The Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. (CHAI) is a global health organization committed to saving lives and reducing the burden of disease in low- and middle-income countries. We work at the invitation of governments to support them and the private sector to create and maintain high-quality health systems.
CHAI was founded in 2002 in response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic to significantly reduce the price of life-saving medicines and increase access to them in countries most affected by the disease. Over the next two decades, CHAI expanded its scope. Today, in addition to HIV, we work together with our partners to prevent and treat infectious diseases such as COVID-19, malaria, tuberculosis and hepatitis.
Our work has also expanded to cancer, diabetes, hypertension and other non-communicable diseases, and we are working to accelerate the rollout of life-saving vaccines, reduce maternal and child mortality, combat chronic malnutrition and increase access to assistive technologies.
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Program and Position Overview
The global number of people with sickle cell disease reached 7.74 million in 2021, with an estimated 515,000 infants born with sickle cell disease that year. In 2021, nearly 400,000 people with sickle cell disease died from related causes. Without care, 50 to 90% of children with sickle cell disease will die within the first five years of life. Sickle cell disease was recently ranked 12th for all causes of death among under-fives, reinforcing its indisputable burden and unenviable place among the world’s most neglected diseases.
At this stage, the Program has three objectives.
- Accelerating access to comprehensive sickle cell care through transformational and sustainable service delivery approaches in Ghana, India and Nigeria.
- Improve local and global access to relevant diagnostics and hydroxyurea and, in line with this, reduce prices of the latter through market shaping activities.
- Strengthen the sickle cell ecosystem to improve and sustain the quality of sickle cell care and reduce financial and other risks for ministries of health, donors and other key stakeholders.
CHAI is seeking a highly qualified Senior Program Manager to coordinate all aspects of this program and work closely with CHAI cross-functional teams, country teams and key external partners and donors to ensure CHAI achieves all program objectives . The following list summarizes these indicators:
- Number of children under five screened, diagnosed, enrolled, initiated and maintained in care and treated with quality-assured hydroxyurea.
- Quality assured and affordable diagnostic products and hydroxyurea are registered in the country.
- Support national SCD sustainability goals and increase investment from international donors.
The individual must have exceptional organizational and program management skills and experience managing complex international workflows. They must be able to create and manage work plans, monitor and report on program milestones, schedules and deliverables, and execute risk mitigation plans as appropriate.
The individual must have excellent written and oral communication skills in English, demonstrate strong diplomatic skills, demonstrate leadership in a multicultural professional setting and have proven analytical skills. The Senior Program Manager must be able to support the engagement and management of a wide range of external relationships, produce and finalize donor progress reports, and manage and report on complex budgets .
CHAI values personal qualities such as proactivity, resourcefulness, responsibility, tenacity, independence, entrepreneurship, dependability, a strong work ethic and the ability to excel in a work environment. remote or decentralized.
The Senior Manager will report to the ICSS Global Health Research Fellow. Base location is flexible for a CHAI program country in sub-Saharan Africa or the following countries with a sickle cell burden – subject to approval from country leadership: Benin, Cameroon, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Uganda , Nigeria or Zambia. Trips of up to ~25% can be expected.
Responsibilities
- Lead program management and reporting for the SCD program with support from their supervisor.
- Manage, coordinate and develop contributions for routine reporting and donor updates, as well as ad hoc reporting needs, including requesting, reviewing and consolidating contributions across multiple CHAI teams.
- Support the SCD leadership team in fostering a collaborative environment by facilitating information sharing, drafting meeting agendas and slides, supporting meeting planning, taking and organization of notes and follow-ups, etc.
- Ensure strong working relationships with key stakeholders within governmental and non-governmental organizations, working on relevant SCD sustainability objectives.
- Support strategic collaborations with multiple internal teams and stakeholders, donor(s) and other external stakeholders to advance program objectives and facilitate inter-organizational coordination and execution.
- Develop clear presentations and reports to share findings and recommendations with internal and external audiences.
- Effectively represent ICHA in SCD presentations and forums.
- Work with their program supervisor to evolve responsibilities according to program requirements.
- Any other task assigned by the supervisor
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent plus ten years of professional experience; Higher education diploma or equivalent plus eight years of professional experience; or equivalent professional experience.
- Experience managing complex programs and providing strategic direction or supporting business strategies in areas relevant to global health.
- Strong interpersonal and stakeholder engagement skills, with a proven ability to build and maintain strong relationships in a diverse environment.
- Previous experience managing and leading teams to achieve high-impact results.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Excellent command of Microsoft Office, project management tools such as MS Project or Smartsheet, and strong data visualization skills.
- Exceptional problem solving and critical thinking skills.
- Able to identify and implement high-impact strategies in a changing environment.
Benefits:
- In-depth knowledge of sickle cell disease.
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