Founded in 2002, by President William J. Clinton, the
Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) is a global health organization
committed to strengthening integrated health systems around the world and
expanding access to care and treatment for HIV/AIDS, Malaria and other
illnesses. Based on the premise that business oriented strategy 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 local
management. By working in association with governments and other NGO partners,
CHAI is focused on large scale impact and, to date, CHAI 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 30 governments to
tackle many of the largest barriers to effective treatment and care.
In Rwanda, CHAI is supporting the development and early
implementation of the novel Human Resources for Health (HRH) Program.
This Program seeks to develop the health workforce necessary to create a
high quality, sustainable healthcare system in Rwanda. The HRH Program aims to
significantly increase the quantity and quality of Rwandan clinicians and
health sciences educators including: medical doctors, nurses and midwives, and
health managers. This unprecedented substantial scale-up will be achieved with
the assistance of an unprecedented consortium of 23 highly ranked US academic institutions.
Each US school is sending full-time faculty members to Rwanda to help improve
teaching, research, curriculum development, and mentorship over a 7-year
period. Rwanda’s HRH Program is currently the largest global health training
endeavor that engages university level professors working abroad for year-long
positions in a developing country. For further details about the HRH Program,
please refer to the program’s website: http://www.hrhconsortium.moh.gov.rw/.
The Government of Rwanda has already established a
strong record of success in leading donor-funded health projects of a similar
scale and complexity. CHAI is supporting the Ministry of Health (MoH) to manage
the HRH Program during the critical planning and early implementation phases.
Please see President Clinton’s speech about the HRH Program here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUZWeBjjGc4.
Responsibilities:
The Faculty Recruitment and US Institutions Volunteer will
be working closely with, and supporting the Manager of Faculty Recruitment and
US Institutions on the HRH Program. The volunteer will be
responsible for supporting high-level relationships with 23 leading US medical,
nursing & midwifery, and public health institutions participating in the
Rwanda HRH Program. The position requires supporting and interfacing with
multiple clinical departments and individuals across each US institution. This
role requires a high degree of communication management and facilitation
between stakeholders. Specific responsibilities are as follows:
- Support
high-level relationships with 23 US institutions in the Rwanda HRH
academic consortium of US schools;
- Support
interfacing with administration, legal, administrative, clinical
coordinators, and faculty mentors;
- Supports
the recruitment of over 100 US faculty members to live and work in Rwanda;
- Support
communication channels between Rwanda's Ministry of Health and US
institutions;
- Support
monthly conference calls with each specialty group of physicians at US
schools to discuss key issues, including: recruitment, challenges facing
US faculty in Rwanda, and ongoing improvements for the program;
- Support
the recruitment of new institutions into the consortium for specialty
areas as needed by the Ministry of Health;
- Support
the development of the recruitment and relationship management information
system to improve the overall operation and effectiveness of the program.
Responsible for the accuracy and maintenance of faculty records.
Qualifications:
- Hold a
minimum of a Bachelor’s degree, preferably in a related field such as
business administration, public health, medical anthropology, development
studies or international relations
- Minimum
of three years of professional experience, preferably in public health,
personnel coordination, management consulting or other related fields;
- Exceptional
communication, writing, and problem solving skills;
- Strong
interpersonal skills coupled with excellent communication skills: verbal,
written, listening, presentation and facilitation;
- Proficiency
in the Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint & Excel).
- Ability
to build relationships with Rwanda and US stakeholders, US academic
institutions and development partners;
- Adept
interpersonal skills; strength in developing and maintaining client
management relationships
- Ability
to work effectively in a challenging political and multicultural
environment;
- Demonstrated
ability to prioritize across multiple projects and responsibilities;
- Team-oriented
but also highly self-sufficient and self-motivated;
- Strong
interest in global health equity and development issues in Africa or other
resource-poor settings;
Advantages
- Experience
working with the public sector
- Working
knowledge of French or Kinyarwanda
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