Associate, Malaria
Job Description
Position: Associate, Malaria
Location: Democratic Republic of Congo, La Gombe, Kinshasa
Job Type: Fulltime
Contract Type: Fixed-Term
Overview:
The Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. (CHAI) is a global health organization committed to our mission of 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 sustain high-quality health systems.
CHAI was founded in 2002 in response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic with the goal of dramatically reducing the price of life-saving drugs and increasing access to these medicines in the countries with the highest burden of the disease. Over the following two decades, CHAI has expanded its focus. Today, along with HIV, we work in conjunction with our partners to prevent and treat infectious diseases such as COVID-19, malaria, tuberculosis, and hepatitis. Our work has also expanded into cancer, diabetes, hypertension, and other non-communicable diseases, and we work to accelerate the rollout of lifesaving vaccines, reduce maternal and child mortality, combat chronic malnutrition, and increase access to assistive technology. We are investing in horizontal approaches to strengthen health systems through programs in human resources for health, digital health, and health financing. With each new and innovative program, our strategy is grounded in maximizing sustainable impact at scale, ensuring that governments lead the solutions, that programs are designed to scale nationally, and 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 individuals across 40 countries with a broad range of skillsets and life experiences. CHAI is deeply grounded in the countries we work in, with majority of our staff based in program countries. Learn more about our exciting work: https://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 by the leadership and contributions of people with diverse experience, backgrounds, and culture.
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, (DRC) since 2017, CHAI supports the government of DRC to sustainably reduce malaria morbidity and mortality through the scale-up of evidence based, high-quality and effective interventions for surveillance, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. CHAI’s initial malaria control effort in DRC set to advance the development of operational guidance for the scale up of pre-referral rectal artesunate (RAS) treatment for severe malaria among children under five in hard-to-reach communities. As a scale up of its Malaria scope of work, CHAI aims to strengthen data reporting, data analysis, and disease surveillance, including the integration of reporting of private health facilities, community health workers as well as entomological and intervention data. The CHAI malaria program also encompasses support to the National Malaria Program (NMCP) and key stakeholders in DRC for effective coverage of high-quality, context-appropriate prevention, case management and vector control interventions at national, sub-national and community levels.
As such, CHAI is seeking a highly motivated individual with outstanding technical capabilities to play a key role in the development and implementation of an effective program to fight against Malaria in the DRC for the role of Associate. The Associate will participate in shaping the strategy, driving success, and providing technical input to an exciting portfolio of work in DRC reinforcing the strong relationships built with and across all stakeholders and ensuring that expected deliverables and targets are achieved.
Overview of Role:
Reporting to the CHAI DRC’s Malaria Program Manager, the Associate will benefit from working with a strong internal team and building on the deep and dynamic relationships that CHAI DRC has cultivated with government partners and the Ministry of Health (MoH) and its partners, shaping the future direction of CHAI’s support to and partnership with the government of DRC. S/he will work with a range of partners and subject matter experts and will have deep personal commitment to producing results, the skills to navigate political situations, and patience and optimism even in the face of daunting challenges.
Associate will have a deep personal commitment to producing results and be able to work independently to drive implementation. They must be a highly motivated, entrepreneurial individual with outstanding analytical, problem-solving, organizational, relationship and team management, and communication skills. The Associate will have strong quantitative analysis skills and exceptional ability to communicate nuanced and complex technical information clearly and concisely. They must exhibit the capacity to facilitate high-level strategic discussions with a multi-cultural, multidisciplinary set of actors, and a willingness to provide support to different tasks large or small.
The position will be based in Kinshasa, DRC with limited domestic travel and occasional international travel (5-10%).
Responsibilities:
- Provide technical assistance to the malaria country team to refine approaches for technical support to MoH and NMCP across all malaria interventions.
- Provide expert technical guidance and capacity building including support for the implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of the Anchor grant.
- Provide technical support and guidance to the implementation of malaria control activities including but not limited to strengthening surveillance systems, promoting the use of data for decision-making, targeting, and prioritization of case management and vector control interventions, and integrated community case management.
- Support the development of country-specific government strategies, roadmaps, and costed work plans for malaria.
- Work with CHAI colleagues and governments to cost strategies, identify and prioritize resource gaps, and develop new funding proposals for the national government.
- Contribute to the formulation, review, and provide feedback on technical deliverables, which may include strategic plans, guidelines, grant proposals, donor reporting, or implementation updates.
- Contribute to the design and implementation of monitoring and evaluation to measure progress towards malaria goals (analysis of key indicators, design, and implementation of monitoring and evaluation of surveillance platforms, etc.).
- Monitor program activities against project goals and donor commitments, identify operational bottlenecks or weaknesses and work collaboratively with CHAI country and global teams to achieve exceptional results on aggressive timelines.
- Identify new opportunities within and outside the initial project scope, anticipate risks, and be proactive in responding to them.
- Support CHAI teams with the development of programmatic reports for government and donor reporting, as well as concept notes or other external communication products.
- Perform any other duties as requested by management.
Qualifications and Experience
- Master’s degree in public health, Epidemiology or related field strongly preferred.
- Written and spoken fluency in French and English
- Minimum of 5 years of work experience with increasing levels of responsibility and leadership
- Exceptional problem-solving solving skills and analytical capabilities
- Experience in strategy development, planning, and project implementation
- Demonstrated ability to learn quickly, connect the dots and act upon technical information and translate scientific knowledge into actionable insights for decision-making.
- Experience in capacity building, mentorship, and management of teams
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, with strong spoken and written English, and skill in making persuasive presentations and written reports
- Exceptional attention to detail
- Experience working and communicating with government officials and multilateral organizations.
- High levels of proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Ability to work independently in unstructured settings and to adapt to new environments and challenges
- Ability to effectively scope problems, anticipate and pre-empt emerging issues, and make decisions with conviction even in highly ambiguous contexts
- Willingness to travel domestically and for occasional international meetings and conferences
Advantages:
- Knowledge of malaria, disease elimination or other global infectious disease priorities
- Previous experience working in malaria project/program
- Previous experience working in DRC
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