Closing
date: 08 Jul 2015
date: 08 Jul 2015
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 glo
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 glo
bal 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.
The
CHAI Rwanda program is currently seeking a highly motivated, flexible
individual to provide technical support to the CHAI and the Rwanda Biomedical
Center (RBC), Ministry of Health in the Planning, M&E and business development
Division. With a strong analytical mind, excellent skills in a number of
relevant software packages the candidate should be very strong at problem
solving and analysis. Based at RBC and CHAI as required previous experience in
developing countries and/or CHAI a plus, previous experience in consultancy
work a strong plus, academic excellence a very strong plus.
CHAI Rwanda program is currently seeking a highly motivated, flexible
individual to provide technical support to the CHAI and the Rwanda Biomedical
Center (RBC), Ministry of Health in the Planning, M&E and business development
Division. With a strong analytical mind, excellent skills in a number of
relevant software packages the candidate should be very strong at problem
solving and analysis. Based at RBC and CHAI as required previous experience in
developing countries and/or CHAI a plus, previous experience in consultancy
work a strong plus, academic excellence a very strong plus.
Job Requirements
- Serve
as a trusted technical advisor to the planning M&E and Business
Strategies Division of RBC on a broad range of health financing and
systems issues; - Support
the Director of M&E and his team to improve overall team effectiveness
through development and maintenance of activity planning to streamline
scheduled and unscheduled tasks - Support
the Director of M&E and his team to create/maintain tools that will
monitor and evaluate the impact of nationwide activities held at the
decentralized levels - Generate
follow-up reports and action items for divisions and health facilities to
improve their service delivery and operations - Aid
the M&E Director in leading the efforts to improve reporting from each
division and to track progress against national key performance indicators
while monitoring activity and budget execution - Manage
the quantification of available resources, costs and gaps in the health
sector to inform planning and budgeting for all financing sources; - Gather,
analyse and report on epidemiological information, services and quality
data to inform good evidence based planning processes - Assist
the RBC with the creation and prioritization of new strategic plans and an
essential health packages; - Manage
the development of investment cases for underfunded disease programs and
health systems components, support grant writing processes; - Create
strategic and operational plans and analytical tools to drive service
delivery efficiencies in infrastructure, human resources for health,
medical equipment, essential medicines and supply chains; - Provide
analytical support, and bring new ideas to the RBC with the design and
implementation of various resource generating concepts; - Identify
bottlenecks in RBC processes and design and execute solutions; - Assist
in building capacity at all levels of the RBC planning division; - Develop
and deliver analytical policy memos and presentations to inform RBC and
its partners to drive evidence-based operational and policy changes as
required; - Perform
any other duties assigned by the RBC. - Degree,
preferably in public health or health economics; or commensurate with work
experience - A
minimum of 5 years’ professional experience in a private or public sector
setting, preferably in low- and middle-income country settings; - Experience
with a range of health tools, One Health, Epi Info, STATA SPSS. And
demonstrated experience of giving training to others. - Very
strong analytical skills and advanced technical proficiency with MS Excel
and PowerPoint (analytical skills and proficiency levels will be tested
during recruiting process), demonstrated experience building quantitative
models and analysing data to inform evidence-based decision-making; - Experience
with cost-effectiveness analysis, economic evaluation, designing and
implementing health systems reforms; - Experience
in project planning, management and implementation; - Excellent
business-oriented verbal, visual and written communication skills and
demonstrated ability to navigate political discussions objectively and
diplomatically; - Demonstrated
ability to build strategic relationships with individuals of different
backgrounds; - Demonstrated
ability to multi-task, be effective in high-pressure situations and
respond to ad-hoc requests while managing an existing workload; - Tenacity
and a can-do attitude; - Demonstrated
ability to solve challenging problems without extensive structural or
operational support; and - English
language fluency, both written and verbal. French a Plus.
Preferred
Qualifications:
Qualifications:
- An
advanced degree, preferably in public health or health economics; or
commensurate with work experience
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