Malaria is one of the most important causes of illness, death
and lost economic productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa. Over the past
decade, dramatic increases in donor funding have facilitated scale-up of
effective interventions to prevent, diagnosis, and treat malaria. This
investment has successfully reduced the burden of malaria in many settings, and
some countries have begun planning to eliminate it altogether. Yet these gains
are fragile: global funding for malaria remains short of what is needed and
last decade’s rapid growth in malaria financing appears to have halted. The
Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) works with its government partners to
increase funding for malaria, optimize the impact of malaria control and
elimination programs, and support evidence-based decision-making to target
resources, consolidate successes, increase sustainability, and accelerate
elimination efforts.
National malaria programs in sub-Saharan Africa tend to
be largely donor funded – particularly via the Global Fund to Fight Aids,
Tuberculosis, and Malaria (Global Fund) – and have constrained budgets to
implement life-saving interventions to prevent, diagnose, and treat malaria.
While the ultimate goal is to have sufficient funds to prevent malaria
everywhere, diagnose all suspected cases, and treat any infections that do
occur, doing so will be impossible in the short-term given funding constraints.
Identifying the optimal ways to allocate existing limited resources for maximum
impact is thus necessary. CHAI provides technical and operational support to National
Malaria Control Programs around the world to help them make data-driven
decisions about how best to allocate their available funding. In 2014, most
countries will be applying for Global Fund resources through the New Funding
Model (NFM) beginning in mid-2014 to finance commodities and program activities
over the next 3 years (2014 – 2016).
CHAI is seeking a short-term hire, based in Yaounde,
Cameroon, Abuja, Nigeria or Dar es Salaam, Tanzania for a 6-month period. This
individual will play a critical role in supporting our government partners to
plan their malaria strategies, obtain all available financial resources, and
advance their programs. The candidate must possess excellent communication
skills, strong quantitative skills, the ability to manage multiple
tasks/ongoing priorities and drive work plans forward under very short
timelines.
This individual will be part of a team that works in
close partnership with the Ministries of Health/partner government, Global
Fund, CHAI country teams, and partner organizations.
Short-term hire roles will last six months; with start
dates beginning April 1st
Responsibilities:
Provide Ministry of Health with dedicated support to
develop evidence-based, context-adapted anti-malaria strategies ;
Aid countries to prioritize resources to optimize
investments and achieve maximal health impact;
Analyze existing funding available to the country for
malaria activities and identify potential areas of inefficiencies.
Identify additional resource needs and assist with resource reallocation;
Assist countries with writing proposals to the Global
Fund;
Coordinate directly with other CHAI teams (including
those supporting HIV and TB programs) to streamline CHAI’s support to partner
governments;
Support forecasting efforts for essential and life-saving
malaria treatments and diagnostic tests;
Coordinate among key partners in country to ensure
strategies and funding applications represent the interests and perspectives of
different groups; and,
Other responsibilities to support the Malaria Team and
Ministry of Health to develop their Global Fund applications and strengthen
their malaria strategies, as identified by CHAI country team/direct manager.
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree plus relevant professional experience
in a demanding, results-oriented environment;
Excellent problem solving, analytical and quantitative
skills, including significant experience working in Excel;
Strong interpersonal and communication skills – both
written and oral – and an ability to build professional relationships;
Ability to learn on the job quickly and absorb/synthesize
a broad range of information;
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced and demanding
environment;
Ability to work independently on complex projects;
Ability to react quickly to ad-hoc requests while
managing an existing workload;
A minimum of 3 years of experience in a rigorous private
or public position, with increasing levels of responsibility and leadership;
Program management experience including managing teams,
creating and tracking work plans, and monitoring program;
A strong passion for producing results and a personal
commitment to excellence;
CHAI places great value on relevant personal qualities:
resourcefulness, entrepreneurialism, flexibility, independence, humility and
work ethic.
Advantages:
Experience working on health financing related issues
specifically
Experience working in developing countries, particularly
on health related issues
Experience working with recipient country governments and
international partners in country
Mode of Application
Apply online. Clintonfoundation.org
