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, with the aim of significantly reducing the price of life-saving medicines and increasing 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. We invest in horizontal approaches to strengthen health systems through human resources for health, digital health and health financing programs. With each new and innovative program, our strategy is based on maximizing sustainable impact at scale, ensuring that governments lead the solutions, that programs are designed to be scaled nationally, and that learnings are shared globally.
At CHAI, our people are our greatest asset, and none of this work would be possible without their talent, time, dedication, and passion for our mission and values. We are a highly diverse team of enthusiastic people spread across 40 countries, with a wide range of skills and life experiences. CHAI is deeply rooted in the countries where we work, with the majority of our staff based in program countries. To learn more about our exciting work: http://www.clintonhealthaccess.org.
CHAI is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing an environment of fairness and mutual respect where all applicants have access to equal employment opportunities . CHAI values diversity and inclusion and recognizes that our mission is best advanced through the leadership and contributions of people with diverse experiences, backgrounds and cultures.
Role Overview
CHAI is seeking a highly motivated Epidemiologist with strong public health experience and analytical skills to oversee and guide the activities and operations of the Africa-based Epidemiology team. The successful candidate will lead a team of epidemiologists working directly with their government counterparts and CHAI staff who will help them evaluate, design and expand disease surveillance systems; carry out in-depth analysis of epidemiological and spatial data; monitor and evaluate the success of ongoing efforts to achieve elimination of malaria and NTDs; and translate the results for decision-makers. The individual will collaborate with a diverse team based in multiple countries and regions, government programs, academics and public health agencies. The successful candidate will possess strong communication, organizational and management skills; work independently to complete implementation; be a global leader in health; and have a deep personal commitment to delivering results. CHAI places high value on relevant personal qualities, including resourcefulness, tenacity, independence, patience, humility and a strong work ethic.
Regional strategy
- Serve as the main focal point for malaria and NTD surveillance and analysis workstreams across Africa.
- Act as a technical expert/advisor and epidemiological opinion leader to CHAI teams.
- Contribute to the development and implementation of CHAI’s strategic vision for malaria and NTDs in Africa, with a focus on the robust use of epidemiological data and analysis to inform strategic processes.
- With digital health colleagues, develop and communicate a coherent vision for malaria and NTD information systems within and across countries, and influence internal and external stakeholders and initiatives to advance the vision.
- Support rigorous, evidence-based intervention deployment planning, and design and implement approaches to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of current government interventions and identify opportunities for improvement.
Implementation and management of technical projects
- Managing and overseeing work across Africa on analysis and monitoring workflows to support evidence-based decisions. Including but not limited to
- M&E of existing and new monitoring processes and platforms.
- Development and deployment of surveillance system digital tools and platforms, with CHAI Digital Health staff.
- M&E and impact analysis of integrated countryside digitalization (CIS) projects with CHAI Digital Health.
- Design and implementation of operational research projects related to surveillance, intervention effectiveness and entomology.
- Regular review and analysis of data for decision making.
- Thoughtful partnership and support to interpret analytical results for internal and external communication, ensuring appropriate data management practices and rigorous statistical analysis are conducted.
Team management and collaboration with partners
- Manage, integrate, provide technical mentoring, supervision, guidance and training to a small team of junior and mid-level epidemiologists based across Africa; Provide advice, direction and mentoring to staff in the region.
- Assess and adapt staffing needs of African regional teams and multiple work streams.
- Contribute to the formulation of annual work plans in several countries.
- Work directly with technical teams, country teams and government staff to better integrate the use and analysis of epidemiological, entomological and programmatic data into routine programmatic activities at all levels of the health system.
- Cultivate and build relationships with academic institutions, NGOs and regional organizations working on data analysis or surveillance to inform malaria and NTD goals, which may include managing contracts with partners external.
Communication and knowledge management
- Lead documentation and monitoring and evaluation processes for CHAI analysis and monitoring work across Africa.
- Manage and develop resources and best practices to share lessons across teams; synthesize and disseminate results through high-quality presentations, reports and publications.
- Represent ICHA at external technical meetings, acting as the face of the organization to academic/technical partners in the region, including dissemination of results through high-quality presentations, reports and publications .
- Review and/or contribute to the development of technical sections of grant deliverables (presentations, programmatic reports, grant proposals, scoping documents).
- PhD or doctorate in public health, epidemiology or related field, or similar experience
- 7 years of professional experience related to the above responsibilities with increasing levels of responsibility and leadership
- Knowledge of malaria, NTDs and/or other major global infectious disease problems
- Enthusiasm about applying research methods to solve global health problems focused on malaria, NTDs, and/or other major global infectious disease concerns.
- Experience contributing to strategic planning through rigorous data utilization processes.
- Experience working with partners and mathematical or geospatial modeling results.
- Experience working and communicating with government officials, multilateral organizations and other external partners.
- Proven experience leading teams of mid- and junior-level technical staff.
- Demonstrated experience managing multiple epidemiological projects in various countries
- At least 2 peer-reviewed scientific publications in the fields of epidemiology, infectious disease control and/or biostatistics
- Experience in designing, conducting and analyzing epidemiological surveys.
- Experience in assessing, collaborating and strengthening disease surveillance systems
- Exceptional skills in epidemiological analysis of health data and application of analytics to decision-making
- Previous experience performing statistical and geospatial analyzes of health data using R, QGIS, or other software packages (ArcMap, STATA, Python, etc.)
- High proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Internet applications.
- Ability to work independently in remote and unstructured environments and adapt to new environments and challenges
- Ability to collaborate and function within a multicultural team
- Experience working in fast-paced, performance-oriented environments.
- Exceptional written and oral communication skills
- Willingness to travel a lot (around 30%)
- Fluency in English.
Benefits
- Experience programming and/or using monitoring platforms (e.g., DHIS2), data collection tools (e.g., ODK), and/or data visualization applications (e.g., Tableau )
- Experience living or working in Africa
- Linguistic skills in French and/or Portuguese.
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