Founded in 2002 by President William J. Clinton, the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) is a global health organization committed to strengthening integrated health systems around the world and expanding access to care and treatment for HIV/AIDS, malaria and other illnesses. Based on the premise that business oriented strategy can facilitate solutions to global health challenges, CHAI acts as a catalyst to mobilize new resources and optimize the impact of these resources to save lives, via improved organization of commodity markets and more effective local management. By working in association with governments and other NGO partners, CHAI is focused on large scale impact and, to date, CHAI has secured lower pricing agreements for treatment options in more than 70 countries. In addition, CHAI's teams are working side-by-side with over 30 governments to tackle many of the largest barriers to effective treatment and care.
CHAI started supporting Cameroon’s Ministry of Public Health in 2007 to scale up pediatric and adult second-line anti-retroviral therapy, through donation of lifesaving ARVs and diagnostics; as well as technical assistance for improving the quality of ART and laboratory systems to support HIV care and treatment. In recent years, CHAI has expanded its support to the Ministry of Public Health to other areas including malaria diagnosis and helping to introduce more effective new treatment for severe malaria, improving access to family planning, point of care diagnostics and mobile health technology (mhealth), and technical support for the Ministry of Health’s drive to sustainably fund healthcare. CHAI is now expanding its support into vaccines with a focus on supporting new vaccine introductions and improving vaccine delivery systems.
Vaccination is widely acknowledged as one of the most cost-effective and focused disease interventions. In addition, the unprecedented wave of new vaccines expected over the next decade has the potential to dramatically reduce the global burden of disease. Although Cameroon has made significant progress in the last decade in improving vaccine coverage and introducing new vaccines, many challenges remain. After several years without new cases, polio is now remerging and vaccine delivery systems need to be strengthened.
CHAI is launching a new vaccines program to support the Ministry of Public Health through its Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI). Our focus areas will be to support the EPI program in new vaccines introductions including planning, post-introduction reviews and evidence based decision making for new vaccines; and strengthening vaccine delivery systems including cold chain expansion and rehabilitation, improved stock management tools and processes, improved temperature control processes and enhanced vaccine distribution.
Based in Yaounde, Cameroon; Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) is looking for a highly qualified, very dynamic, energetic person with exceptional people skills and experience of working in challenging environments, to lead its new Cameroon vaccine program. This is a very demanding post which will prove to be very rewarding for the right candidate
Job Requirements
- Lead and Manage overall execution of Cameroon vaccines program according work plan
- Provide strategic and technical leadership for vaccine program
- Serve as the primary point person to the national EPI program
- Develop strong working relationships with key stakeholders in government, international partners, donors and NGOs, and ensure maximum coordination of resources and effort
- Take a lead in developing programmatic reports and engaging with the Government of Cameroon and partners
- Manage the vaccines team on a day to day basis including activity planning
- Working closely with the CHAI Global Vaccines Team to enlist support, capture emerging best practices and ensure alignment with global standards
- Take a leading role in strategic orientations for future program development.
- Lead in development of innovative approaches and tools as well as documentation and dissemination of best practices
- Performance-manage the overall vaccine program delivery taking corrective measures where necessary.
- Perform other tasks as necessary
- Master's degree in a scientific or health related discipline with 4 years relevant work experience
- Ability to work independently and effectively in high-pressure, fast-paced environment and handle multiple tasks simultaneously whilst mentoring a team to perform consistently
- Exceptional diplomatic and interpersonal skills, and ability to build strong professional relationships with a range of stakeholders in a challenging, multi-cultural environment
- Demonstrated strong analytical, organizational, leadership, and problem solving skills
- High levels of proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and internet applications
- Experience in a healthcare preferably a background in vaccines or related field
- Strong quantitative and problem solving skills; including proficiency at advanced Microsoft Excel
- Experience in the planning and execution of large scale projects; including budgeting and activity planning
- The ability to build relationships and influence stakeholders
- Experience structuring and leading evidence based decision making processes
- Proven track record working in challenging multi-stakeholder environments
- A structured and assured oral and written communication style
- Fluent in English and French
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