Program Officer - Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI)

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Country: Tanzania
City: Dar es Salaam
Type: Secondee – Full Time (eligible for benefits)
Business Unit: Country Programs - Country Teams

Overview:
The Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) works in partnership with country governments, partners, and other major stakeholders to identify the key obstacles to access and scale-up of essential health services and to develop sustainable strategies to overcome them. CHAI's solution-oriented approach focuses on improving market dynamics for medicines and diagnostics; lowering prices for treatment; accelerating access to life-saving vaccines and technologies; and helping governments build the capacity required for high-quality care and treatment programs.
In 2012, CHAI- Tanzania launched a vaccine program to apply the techniques it has used successfully to improve access to HIV/AIDS and malaria treatment in developing countries to essential vaccines, one of the most cost-effective public health interventions. CHAI's Vaccine Program aims to Increase the speed and efficiency with which new vaccines are introduced and reach scale in developing countries; Transform vaccine delivery systems for greater effectiveness, efficiency, and readiness for the future; and¨Reduce prices of vaccines and other immunization-related commodities.

CHAI are seeking a highly motivated individual with outstanding problem-solving, management, synthesis, and communication skills. The candidate must be able to function independently and flexibly, have deep personal commitment to producing results, and have the demonstrated ability to own projects end-to-end.

Responsibilities:
Seconded to the immunization and Vaccine department, the candidate is expected to

• Support Immunization and Vaccine Department (IVD) develop and implement methods to assess the progress and impact of interventions on immunization programs
• Support IVD to develop necessary framework processes, and where possible tools to carry out effective monitoring and evaluation of the program including ongoing engagement with regional immunization and vaccine officers to ensure M&E data required for key global immunization initiatives is collected and consolidated on a routine and timely basis at a central level
• Liaise with unit heads and provide the IVD program manager with regular program progress and performance reports, which synthesize and communicate main findings and recommendations
• Liaise with various implementing partners to capture key lesson from innovations done and feedback these to the program for improvement in program performance
• Where possible, disseminate relevant findings and lessons through a variety of channels, including oral presentations, abstracts, newsletters and articles
• Build technical and general capacity for Monitoring and Evaluation within IVD
• Contribute monitoring and evaluation components to the development of proposals, program reports required for global and major donors

Qualifications:

• Master's degree and a minimum of 2 years work experience in an M&E role
• Excellent organization skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the capacity to synthesize monitoring and evaluation data into an effective presentation of results and recommendations
• Excellent knowledge of program monitoring and evaluation methods (qualitative and quantitative), including experience developing monitoring and evaluation plans, tools and summary forms
• Exceptional diplomatic and interpersonal skills, with an ability to build durable relationships and influence without authority¨
• Exceptional ability to work independently, to think strategically, and to develop and execute plans to achieve specified impact with limited guidance and oversight, including an ability to multi-task and be effective in high-pressure situations
• Excellent quantitative, problem solving, analytical and statistical analysis skills (including proficiency in Microsoft Excel or other data-analysis software)

Plus

• Knowledge and/or experience of Previous work in immunization program health supply chains¨and familiarity with vaccines space
• Previous work to support Ministry of Health and Social Welfare

How to Apply:
Follow this link to Apply: CHAI - Programme Officer

NOTE:
The recruiting organization (Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI)) has not specified a closing date for this vacancy. While we regularly check to ensure that this vacancy remains open, please visit the recruiting organization's website for its current status.