Country: Kenya
City: Nairobi
Type: Regular – Full Time (eligible for benefits)
Business Unit: Essential Medicines
Overview:
The Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI – formerly the
Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative) was established in 2002 to increase access to care
and treatment to people living with HIV/AIDS and to strengthen health systems
in resource-poor countries. Over the past few years, CHAI has expanded the
scope to include access to high-quality treatment for malaria, new vaccines and
essential treatments for common childhood illnesses such as diarrhoea and
pneumonia. CHAI has also increasingly supported governments build the capacity
required for high-quality care and treatment programs. Currently, CHAI partners
with governments in more than 25 countries while more than 70 countries
directly benefit from the low-priced drugs and diagnostic test agreements that
CHAI has negotiated.
Position: Essential Medicines Analyst: Marketing &
Distribution
CHAI Kenya is seeking an Analyst to work in the Essential
Medicines program. The goal of the program is to support Ministries of Health
in the countries we work in to reduce overall child mortality through scaling
up of essential treatments for common childhood illnesses.
The EM analyst will join the Kenya country program, working
with the program manager to enable CHAI, Government and partners achieve
transformational impact in scaling up essential treatments to reduce childhood
mortality. We are seeking a highly motivated individual with outstanding
credentials, analytical ability, and communication skills. The Analyst must be
able to function independently and flexibly as well as build strong
relationships with government officials and partners across the public and
private sectors. CHAI places great value on relevant personal qualities:
resourcefulness, entrepreneurialism, flexibility, independence, humility, and
work ethic.
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
The Essential Medicines Analyst will be based in Nairobi,
with frequent travel to the field.
Responsibilities:
- Overall
work closely with the Ministry of Health, County Health teams and
implementing partners in the execution of the Child Health Strategy in
both the public and private sectors.
- Conduct
detailed regular analyses of the market conditions, technical services,
advertising and promotional trends in the private sector in Kenya related
to child health treatments and develop good understanding of the range of
barriers that hinder uptake these treatments
- Develop
and implement innovative strategies to support increased availability of
the recommended child health treatments at all points and levels of sale
in the public and private sector markets
- Develop
and implement innovative strategies to reach and change current health
providers and sales persons behaviours towards treatments at all levels of
service in the private sector
- Constantly
develop relationships with relevant players in the child health
commodities market to enhance commodity access at all levels
- Coordinate
efforts towards accelerating introduction, distribution and uptake of
affordable and quality treatments with the Ministry of Health, County
Governments, manufacturers/first line buyers, and other players in the
private sector
- Provide
robust data management and analytical support to capture reach and impact
of the program in the private sector market
- Constantly
assess progress post-implementation and initiate a change of focus or
strategy to new directions better placed to deliver expected results
- Perform
any other duties as assigned by the Program Manager.
Qualifications:
- A
Bachelors degree in Pharmacy, Medicine, Nursing, Commerce, Business
Administration, Marketing, Economics, Public Health or other related
disciplines
- A
minimum of 2 years work experience in sales/marketing/distribution of
pharmaceutical products
- Ability
to demonstrate both public health and marketing aptitude
- Exceptional
analytical, research and presentation skills of qualitative and
quantitative data
- Strong
communication (written and verbal) skills
- Strong
interpersonal skills with proven ability to build relationships in a
multicultural environment
- Ability
to work in a high-performance environment with demonstrated ability to
respond to changing program needs.
- Ability
to work independently, self-motivate, and to propose and implement new
initiatives
- Ability
to be effective in high-pressure situations, handle multiple tasks
simultaneously, and set priorities
- Demonstrated
strong analytical and problem solving skills
- High
level of proficiency in relevant computer applications, particularly MS
Excel, PowerPoint and Word Knowledge of MS Access would be a
significant advantage
Plusses
- Postgraduate
degree in Marketing, Business (MBA), Economics or Public Health
- Experience
in marketing of pharmaceutical products in developing countries
