Clinton Health Access Initiative ,Volunteer, Supply Chain Advisor Jobs in Malawi

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 2005, CHAI signed
a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Malawi (GoM) to
strengthen health systems in the most challenged districts, provide national
support to HIV/AIDS drug pricing and programmatic work, support the pilot and
scale-up of prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT)
initiatives, expand access to ART for children, strengthen Malawi’s lab system,
and scale-up an integrated nutrition Program for children. CHAI’s support to
Malawi has expanded to include Human Resources for Health (HRH), Vaccines
(pneumococcal and rotavirus), and Health Financing.

Position
Overview:

The Clinton Health
Access Initiative (CHAI) seeks a Volunteer to address challenges and barriers
in drug supply chain in Malawi. The Volunteer Advisor will be based in
Lilongwe, Malawi and will report to the Program Manager, HIV drug access within
the Evidence for Impact Cluster. The Associate will work very closely with CMST
(Central Medical Store Trust) and HIV Unit, Malawi. This position will have
direct and immediate impact on the lives of patients.

Working in close
collaboration with CMST/CHAI team and HIV Unit, the Supply Chain Advisor
responsibilities will include:

• Analyze
  and map supply chain landscape for essential commodities in Malawi to
  identify key decision makers and potential areas of inefficiencies.
• Work
  with CHAI team to identify the main issues and challenges impacting the
  supply chain for essential commodities in Malawi.
• Support
  the Ministry of Health through development of a draft solution plan for
  improving the supply chain for essential drugs in Malawi (Based on the
  landscape and assessment).
• Interact
  with country and global CHAI teams to achieve objectives of supply chain
  strategy, providing technical assistance to CMST and HIV

• Strong
  analytical skills and advanced technical proficiency with MS Excel and
  PowerPoint (analytical skills and proficiency levels will be tested during
  recruiting process);
• Natural
  ability to build strategic relationships and interact with individuals of different
  backgrounds;
• Strategically
  minded, able to think creatively around long-term programme objectives and
  the detailed steps necessary to achieve these goals;
• Excellent
  organisational and problem solving skills;
• Excellent
  verbal, visual and written communication skills;
• English
  language fluency, both written and verbal.

Advantages:

• Degree/module/research
  work in supply chain;
• Professional
  experience in public sector policy/planning, health policy, public sector
  finance, banking, management consulting, or other relevant private and
  public sector experience;
• Experience
  working with demanding work plans and tight budgets;
• Experience
  in primary market research (survey and Interviews)
• Experience
  working in developing countries, particularly in the health sector and in
  Sub-Saharan Africa.

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