Regional Financing Associate - Southern Africa

The Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) is a global health organization committed to strengthening integrated health systems in the developing world and expanding access to care and treatment for HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases. Based on the premise that business-oriented strategies 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 national and sub-national level management. CHAI is focused on large scale impact and, to date, has secured lower pricing agreements for treatment options in more than 70 countries. In addition, CHAI’s teams are working side-by-side with over 25 governments to tackle many of the largest health system barriers to effective care and treatment.

Malaria is one of the world's most important causes of illness, death and lost economic productivity. 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, last decade's rapid growth in malaria financing appears to have halted, and resistance to insecticides and drugs threatens to set back efforts. CHAI’s global malaria program provides direct management and technical support to countries around the globe to strengthen their malaria programs and reduce the burden of this preventable, treatable disease. 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 worldwide in the short-term and accelerating progress towards malaria elimination in the long term.

Summary of Position:

CHAI is seeking a highly motivated individual to support malaria programs plan and execute more effective anti-malaria programs. The Associate will be expected to develop and manage strong relationships with National Malaria Programs and relevant country partners, help design evidence-based strategic plans, and provide dedicated day-to-day operational support to ensure execution of effective, high-impact programs. The position requires a highly motivated individual with outstanding analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and communication skills. The candidate must be able to work independently to drive implementation and have deep personal commitment to producing results. Past experience with malaria programs is not required as candidates will work closely with CHAI's technical teams, but successful candidates should be fast learners and strategic thinkers who are both willing to take on routine tasks such as data entry and capable of facilitating high-level strategic discussions with a multi-cultural, multidisciplinary set of actors. CHAI places great value on the resourcefulness, tenacity, patience, humility, and high ethical standards of its staff.

Job Requirements

• Build strong relationships with stakeholders across government and non-governmental organizations
• Serve as a trusted advisor to the malaria program
• Provide day-to-day support to national malaria programs to help them make evidence-based plans and execute effective programs
• Work with CHAI's technical teams and regional managers to develop and implement a coordinated program of support
• Identify key impediments to programmatic goals and help devise targeted solutions to them
• Conduct quantitative analyses to ensure sufficient supplies of commodities, appropriate coverage with interventions, and/or progress towards program goals
• Conduct costing and financial analyses and support development of funding proposals
• Draft presentations and reports for internal and external stakeholders
• Coordinate meetings and facilitate knowledge sharing between the government program and partner organizations in the region to ensure coordination
• Provide program and budget updates for donor reporting and best practice sharing
• A university degree plus 3-5 years of work experience
• Exceptional problem-solving solving skills and analytical capabilities
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Skill in making persuasive presentations and written reports
• Strong organizational abilities and detail-oriented approach
• Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously, set priorities, and work independently
• Strong interpersonal skills and proven ability to build and maintain strong relationships in a multicultural environment
• Patience and thoughtfulness even in high-pressure, stressful situations
• Strong spoken and written English

Advantages:

• Experience working in management consulting, investment banking, or similar fast-paced, output-oriented environments
• Advanced degree
• Knowledge of malaria
• Experience with infectious disease control programs
• Experience working in a developing country context
• Language skills in Portuguese, French or Spanish

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