Organisation: Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
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. CHAI’s
solution-oriented approach focuses on improving market dynamics for medicines
and diagnostics; lowering prices for treatment; accelerating access to life-saving
technologies; and helping governments build the capacity required for
high-quality care and treatment programs.
Since its establishment in
2002 by President William J. Clinton, CHAI has worked on the demand and supply
sides of the market to help more than 2 million HIV+ people access the
medicines needed for treatment—representing nearly half of all people and 2 out
of 3 children on HIV/AIDS treatment in developing countries. Building on this
model, CHAI has expanded its scope to include efforts to strengthen healthcare
delivery systems and to combat malaria and childhood illnesses.
Job Summary: The
Coordinator, Private Sector Markets will fulfill five critical functions; which
include:
- Driving
new market shaping interventions that range from facilitating negotiations
between manufacturers and importers to bring low cost diagnostics and
treatments into the country and launching new product innovations; - Overseeing
CHAI’s relationship with the National Drug Authority (NDA) of Uganda by
supporting the registration of new products to increase patient access and
developing and monitoring policy initiatives such as recommended retail
prices for essential medicines. - Providing
technical guidance to the MOH’s National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP)
on matters related to private sector engagement for malaria-related
commodities. - Managing
the office’s strategy for engaging private, not-for-profit (PNFP)
providers, developing interventions to improve dispensing behavior for key
commodities and working with suppliers to increase availability of these
products. - Analyzing
large volumes of market data, coming from such sources as national retail
audits, supplier sales, and CHAI’s own Monitoring and Evaluation division.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:
- Take
ownership of a variety of short and long term strategic initiatives to
improve the availability and affordability of optimal products for
diagnosing and treating the main childhood illnesses in Uganda’s private
retail sector - Oversee
all relationships with important health sector partners ranging from
government officials to pharmaceutical sales representatives - Lead
the office-wide relationship with the NDA to achieve and expedite
programmatic deliverables, such as the registration of new products - Potentially
identify and pursue new areas of work with the NDA that will have dramatic
and leveraged impact on health outcomes - Collect
and compile market data from multiple sources, including national retail
audits, supplier sales, and NDA import records - Manage
regular, deep and sophisticated quantitative analysis of market data on
relevant diarrhea/pneumonia/malaria commodities - Actively
coordinate access to data with CHAI team members, and work with them to
make sure that the data can be made available effectively
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
- The
applicant should preferably hold a Master’s Degree in business
administration, logistics or a related field; - Past
experience working in developing countries (specifically East Africa) is
desired - Prior
experience working in a consumer-driven culture is an added advantage - The
applicant should possess at least three years’ experience in a rigorous
private or public position, with increasing levels of responsibility and
leadership (preferably in the pharmaceutical industry or in an intensive
consultative capacity); - Exceptional
communication and relationship management skills with ability to clearly
communicate complex ideas; - Proven
excellence in quantitative statistical analysis and problem solving
(including excellent Microsoft Excel and/or Access skills and experience
with STATA or equivalent; - High
capacity to synthesize monitoring data into effective presentation of
results to help guide recommendations on performance improvement; Ability
to create compelling, logical presentations and reports, using PowerPoint,
Word and other media; - Comfort
and flexibility to work independently with a diverse set of counterparts; - Relevant
personal qualities including resourcefulness, entrepreneurialism,
flexibility, independence, humility, and work ethic.
All suitably qualified
candidates who wish to join one of the world’s leading non-profit organizations
founded by one of America’s former presidents, Bill Clinton should apply online
at the web link below.
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