Country: Cameroon
City: Yaounde
Type: Volunteer,
International – Full Time, under 6 months (ineligible for benefits)
Business Unit: Access Programs - Malaria Control Team
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.
Overview of Role:
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;
and,
- Fluency
in French; both written and oral for the Cameroon role.
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
