Job Vacancies @ Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) – 4 Positions

The Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. (CHAI) is a global health organization committed to our mission of saving lives and reducing the burden of disease in low-and middle-income countries. We work at the invitation of governments to support them and the private sector to create and sustain high-quality health systems.

CHAI was founded in 2002 in response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, with the goal of dramatically reducing the price of life-saving drugs and increasing access to these medicines in the countries with the highest burden of the disease. Over the following two decades, CHAI has expanded its focus. Today, along with HIV, we work in conjunction with our partners to prevent and treat infectious diseases such as COVID-19, malaria, tuberculosis, and hepatitis. Our work has also expanded into cancer, diabetes, hypertension, and other non-communicable diseases, and we work to accelerate the rollout of lifesaving vaccines, reduce maternal and child mortality, combat chronic malnutrition, and increase access to assistive technology. We are investing in horizontal approaches to strengthen health systems through programs in human resources for health, digital health, and health financing. With each new and innovative program, our strategy is grounded in maximizing sustainable impact at scale, ensuring that governments lead the solutions, that programs are designed to scale nationally, and learnings are shared globally.

At CHAI, our people are our greatest asset, and none of this work would be possible without their talent, time, dedication and passion for our mission and values. We are a highly diverse team of enthusiastic individuals across 40 countries with a broad range of skill sets and life experiences. CHAI is deeply grounded in the countries we work in, with the majority of our staff based in program countries. Learn more about our exciting work: http://www.clintonhealthaccess.org

CHAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and is committed to providing an environment of fairness, and mutual respect where all applicants have access to equal employment opportunities. CHAI values diversity and inclusion, and recognizes that our mission is best advanced by the leadership and contributions of people with diverse experience, backgrounds, and culture.

Program Overview:

CHAI established presence in Sierra Leone in 2015. While CHAI’s original intent was to provide assistance related to the Ebola response, it became clear based on preliminary conversations with the government that the real need for partner support was in the realm of health systems strengthening. In response to the government’s need, CHAI developed a scope of work focusing on Human Resources for Health and Supply Chain, supporting the HRH Directorate within MOH and the National Pharmaceutical Procurement Unit (NPPU) respectively. In recent years CHAI has expanded its support to the Government to include programs on sexual and reproductive health, vaccines delivery, assistive technology, Essential medicines with focus on improving access to medical oxygen and recently Malaria prevention.

Position Overview:

The Finance and Operations Manager (FOM) will be based in Freetown, Sierra Leone. He /She will provide high quality financial and accounts management and services in support of CHAI’s operational performance in line with its mission of saving lives and reducing the burden of diseases in Sierra Leone. The FOM will direct and oversee all finance, accounting and operations functions of CHAI SL, developing and implementing systems and processes that facilitate the effective and cost-efficient execution of core CHAI functions. Ultimately, the FOM will ensure robust finance, accounting and operations processes are in place to meet CHAI’s needs in Sierra Leone.

• Ensure monthly transactions are entered in the general ledger accurately and on a timely basis. Maintain and record all supporting details for the transactions
• Ensure quality and accurate monthly finance returns and reports/summaries
• Manage financial month end closing and year-end processes, including ensuring timely submissions to Boston finance
• Review and approve all vouchers prepared by the finance officer (disbursement, receipt and general journal vouchers) for expenditures and ensures that expenses are reasonable, allowable and allocable to the right projects
• Review advances for field activities and staff travel, ensuring proper process for disbursement of funds, correct documentation and the settlement of advances in a timely manner
• Coordinate payment of invoices with the finance officer; reviews and disburses funds request upon approval.
• Review monthly expenditure reports (prelims & finals) and prepare adjustments; review variance analysis; investigate variances and comment
• Coordinate and liaise with Boston Accounting team on financial reports and follow up on supplemental information as required.
• Maintain and safeguard CHAI assets, ensure monthly Depreciation, reconciliations carry out periodic physical verifications per CHAI policy
• Prepare the monthly expense allocation guide and employee allocations, with guidance from Accounting team in Boston
• Review payrolls and validate employee’s payroll and benefits (Pension, Severances, Tax, Insurance)
• Process or contribute to the periodic tax return and complete reporting of tax formalities to the local authorities where required
• Maintaining the integrity of the balance sheet by preparing monthly balance sheet reconciliations including Bank and Cash
• Contribute to the improvement of financial systems and processes in the country office, recommending changes to provide timely and appropriate financial information to CHAI’s grant managers and donors
• Manage and maintain CHAI financial management system (currently QuickBooks)
• Manage and maintain CHAI financial records including supporting approvals for the financial transactions per the country office document retention policy
• Prepare monthly variance reports of expenditure against funding and approved budgets for the country leadership (CD/PMs etc.)

Financial Planning & Analysis

• Provide the leadership on financial planning, budgeting & country resource allocation working closely with the CD
• Support the CD in project budget planning and management
• Assist the CD in planning country operations to support program activities
• Ensure proper budget monitoring and timely reporting internally within the organization and externally to donors and local government as prescribed by the statutes
• Support program staff in developing proposal budgets and budget revisions for donors
• Provide information related to costing and operational needs to support program implementation
• Support Grant Tracker review by ensuring the veracity of the information in the Grant Trackers on a monthly basis
• Ensure that all donor-financial reporting requirements are complied with and that donor financial reports are submitted in a timely manner

Legal, Compliance & risk management

• Ensure financial policies and procedures are in place and kept up to date, liaising with International Controller in Boston
• Monitor the compliance manual against audit comments, best practice etc. and recommend changes to the controller where appropriate, to promote effectiveness
• Maintain a proper monitoring system of partner expenses by facilitating periodic reviews of accounts and ledgers and maintain up-to-date reports per donor requirements
• Prepare country for and coordinate annual audits, donor specific audits/assessments and CHAI internal audits
• Ensure follow-up with audit observations and maintain an up-to-date remediation log
• Review MOU/MOA/Independent contracts and send for approval to Contracts team for review
• Ensure compliance with grant and donor requirements
• Execute leases and contracts for supply of good and services under the CD leadership
• Ensure compliance with CHAI procurement policies and guidelines at all times
• Assist the CD and program managers in processing exceptional approvals
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of country government regulations and share the same with Boston where necessary
• Review the remittances of all applicable taxes in accordance with legal requirements in the country
• Conduct spot checks in the main office in the CO and field offices to ensure internal control are working
• Facilitate in country capacity assessments by potential donors
• Lead on and support program teams in assessments and building financial management capacity of CHAI implementing Partners
• Provide overall management and co-ordination of the work of the finance teams in the country
• Act as a business partner to other functional leads e.g. Programs, Operations

Grant and Partnership Management

• Review all Independent Contractor Agreements and Memoranda of Agreement from financial management perspective prior to signing with partners/contractors; suggest any points of negotiation and analyses the impact
• Assess and Train local partners and CHAI teams on best practice in Finance, procurement, and admin processes to ensure compliance with donor policies and regulations
• Manage local partners and ensure timely reporting, invoices quality reviews and timely cash disbursements for implementations
• Build relations with focal person and build a trusting partnership with partner organizations
• Keep the Country Director informed on all major compliance issues/challenges while taking the necessary corrective steps with the respective Partners

Treasury

• Manage the country treasury function (cash, bank, receivables and payables) and ensure adequate resources are available for both administrative and programmatic spending
• Manage local payments & process wire requests to Boston
• Prepare cash projections for the programs
• Prepare fund requests for programs and operations
• Manage monthly cash forecasting and cash requests for projects
• Liaise and communicate with Boston finance team to ensure good flow of information, including raising awareness on areas of risk or concern

Budgeting and Forecasting:

• Develop annual budgets and revisions as required, including working with department heads to set donor approved activities and costs
• Analyze historical financial data and ensure they accurately charged to the different grants
• Ensure budget monitoring is in place to avoid overspend and that variances can be explained
• Provide guidance and recommendations to ensure financial goals match the activities done

Administration, & Office Management

• Responsible for the maintenance of the office premises
• Lead the provision of logistics support to the programs and support teams
• Manage the team that coordinate events including country meetings and global summits
• Maintain inventory registers and ensure periodic verification of reports prepared by office manager
• Ensure vendor screening and maintain a quarterly screening update
• Validate vendor claims
• Oversee the IT functions and related purchases in liaison with the Boston IT leadership
• Provide thought partnership to Country Director on ways to improve operational efficiency of the team
• Act as the point for Safety & Security in the country

CHAI places great value on relevant personal qualities: resourcefulness, responsibility, tenacity, independence and work ethic. We seek a highly committed and adaptable individual with a track record of delivering high quality results with limited resources. The individual must be able to function independently in a swift and flexible manner. CHAI hires exceptional individuals who can drive work plans to completion and meet milestones with minimum daily supervision.

• Bachelor or Master’s degree in Finance or recognized accounting professional qualification (e.g. CA/CPA)
• Minimum of 7 years’ experience in a not-for-profit organization with at least 3 years in a managerial position
• Excellent Knowledge of Microsoft operating Systems with an excellent command over MS Excel
• Working Knowledge of ERP Accounting Softwares (Knowledge of NetSuite, QuickBooks and Unit 4/Agresso will be an added advantage)
• High level of integrity and dependability with leadership qualities
• Proactive and responsive to urgent needs of the program
• Ability to work under pressure without compromising on quality of policy and compliance procedures
• Self-motivated and firm in providing opinion to support effective decision-making
• Experience in managing donors funds and executing their financial reporting requirements
• Highly developed analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to influence senior managers and peers over a wide range of issues
• Ability to work in a multicultural environment
• Fluency in English required; Fluency in Krio a plus.

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The Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. (CHAI) is a global health organization committed to our mission of saving lives and reducing the burden of disease in low-and middle-income countries. We work at the invitation of governments to support them and the private sector to create and sustain high-quality health systems.

CHAI was founded in 2002 in response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic with the goal of dramatically reducing the price of life-saving drugs and increasing access to these medicines in the countries with the highest burden of the disease. Over the following two decades, CHAI has expanded its focus. Today, along with HIV, we work in conjunction with our partners to prevent and treat infectious diseases such as COVID-19, malaria, tuberculosis, and hepatitis. Our work has also expanded into cancer, diabetes, hypertension, and other non-communicable diseases, and we work to accelerate the rollout of lifesaving vaccines, reduce maternal and child mortality, combat chronic malnutrition, and increase access to assistive technology. We are investing in horizontal approaches to strengthen health systems through programs in human resources for health, digital health, and health financing. With each new and innovative program, our strategy is grounded in maximizing sustainable impact at scale, ensuring that governments lead the solutions, that programs are designed to scale nationally, and learnings are shared globally.

At CHAI, our people are our greatest asset, and none of this work would be possible without their talent, time, dedication and passion for our mission and values. We are a highly diverse team of enthusiastic individuals across 40 countries with a broad range of skillsets and life experiences. CHAI is deeply grounded in the countries we work in, with majority of our staff based in program countries. Learn more about our exciting work: http://www.clintonhealthaccess.org

CHAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and is committed to providing an environment of fairness, and mutual respect where all applicants have access to equal employment opportunities. CHAI values diversity and inclusion, and recognizes that our mission is best advanced by the leadership and contributions of people with diverse experience, backgrounds, and culture.

CHAI's Malaria Program 

CHAI’s global malaria program provides direct technical and operational support to countries around the globe to strengthen their malaria programs and reduce the burden of this preventable, treatable disease, while supporting governments to identify inequities and address them. We support governments to scale up effective interventions for prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and surveillance, with the goals of sustainably reducing the number of malaria-related illnesses and deaths for all worldwide in the short-term and accelerating progress towards malaria elimination in the long term.

CHAI’ work in malaria case management provides support for National Malaria Control Programs and other key MOH departments throughout sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, and Central America. CHAI’s case management support involves providing analytical, operational, and management expertise to help CHAI’s country teams and MOH partners (NMCPs, supply chain divisions, community health directorates, etc.,) achieve high coverage in diagnosing, treating and curing malaria patients. On a global scale, CHAI collaborates with global malaria stakeholders like the Global Fund to Fight AIDs, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund) and the World Health Organization (WHO) on malaria policies, priorities and strategies to improve patient access to malaria care.

Program Overview

CHAI established presence in Sierra Leone in 2015. While CHAI’s original intent was to provide assistance related to the Ebola response, it became clear based on preliminary conversations with the government that the real need for partner support was in the realm of health systems strengthening. CHAI in response to the government need developed a scope of work focusing on Human Resources for Health and Supply Chain, supporting the HRH Directorate within MOH and the National Pharmaceutical Procurement Unit (NPPU) respectively.

CHAI made significant progress in both areas and was able to build trust and establish strong relationships with the government. In recent years CHAI has expanded its support to the Government to include programs on sexual and reproductive health, vaccines delivery, assistive technology, geospatial data use (GRID3), and improving access to medical oxygen. With each new and innovative program, our strategy is grounded in maximizing sustainable impact at scale, ensuring that the government of Sierra Leone leads the solutions, that programs are designed to scale nationally, and learnings are shared globally.

CHAI recently initiated collaboration and support to the National Malaria Control Program (NMCP) of the MOH and has spent its initial months trying to understand the strengths and areas for improvement within the malaria program, the broader health system, and the partner and donor engagement with it. CHAI aims to empower the program to regularly utilize disaggregated data and analytics for effective decision-making in both programmatic and strategic planning and operations.

Through a set of technical and operational assessments, CHAI has identified potential areas of work and has prioritized them based on impact and feasibility. We anticipate our initial focus to be on strengthening data reporting, data analysis, and disease surveillance based on the results of an in-progress surveillance assessment and epidemiological stratification. CHAI is also positioned to provide strategic and financing support to the national malaria control program, following successful costing of the malaria Operational Plan and application to the Global Fund. CHAI will continue to consult with government and non-government partners in country to evaluate how it can best add value to ongoing efforts.

Position Overview

This position reports to the CHAI Malaria Program Manager in Sierra Leone, and will will work closely on issues related to malaria case management from a gender, equity and diversity perspective (at all levels of the health system), including supply chain management and  community health  The Associate with technical partner organizations, donors, governments and the civil society.

The successful candidate will have excellent communications skills and cultural sensitivity, as s/he will be working closely with global and country partners. The Associate will have strong organizational and project management skills and will be capable of synthesizing data and literature, conducting rapid gender sensitive analyses and communicating such analyses on a regular basis in a clear and concise manner to colleagues and partners. The successful candidate will be able to collaborate effectively with other teams, function efficiently in a semi-independent setting, and thus be a self-motivated individual capable of managing multiple tasks at once and making sound independent decisions regarding data analysis.

CHAI places considerable emphasis on personal qualities such as resourcefulness, tenacity, independence, patience, humility, and a strong work ethic. The Malaria Associate will be embedded within the National Malaria Control Program (NMCP) at the Ministry of Health in Freetown, fostering relationships with key stakeholders from the government, donors, and the international community in Sierra Leone.

Up to 40% travel is expected and might support field activities in remote areas.

Providing technical support including but not limited to:

• Developing and maintaining a strong understanding of the malaria diagnosis and treatment landscape within Sierra Leone, while uncovering the root causes of inequities in access to malaria diagnosis and treatment;
• Identifying high priority opportunities to improve the quality, coverage and equity of malaria diagnosis and treatment across public, private and community sectors through scoping exercises and review of routine data; this includes supporting the country in conducting malaria equity assessments and transforming findings in actionable and human centred interventions
• Developing and supporting the implementation of M&E plans for CHAI and government case management, community health, and supply chain interventions and tools to include collection, analysis, interpretation and use of appropriate (gender-sensitive) indicators across Sierra Leone;

• Leading the documentation and dissemination of topics related to malaria case management, community health and/or supply chain management activities and results through technical reports, presentations, policy briefs, and publications;
• Improving the integration of a gender and diversity lens into malaria policies, plans and M&E frameworks through guided equity assessments and action plans;
• Generating, synthesizing and translating evidence (i.e., via surveys, literature reviews, routine data analysis) to inform government and partner policy and programmatic decision making.

In close collaboration with CHAI’s country, regional and global teams, NMCPs and other stakeholders, provide operational and implementation support including but not limited to:

• Expanding access to and effectiveness of community health workers (CHWs) through targeted and context specific strategies developed in partnership with the MOH CHW program;
• Developing gender responsive materials for health care workers, including SOPs and updated training curriculum for CHWs to improve adherence to national guidelines;
• Designing and implementing strategies and detailed plans to address equity gaps in availability and universal access to case management services, and supply chain management;
• Drafting and/or updating of national guidelines related to diagnosis and treatment, quality assurance and control for medicines and diagnostics;

• Designing strategies, plans and tools for the integration of case management and supply chain information into malaria surveillance systems;
• Facilitating regular coordination between MOH stakeholders and key partners on ongoing country activities and priorities.
• Facilitating equitable community engagement through the co-creation of local solutions through soliciting meaningful, systematic participation of different segments of at-risk communities and local CSO networks
• Provide support to the PSM team, NMCP in collaboration with other stakeholders in activities involving malaria commodity demand forecasting, procurement, inventory management, logistics coordination, data management and continuous improvement.

• Bachelor or Master’s degree in public health, epidemiology, sociology, gender or other relevant fields plus relevant professional experience in a demanding, results-oriented environment;
• 3-4 years of relevant professional experience (i.e., management consulting, malaria, health systems strengthening, supply chain, community health, gender integration or a related field)
• High levels of proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint;
• Ability to work independently in remote and unstructured settings, to work closely within and across other teams and to adapt to new environments and challenges;

• Excellent written and oral communication (English) skills, problem-solving and strong organizational abilities and detail-oriented approach;
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 40% of their time within Sierra Leone and extensively across sub-Saharan Africa, and to other trans-continental meetings based on program requirements.

Advantages:

• An MPH, MS in public health, Epidemiology, or experience working in public health, particularly international health/health policy and management
• Familiarity with monitoring and evaluation of surveillance systems and/or public health programs;
• Experience conducting gender equity and diversity analysis;
• Experience working with infectious disease control programs

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The Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. (CHAI) is a global health organization committed to our mission of saving lives and reducing the burden of disease in low-and middle-income countries. We work at the invitation of governments to support them and the private sector to create and sustain high-quality health systems.

CHAI was founded in 2002 in response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic with the goal of dramatically reducing the price of life-saving drugs and increasing access to these medicines in the countries with the highest burden of the disease. Over the following two decades, CHAI has expanded its focus. Today, along with HIV, we work in conjunction with our partners to prevent and treat infectious diseases such as COVID-19, malaria, tuberculosis, and hepatitis. Our work has also expanded into cancer, diabetes, hypertension, and other non-communicable diseases, and we work to accelerate the rollout of lifesaving vaccines, reduce maternal and child mortality, combat chronic malnutrition, and increase access to assistive technology. We are investing in horizontal approaches to strengthen health systems through programs in human resources for health, digital health, and health financing. With each new and innovative program, our strategy is grounded in maximizing sustainable impact at scale, ensuring that governments lead the solutions, that programs are designed to scale nationally, and learnings are shared globally.

At CHAI, our people are our greatest asset, and none of this work would be possible without their talent, time, dedication and passion for our mission and values. We are a highly diverse team of enthusiastic individuals across 40 countries with a broad range of skillsets and life experiences. CHAI is deeply grounded in the countries we work in, with majority of our staff based in program countries. Learn more about our exciting work: http://www.clintonhealthaccess.org

CHAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and is committed to providing an environment of fairness, and mutual respect where all applicants have access to equal employment opportunities. CHAI values diversity and inclusion, and recognizes that our mission is best advanced by the leadership and contributions of people with diverse experience, backgrounds, and culture.

CHAI's Malaria Program 

CHAI’s global malaria program provides direct technical and operational support to countries around the globe to strengthen their malaria programs and reduce the burden of this preventable, treatable disease, while supporting governments to identify inequities and address them. We support governments to scale up effective interventions for prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and surveillance, with the goals of sustainably reducing the number of malaria-related illnesses and deaths for all worldwide in the short-term and accelerating progress towards malaria elimination in the long term.

CHAI’ work in malaria case management provides support for National Malaria Control Programs and other key MOH departments throughout sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, and Central America. CHAI’s case management support involves providing analytical, operational, and management expertise to help CHAI’s country teams and MOH partners (NMCPs, supply chain divisions, community health directorates, etc.,) achieve high coverage in diagnosing, treating and curing malaria patients. On a global scale, CHAI collaborates with global malaria stakeholders like the Global Fund to Fight AIDs, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund) and the World Health Organization (WHO) on malaria policies, priorities and strategies to improve patient access to malaria care.

Program Overview

CHAI established presence in Sierra Leone in 2015. While CHAI’s original intent was to provide assistance related to the Ebola response, it became clear based on preliminary conversations with the government that the real need for partner support was in the realm of health systems strengthening. CHAI in response to the government need developed a scope of work focusing on Human Resources for Health and Supply Chain, supporting the HRH Directorate within MOH and the National Pharmaceutical Procurement Unit (NPPU) respectively.

CHAI made significant progress in both areas and was able to build trust and establish strong relationships with the government. In recent years CHAI has expanded its support to the Government to include programs on sexual and reproductive health, vaccines delivery, assistive technology, geospatial data use (GRID3), and improving access to medical oxygen. With each new and innovative program, our strategy is grounded in maximizing sustainable impact at scale, ensuring that the government of Sierra Leone leads the solutions, that programs are designed to scale nationally, and learnings are shared globally.

CHAI recently initiated collaboration and support to the National Malaria Control Program (NMCP) of the MOH and has spent its initial months trying to understand the strengths and areas for improvement within the malaria program, the broader health system, and the partner and donor engagement with it. CHAI aims to empower the program to regularly utilize disaggregated data and analytics for effective decision-making in both programmatic and strategic planning and operations.

Through a set of technical and operational assessments, CHAI has identified potential areas of work and has prioritized them based on impact and feasibility. We anticipate our initial focus to be on strengthening data reporting, data analysis, and disease surveillance based on the results of an in-progress surveillance assessment and epidemiological stratification. CHAI is also positioned to provide strategic and financing support to the national malaria control program, following successful costing of the malaria Operational Plan and application to the Global Fund. CHAI will continue to consult with government and non-government partners in country to evaluate how it can best add value to ongoing efforts.

Position Overview

This position reports to the CHAI Malaria Program Manager in Sierra Leone, and will will work closely on issues related to malaria case management from a gender, equity and diversity perspective (at all levels of the health system), including supply chain management and  community health  The Associate with technical partner organizations, donors, governments and the civil society.

The successful candidate will have excellent communications skills and cultural sensitivity, as s/he will be working closely with global and country partners. The Associate will have strong organizational and project management skills and will be capable of synthesizing data and literature, conducting rapid gender sensitive analyses and communicating such analyses on a regular basis in a clear and concise manner to colleagues and partners. The successful candidate will be able to collaborate effectively with other teams, function efficiently in a semi-independent setting, and thus be a self-motivated individual capable of managing multiple tasks at once and making sound independent decisions regarding data analysis.

CHAI places considerable emphasis on personal qualities such as resourcefulness, tenacity, independence, patience, humility, and a strong work ethic. The Malaria Associate will be embedded within the National Malaria Control Program (NMCP) at the Ministry of Health in Freetown, fostering relationships with key stakeholders from the government, donors, and the international community in Sierra Leone.

Up to 40% travel is expected and might support field activities in remote areas.

Providing technical support including but not limited to:

• Developing and maintaining a strong understanding of the malaria diagnosis and treatment landscape within Sierra Leone, while uncovering the root causes of inequities in access to malaria diagnosis and treatment;
• Identifying high priority opportunities to improve the quality, coverage and equity of malaria diagnosis and treatment across public, private and community sectors through scoping exercises and review of routine data; this includes supporting the country in conducting malaria equity assessments and transforming findings in actionable and human centred interventions
• Developing and supporting the implementation of M&E plans for CHAI and government case management, community health, and supply chain interventions and tools to include collection, analysis, interpretation and use of appropriate (gender-sensitive) indicators across Sierra Leone;

• Leading the documentation and dissemination of topics related to malaria case management, community health and/or supply chain management activities and results through technical reports, presentations, policy briefs, and publications;
• Improving the integration of a gender and diversity lens into malaria policies, plans and M&E frameworks through guided equity assessments and action plans;
• Generating, synthesizing and translating evidence (i.e., via surveys, literature reviews, routine data analysis) to inform government and partner policy and programmatic decision making.

In close collaboration with CHAI’s country, regional and global teams, NMCPs and other stakeholders, provide operational and implementation support including but not limited to:

• Expanding access to and effectiveness of community health workers (CHWs) through targeted and context specific strategies developed in partnership with the MOH CHW program;
• Developing gender responsive materials for health care workers, including SOPs and updated training curriculum for CHWs to improve adherence to national guidelines;
• Designing and implementing strategies and detailed plans to address equity gaps in availability and universal access to case management services, and supply chain management;
• Drafting and/or updating of national guidelines related to diagnosis and treatment, quality assurance and control for medicines and diagnostics;

• Designing strategies, plans and tools for the integration of case management and supply chain information into malaria surveillance systems;
• Facilitating regular coordination between MOH stakeholders and key partners on ongoing country activities and priorities.
• Facilitating equitable community engagement through the co-creation of local solutions through soliciting meaningful, systematic participation of different segments of at-risk communities and local CSO networks
• Provide support to the PSM team, NMCP in collaboration with other stakeholders in activities involving malaria commodity demand forecasting, procurement, inventory management, logistics coordination, data management and continuous improvement.

• Bachelor or Master’s degree in public health, epidemiology, sociology, gender or other relevant fields plus relevant professional experience in a demanding, results-oriented environment;
• 3-4 years of relevant professional experience (i.e., management consulting, malaria, health systems strengthening, supply chain, community health, gender integration or a related field)
• High levels of proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint;
• Ability to work independently in remote and unstructured settings, to work closely within and across other teams and to adapt to new environments and challenges;

• Excellent written and oral communication (English) skills, problem-solving and strong organizational abilities and detail-oriented approach;
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 40% of their time within Sierra Leone and extensively across sub-Saharan Africa, and to other trans-continental meetings based on program requirements.

Advantages:

• An MPH, MS in public health, Epidemiology, or experience working in public health, particularly international health/health policy and management
• Familiarity with monitoring and evaluation of surveillance systems and/or public health programs;
• Experience conducting gender equity and diversity analysis;
• Experience working with infectious disease control programs

Click here to apply

The Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. (CHAI) is a global health organization committed to our mission of saving lives and reducing the burden of disease in low-and middle-income countries. We work at the invitation of governments to support them and the private sector to create and sustain high-quality health systems.

CHAI was founded in 2002 in response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic with the goal of dramatically reducing the price of life-saving drugs and increasing access to these medicines in the countries with the highest burden of the disease. Over the following two decades, CHAI has expanded its focus. Today, along with HIV, we work in conjunction with our partners to prevent and treat infectious diseases such as COVID-19, malaria, tuberculosis, and hepatitis. Our work has also expanded into cancer, diabetes, hypertension, and other non-communicable diseases, and we work to accelerate the rollout of lifesaving vaccines, reduce maternal and child mortality, combat chronic malnutrition, and increase access to assistive technology. We are investing in horizontal approaches to strengthen health systems through programs in human resources for health, digital health, and health financing. With each new and innovative program, our strategy is grounded in maximizing sustainable impact at scale, ensuring that governments lead the solutions, that programs are designed to scale nationally, and learnings are shared globally.

At CHAI, our people are our greatest asset, and none of this work would be possible without their talent, time, dedication and passion for our mission and values. We are a highly diverse team of enthusiastic individuals across 40 countries with a broad range of skillsets and life experiences. CHAI is deeply grounded in the countries we work in, with majority of our staff based in program countries. Learn more about our exciting work: http://www.clintonhealthaccess.org

CHAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and is committed to providing an environment of fairness, and mutual respect where all applicants have access to equal employment opportunities. CHAI values diversity and inclusion and recognizes that our mission is best advanced by the leadership and contributions of people with diverse experience, backgrounds, and culture.

Overview of Team:

CHAI’s global malaria and neglected tropical disease (NTD) program provides direct technical and operational support to countries around the globe to strengthen their programs and reduce the burden of preventable, treatable diseases. We support governments to scale up effective interventions for prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and surveillance, with the goals of sustainably reducing the number of illnesses and deaths worldwide in the short-term and accelerating progress towards elimination of malaria and NTDs in the long term.

Overview of Role:

CHAI is seeking a highly motivated individual to help governments across Africa use advanced planning techniques (e.g., data-driven decision making) to help drive catalytic reductions in malaria cases and deaths. This person should be passionate about solving ever-changing, complex problems to make a positive impact to the world around them and contribute to a healthy and productive work environment.

As part of the Global Malaria Team, the Associate will provide direct support to all levels of government. Areas of support will include: developing malaria national strategic plans, conducting analysis to optimize the value of every dollar spent, working towards the strengthening of financial and programmatic data use for decision-making, improving the holistic management of programs, and seeking funding to support malaria programming.

This position reports to the Africa Manager for Malaria Strategy and Financing and will work in close collaboration with the CHAI Country Teams and Regional Technical Teams. Focus countries supported include, but are not limited to, Sierra Leone, Uganda, and Zimbabwe, though potential support may be required in other countries (e.g., Nigeria).

The Associate will bring outstanding analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and communication skills, and the Associate must be able to work independently and have deep personal commitment to producing results. A background in finance or malaria is not required, but may be an advantage. The Associate will be expected to be fluent in Excel. Most of all, this position requires resourcefulness, tenacity, patience, humility, and high ethical standards.

• Develop Excel-based budget and cost models for malaria interventions;

• Conduct analyses to map available funding to needs and identify resource gaps;
• Work with stakeholders to prioritize and optimize activities within funding envelope;
• Develop funding proposals to mobilize resources (e.g., from Global Fund) for countries;
• Facilitate evidence-based program reviews and strategic and operational planning;
• Assist malaria programs in identifying and addressing impediments to funding absorption, activity implementation, and programmatic goals;
• Strengthen financial and programmatic data use to inform program management and strategic decision-making;
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders across CHAI, government, non-governmental organizations, and the private sector at the regional, national, and subnational level;
• Facilitate coordination between government, partner, and internal stakeholders;
• Share updates, best practices, and lessons learned;
• Travel to remote regions with limited infrastructure and medical care; and
• Other responsibilities as needed.

• Essential: Professional-level fluency (verbal and written) in English
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Policy, Public Health, International Development, or related field;
• 2+ years of working experience with increasing levels of responsibility and leadership in management consulting, public health financing, or another relevant field;
• High levels of proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint;
• Demonstrated excellent analytical, quantitative, and problem-solving skills;
• Demonstrated ability to oversee multiple work streams simultaneously, to set priorities, and to work independently and flexibly with a strong commitment to excellence in high-pressure situations and in remote settings;
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills;
• Strong diplomatic and interpersonal skills and ability to build relationships in a challenging multicultural environment; and
• Willingness to travel frequently (30-50% of time) within Africa, including potential trips to rural areas.

Advantages

• Master's degree in Business, Policy, Public Health, International Development, or related field;
• Experience working and communicating with government officials, multilateral organizations, or development donors;
• Experience living or working in resource-limited countries, especially in Africa;
• Experience working remotely with a decentralized/remote team;
• Knowledge of malaria and/or other major global infectious disease problems; and
• Experience or knowledge of health finance, public finance, or finance for development.

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