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, while strengthening the capabilities of governments and the private sector in those countries to create and sustain high-quality health systems that can succeed without our assistance. For more information, please visit:http://www.clintonhealthaccess.org

The CHAI Zimbabwe Access program works to address demand-side barriers to access of essential health services and to foster a healthy marketplace with a goal of ensuring the sustainable supply of essential medicines at lower prices. CHAI Zimbabwe is a trusted advisor to the MoHCC, and works to contribute to an overarching goal of having the highest quality treatment available, at sustainable prices for all patients in the country.

The Associate will be responsible for supporting the Senior Manager, HIV/TB Diagnostics and Treatment and will support the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of all program activities as delegated. The Associate will provide supervision to staff working on the access to medicines programs designated by the Senior Manager for the budget and budget follow up for the Drug Access Program for CHAI in Zimbabwe.

The Associate with support from the Senior Manager, will define project documents, as well as plan for and assign resources to each project, ensure that the deadlines are met and will be responsible to quality –ensure all work before it is delivered to its client (MoHCC).

The Associate will work in close partnership with the Senior Manager and collaborate closely with other units in CHAI, and with the Ministry of Health and Child Care at various levels. The Associate will also be responsible for managing communication with external in country stakeholders relevant to the work.

The Associate will obtain practical PM experience under coaching from the Senior Manager. He/she should be able to plan and carry out individual work with minimal oversight and assist the Senior Manager in identifying discrete issues. The Associate should be able to develop presentable insights and recommendations with guidance and analyze and draw conclusions from data and present findings from analysis. He/she will be expected to manage the development and maintenance of databases and tools and be able to design approaches to collect data, improve processes. He/she will coordinate and establish credibility with internal and department head level external stakeholders.

• Develop program objectives and strategies together with the Senior Manager and Access team members, senior management and the MoHCC.
• Monitor and evaluate the program plan (objectives and strategies), and apply strategic and critical thinking to adjust as necessary depending on needs (new challenges to access to drugs, developing pharmaceutical landscape etc.).
• Ensure proper and realistic exit strategies (sustainability).
• Ensure capacity for MoHCC and other partners to take over and CHAI to move to other projects.
• Negotiate and reach agreement with MoHCC.
• Ensure each activity’s adherence to program plan and its objectives and strategies.
• Negotiate and reach agreements on new assignments with the National HIV and TB programmes, as well as other directorates and units as relevant.
• Develop project work plans with clear deliverables (objectively measurable indicators) and time lines.
• Ensure proper program budgeting through planning for sufficient and qualified resources and allocating them efficiently to each assignment.
• Follow progress on each assignment/project with the analysts and support as necessary.

Quality-assurance for assignments:

• Interrogate data, methods, results, as well presentation layout.
• Develop recommendations together with the analysts if necessary.
• Follow the pharmaceutical and public health landscape relevant for Zimbabwe and share with team and MoHCC all information that is necessary.
• Initiate ideas for new projects in line with the program objectives and the objectives of the MoHCC that will improve patients’ access to drugs.
• Liaise with other CHAI program managers, CHAI global teams, and other partners in order to share results, collaborate over certain projects etc.
• Budget for all activities and resources.
• Analyze budget expenditure and provide a monthly report to Senior Manager.

Human Resources Management:

• Support, motivate and assist the access team analyst members in all their assignments to ensure high quality output.
• Conduct regular performance evaluations of the access team analysts and ensure proper career development plans are in place for each team member.
• Provide a monthly situation report to the PM.
• Bi-weekly team meetings with analyst to support the team, lay direction.
• Weekly update meetings with PM (informative, sharing).
• Any other report or task as agreed with the Senior Manager.

Manuscript writing:

• Ensure the writing of all initial drafts of the Access Programs work for documentation and sharing at local and international meetings and conferences.
• Preparation of Access team data and information sharing materials (Powerpoints, reports etc).

Other responsibilities as needed.

• Master’s degree in Economics, Public Health, Procurement, Business or any related field strongly preferred; or Bachelor’s degree with exceptional experience;
• A minimum of five years’ professional experience in a private or public sector setting (i.e. public health) with increasing levels of responsibility and experience;
• Knowledge of health systems strengthening, and/or global healthcare systems;
• Strong analytical skills and advanced technical proficiency with MS Excel and PowerPoint (analytical skills and proficiency levels will be tested during recruiting process);
• Previous work experience in public health and/or similar private sector enterprises and/or in economics and public sector financing, particularly in the health sector and in Zimbabwe;
• Demonstrated strong analytical, organizational, leadership, and problem solving skills;
• Exceptional diplomatic and interpersonal skills, and able to build strong professional relationships with a range of stakeholders in a challenging, multi-cultural environment;
• Ability to work independently and effectively in high-pressure, fast-paced environment and handle multiple tasks simultaneously whilst mentoring a team to perform consistently;
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to prepare compelling presentations;
• High levels of proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and internet applications;
• English language fluency, both written and verbal;

Advantages:

• Experience managing demanding work plans and tight budgets;
• Demonstrated ability to work independently on complex projects and solve challenging problems with limited structural or operational support;
• Strategically minded, able to think creatively around long-term programme objectives and the detailed steps necessary to achieve these goals;
• Demonstrated ability to multi-task, be effective in high-pressure situations and adapt to fast-paced and changing environments with a strong commitment to excellence, both internally and externally, and with limited-structural support;
• Experience working with Zimbabwe country government;
• Management consulting or other relevant private and public sector experience.