Country

Ghana

Type

Full Time

Program (Division)

Other – Program

Additional Location Description

Flexible to program country in sub-Saharan Africa or the following countries with an SCD burden – subject to country leadership approval: Benin, Cameroon, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Uganda, or Zambia.

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 to dramatically reduce the price of life-saving drugs and increase 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 many skills and life experiences. CHAI is deeply grounded in our countries, with most of our staff based in program countries. Learn more about our exciting work: http://www.clintonhealthaccess.org

 

CHAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer 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 the leadership and contributions of people with diverse experiences, backgrounds, and cultures best advance our mission.

 

Program and Position Overview

 

The global number of people living with sickle cell disease (SCD) reached as high as 7.74M in 2021, with an estimated 515,000 infants born with SCD that year alone. In 2021, almost 400,000 people living with SCD died from related causes. Without care, 50 to 90 percent of children with SCD will die within the first five years of life. SCD was recently ranked 12th across all causes of death under five, reinforcing its unquestionable disease burden and its unenviable place among one of the world’s most neglected diseases.

The Program at this stage has three objectives.

 

1. Accelerate access to comprehensive SCD care through transformational and sustainable service delivery approaches in Ghana, India, and Nigeria.
2. Improve local and global access to relevant diagnostics and hydroxyurea and, linked to that, reduce prices for the same through market-shaping activities.
3. Strengthen the SCD ecosystem to improve and sustain quality SCD care and reduce financial and other risks to health ministries, donors, and other key stakeholders.

CHAI seeks a highly qualified Senior Program manager to coordinate all aspects of this program and work closely with cross-cutting CHAI teams, country teams, and key external partners and donors to ensure CHAI delivers on all the program goals. The following list summarizes these metrics:

 

1. Number of children under five screened, diagnosed, enrolled, initiated, and retained in care and treated with quality-assured hydroxyurea.
2. Quality-assured, affordable diagnostics commodities and hydroxyurea are registered in-country.
3. Support national SCD sustainability goals and expand international donor investments.

 

The individual must have outstanding organizational and program management skills and a track record for managing complex, international workstreams. They must be able to create and manage work plans, monitor and report on program milestones, timelines, and deliverables, and execute risk mitigation plans when and where appropriate.

 

The individual must have excellent written and oral communication skills in English, demonstrate strong diplomatic capabilities, exhibit leadership in a multicultural professional setting, and have proven analytic skills. The Senior Program Manager must be able to support the engagement and management of a broad array of external relationships, generate and finalize donor progress reports, and manage and report on complex budgets.

 

CHAI values personal qualities such as proactivity, resourcefulness, responsibility, tenacity, independence, entrepreneurship, trustworthiness, a strong work ethic, and the ability to excel in a remote or decentralized work environment.

 

The Senior Manager will report to CHAI’s Global Health Research Fellow. Base location is flexible to a CHAI program country in sub-Saharan Africa or the following countries with an SCD burden – subject to country leadership approval: Benin, Cameroon, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Nigeria, or Zambia. Travel up to ~25% can be expected.

• Lead program management and reporting for the SCD program with support from their supervisor.
• Manage, coordinate, and develop inputs for routine reporting and donor updates, as well as ad hoc reporting needs, including requesting, reviewing, and consolidating inputs across numerous CHAI teams.
• Support the SCD Leadership Team in fostering a collaborative environment by facilitating information sharing, drafting agendas and meeting slides, supporting meeting planning, taking and organizing notes and follow-ups, etc.
• Ensure strong working relationships with key stakeholders across government and non-governmental organizations, working on relevant SCD sustainability goals.
• Support strategic collaborations with numerous internal teams and stakeholders, donor(s), and other external stakeholders to advance Program goals and facilitate cross-organizational coordination and execution.
• Develop clear presentations and reports to share findings and recommendations for internal and external audiences.
• Represent CHAI effectively in presentations and forums on SCD.
• Work with their program supervisor to evolve responsibilities as The Program demands.
• Any other tasks assigned by the supervisor

In addition to those capabilities listed above:

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent plus ten years work experience; Advanced Degree or equivalent plus eight years work experience; or equivalent work experience.
• Experience managing complex programs and providing strategic guidance or supporting business strategies in fields pertinent to global health.
• Strong interpersonal and stakeholder engagement skills, with proven ability to build and maintain strong relationships in a diverse environment.
• Previous experience managing and leading teams to deliver high-impact results.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• High proficiency in Microsoft Office, project management tools such as MS Project or Smartsheet, and robust data visualization skills.
• Exceptional problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.
• Able to identify and pursue high-impact strategies in an evolving environment.

Advantages:

• Extensive knowledge of Sickle Cell Disease.

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