Country: South Africa
City: Pretoria 0083, Gauteng
Type: Regular – Full Time (eligible for benefits)
Business Unit: Country Programs
Overview:
Since 2002, the Clinton Health Access Initiative, CHAI
(formerly the Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative), has been assisting developing
countries in implementing large-scale, integrated HIV care, treatment, and
prevention programs. CHAI is currently active in Africa, the Caribbean,
Asia, and Eastern Europe. In support of national HIV/AIDS programs, CHAI
provides technical assistance, mobilizes human and financial resources, and
facilitates the sharing of best practices across projects. CHAI has also negotiated
agreements with leading pharmaceutical companies that have lowered the cost of
HIV/AIDS and malaria diagnostics and treatment in the developing world by
30-90%. Our ultimate objectives are to make high-quality HIV/AIDS and
malaria care and treatment available to all who need it, and to partner with
governments and other stakeholders to strengthen healthcare systems and develop
sustainable strategies to overcome obstacles to scale-up.
The Drug Access Program Manager (PM) is responsible for the
implementation, monitoring and evaluation of all program activities. The PM is
also responsible for managing all staff on the program and for the budget and
budget follow-up for the Drug Access Program for CHAI in South Africa.
As CHAI is a consultant to the NDoH the PM will be the
spokesperson for the Drug Access program, negotiating assignments and their
time frame. The PM will define project documents, as well as plan for and
assign the proper resources to each project, ensure that the dead-lines are met
and is responsible to quality-ensure all work before it is delivered to its
client (NDoH).
The PM is also responsible for managing all communication
with external stakeholders relevant to the work, with the exception of donors
(which are managed at a deputy country director level or the global access to
medicines programmes).
Responsibilities:
- Monitor
and evaluate the program plan (objectives and strategies) for 2014, and
apply strategic and critical thinking to adjust as necessary depending on
needs (new challenges to access to drugs, developing pharmaceutical
landscape etc.).
- Develop
program objectives and strategies for 2015 (and adapt the 2014 program
plan necessary) together with the DA team members, senior management and
the NDoH.
- Ensure
proper and realistic exit strategies (sustainability: capacity for NDoH
to take over and CHAI to move to other projects). Negotiate and reach
agreement with NDoH.
- Ensure
each activity’s adherence to program plan and its objectives and
strategies.
- Negotiate
and reach agreements on new assignments with the NDoH (Affordable
Medicines Directorate, National HIV and TB programmes, as well as other
directorates and units as relevant).
- Develop
project documents with clear deliverables (objectively measurable
indicators) and time lines.
- Plan
for sufficient and qualified resources and allocate them efficiently to
each assignment.
- Follow
progress on each assignment/project with the analysts and support as
necessary.
- Quality-ensure
all assignments: interrogate data, methods, results, as well presentation
layout. Develop recommendations together with the analysts if necessary.
- Follow
the pharmaceutical and public health landscape relevant for South Africa
and share with team and clients all information that is necessary.
- Initiate
ideas for new projects in line with the program objectives and the
objectives of the NDoH that will improve patients’ access to drugs.
- Liaise
with other CHAI program managers, CHAI global teams, and other partners in
order to share results, collaborate over certain projects etc.
- Budget
for all activities and resources.
- Evaluate
and approve (or not) expense reports.
- Analyze
budget expenditure and provide a monthly report to CHAI SA finances.
- HRM: support,
motivate and assist the DA team members in all their assignments to ensure
high quality output and high retention rates.
- HRM:
conduct regular performance evaluations of the DA team and ensure proper
career development plans are in place for each team member.
- Provide
a monthly situation report to the Deputy Country Director.
- Weekly
team meetings to support the team, lay direction.
- Regular
update meetings with NDoH (informative, sharing).
- Any
other report or task as agreed with the client, Deputy Country Director or
Country Director.
Qualifications:
Minimum Qualifications and Experience:
- Demonstrated
experience as a program manager with HR management experienceindispensible
(minimum 2 years experience as a program manager).
- Strong
problem solving, analytical, and quantitative and qualitative skills.
- Minimum
of 6 years of professional experience required (with increasing
responsibilities & demonstrated career progression), with experience
in public health and logistics management (procurement
and supply) indispensible.
- Experience
working as consultant desirable.
- Bachelor’s
degree/tertiary degree desirable, with preference for candidates with an
advanced degree.
- Experience
in evaluating bids, awarding contracts, cost analysis an asset.
- Experience
in reporting writing and presentations of results.
- Demonstrated
competency: negotiation and communication with external partners and
clients
- Demonstrated
competency: planning and organization,
- Demonstrated
competency: strategic decision making
- Demonstrated
competency: analytical thinking
- Demonstrated
competency: result and quality oriented
- Demonstrated
competency: decision making, delegation, initiative
- Competency
in coaching, developing staff or similar.
- Competency
and professional experience in MS Office suite: Projects, Excel, Word,
Power Point indispensible
- Rigorous,
methodical, attention to detail
- Flexible
and competent in managing personal stress levels
- Ability
to perform consistently at a high level in unstructured, high-pressure
situations
- Strong
written and verbal communication skills in English
Administrative
- Permanent
resident of South African or entitled with a valid South African work
permit.
- Current
South Africa Department of Health employees will not be considered.
