.clintonhealthaccess.org
Program and Position Overview
The Government of Rwanda (GoR) strives to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by enabling equitable access to quality health services for the population as outlined in the Fourth Health Sector Strategic Plan (HSSP IV). This commitment has been made against a backdrop of rising health care costs and uncertainty around the future availability of donor funding and calls for improved health sector sustainability. Acknowledging this, the Government aims to employ effective, equitable, efficient, and sustainable health care financing and systems strengthening, putting an emphasis on primary health care as the cornerstone of a strong and sustainable health system.
CHAI Rwanda’s Sustainable Health Financing (SHF) programs work on a day-to-day basis with Government leadership in the Ministry of Health (MoH) and the Rwanda Social Security Board (RSSB). The goal of those programs is to support the Government to accelerate progress towards UHC by ensuring the sustainable delivery of quality, essential health services. This includes work to prioritize and sustainably finance essential services, to improve financial protection through the Community Based Health Insurance (CBHI) scheme, and to support improved management, financing, and delivery of quality primary health care.
Position Overview
CHAI seeks a Program Manager to lead CHAI Rwanda’s sustainable health financing programs. In this role, the PM will shape and drive the implementation of CHAI support to the GoR working closely with key decision makers of the MoH, RSSB, and Ministry of Finance and leading a team of associates and senior associates. This will include support to various health financing reforms and operational improvement initiatives, including a provider payment reform for PHC and the revision of the CBHI benefit package.
The Program Manager will report to the Senior Program Manager for Health Systems Strengthening and will work closely with other CHAI teams at the country and global level, including in Health Financing; Health System Strengthening; Infectious Diseases; Reproductive, Maternal, and Child Health; and others. He or she will play a key role in shaping CHAI health financing portfolio based on the technical support needs of the Rwanda government.
Responsibilities
- Lead CHAI Rwanda Sustainable Health Financing program and ensure a successful delivery of key projects, working in close collaboration with government stakeholders.
- Act as a key advisor to government leadership in the design and implementation of health financing interventions and reforms. Those will include, and not be limited to, the following:
- An ambitious provider payment reforms for primary health care providers. This will involve support to the government at central and subnational levels for the rollout of the payment reform.
- The institutionalization of an evidence-based process to revise CBHI health benefit package and ensure essential services are covered by the scheme
- The strengthening of donor coordination to support domestic resource mobilization and a sustainable transition towards greater self-reliance
- Supervise a team of associates and senior associates with diverse professional and educational backgrounds and work with HR to lead and support talent management and development initiatives.
- Advise government on the development and implementation of a mid to long-term financing plan for primary health system strengthening, and help drive progress towards a stronger and more sustainable PHC system
- Provide technical advice and oversight over the quality of deliverables and ensure that communications and work products that are shared externally meet CHAI standards.
- Shape CHAI Rwanda health financing a portfolio together with the rest of CHAI Rwanda Management Team and the global health financing team.
- Pursue opportunities for collaboration with other CHAI teams, helping to build a cross-cutting community of practice within the country, region and organization.
- Other responsibilities as assigned by supervisor.
Qualifications
- At least 6 years of experience in a demanding environment, ideally in health financing or health systems strengthening, with increasing levels of responsibility and leadership. Experience in Sub Saharan Africa is highly preferred;
- Strong program and team management experience, working end to end from strategy development to proposal development, through implementation, monitoring and evaluation and reporting, as well as program budgeting and operations;
- Excellent relationship management skills, including experience in developing and managing government relations at leadership levels. Strong ability to build consensus among diverse multi-stakeholder groups and the ability to work in a multi-cultural environment;
- Strong demonstrated project and team management skills and a passion for mentoring and coaching team members;
- Self-starter with proven experience in launching new projects or initiatives and strong analytical skills;
- Excellent organizational and management skills, including time management and project management;
- Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and prioritize and manage projects under pressure;
- Strong quantitative, presentation and writing skills, including proficiency in MS Excel, PowerPoint and Word;
- Strong work ethic, humility, and integrity;
- Excellent working command of English language.
Advantages
- Experience in Health Financing, provider payment reforms, and(or) Health systems strengthening and management consulting;
- Experience working with government authorities in developing countries, with experience in sub-Saharan Africa;
- Experience working in public health and with international organizations;
- Familiarity with a broad range of key global health issues, including Primary healthcare, health systems, or health financing challenges in developing countries.
- Fluency in French or Kinyarwanda.
Application procedure:
Interested candidates should send their applications to
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
The deadline:19th February 2022.
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