When CHAI was founded, many viewed this goal as unreasonable because health systems in poor countries were too weak and prices of relevant drugs and diagnostic tests were too high.CHAI played a leadership role, working alongside governments and other partners, to lower the costs of treatment and help build the in-country systems necessary to provide lifesaving treatment to millions of people. Since then, CHAI has pursued several similarly ambitious goals, from scaling up pediatric AIDS treatment in order to achieve equity with adults in a timeframe few thought possible, to rapidly accelerating the rollout of new vaccines. CHAI has achieved many of its most important successes when seeking to fundamentally change the way the world approaches an issue and pushing the boundaries of what is considered feasible in global health. OUR VALUES We are driven by a set of values that are fundamental to our work and that support our change-oriented agenda. CHAI doesn’t implement stand-alone programs, nor does it build parallel health systems. Rather CHAI works at the invitation of governments to strengthen and sustain their own capacity to provide long-term healthcare to their citizens. In South Africa, for example, CHAI is supporting the government to expand antiretroviral treatment to more than 2.3 million people and to test over 15 million people for HIV in the next two years. We work with urgency. People are dying unnecessarily from AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis (TB), and other treatable diseases; the world often responds too slowly. We understand that the faster we act the more lives can be saved.
- Experience 10 years
- Location Nigeria
Position Overview
- CHAI’s Global Vaccines team is seeking a dynamic leader and program lead to manage responsibilities covering enhancing immunization service delivery to increase the number of children and adolescents immunized, reaching the underserved and reaching cohorts at new time points and across the life course. The Senior Manager, Immunization Service Delivery & Gender will manage a small team of 2–3 people to provide strategic and implementation support to ~15 focus countries in Sub Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia, and influence global practices on implementing sustainable and equitable vaccination programs. This is an opportunity to join a fast-paced, energized, matrixed team focused on implementing lasting, transformational impact in the global vaccines delivery space.
As Part Of The Global Vaccines Team, And In Collaboration With a Small Team Of Direct Reports, Regional Managers, And Country And Program Leadership, The Position Will
- Drive program and grant management, (ii) lead CHAI’s vaccines program in the area of Immunization Service Delivery (SD) & Gender
- Provide strategic and programmatic support for the design and implementation of work in countries
- Improve national and global practices and policies related to service delivery and gender
- Support integration in service delivery approaches.
The Senior Manager’s work will help to achieve and sustain immunization program outcomes and will also serve as a blueprint to identify powerful interventions to improve health systems which could be adapted for other primary health care programs.
Location: Base location is flexible for this position, with a strong preference for one of CHAI’s Vaccine Program focus countries in Africa or Asia, subject to country leadership approval and work authorization.
Responsibilities
Drive SD program and grant management, in collaboration with program and country leadership
- Develop, support and manage a team of ~2-3 global associates/technical advisors on the SD team, to drive team effectiveness and engagement across the portfolio;
- Support development of program-wide and country-specific objectives, strategies and milestones regarding new vaccine introductions;
- In collaboration with country team and regional managers, regularly assess progress against program objectives in areas of focus;
- Help prepare high-quality briefings for donors and CHAI management, including achievements to date, key risks & opportunities, and action plan going forward; effectively manage donor relationships.
Lead CHAI’s vaccines program in immunization service delivery and gender, in collaboration with program and country leadership
- Develop/update CHAI’s strategy and thought leadership related to immunization service delivery and gender, both at global and country level, to increase CHAI’s effectiveness and impact;
- Support fundraising and grant proposal and budget development in line with CHAI’s strategy, model, competitive priorities and capabilities, both at country and global level;
- Foster horizontal collaboration across Global Vaccine Delivery subteams to ensure SD interventions are leveraged to support other CHAI’s vaccine delivery objectives (e.g. improving vaccine cold chain and supply chain, introducing new vaccines, supporting sub-national level management systems, ensuring successful transition from Gavi support, leveraging immunization to support primary health care strengthening etc.); putting in place appropriate mechanisms to ensure cross-fertilization across these objectives;
- Foster collaboration with other CHAI teams, including Vaccines Markets Team, Digital Health, Analytics & Implementation Research etc. to align strategic activities between service delivery and other relevant health interventions.
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Provide strategic and programmatic leadership for the design and implementation of work in focus countries to dramatically and sustainably enhance service delivery at last mile, in collaboration with direct reports and Regional Managers
- Support ramp up of new workstreams and new focus countries, and strengthen capabilities of existing programs, leveraging institutional knowledge from CHAI;
- Contribute to the design, planning and implementation of high-impact work with country teams to achieve high and sustainable coverage of new and routine vaccines in CHAI focus countries. Projects to support will include:
- Diagnose supply- and demand- side service delivery bottlenecks and developing strategies and interventions for improvement;
- Re-design service delivery strategies for reaching unvaccinated children;
- Develop robust monitoring and evaluation frameworks in which to assess impact of interventions;
- Support governments in codifying results for advocacy to affect policy and practice changes;
- Support governments in designing strategies for scale up;
- Drive continuous development and effective dissemination and use of programmatic “toolkits” and “playbooks”, lessons learned, and other know-how related to immunization service delivery across CHAI’s vaccines program focus countries. Elements of the toolkits may include, but are not limited to:
- Resource allocation and strategic planning for equitable immunization programs;
- Promising practices and lessons learned from reaching underserved populations;
- Technical support (tools, information and lessons learned developed across CHAI’s work) provided to country governments and partners and through global mechanisms that support immunization service delivery;
- Demonstrate impact and support countries to plan for scale and sustainability of high-impact work, including transition of successful practices to national government leadership.
Improve national and global practices and policies related to new vaccine introductions, in collaboration with direct reports and program leadership
- Develop productive relationships with key stakeholders (e.g., WHO, Gavi, BMGF, UNICEF, PATH, JSI, VillageReach, Jhpiego) and foster effective exchange of know-how with partners;
- Become a respected and trusted thought leader in this area of focus within CHAI and within the global immunization community;
- Disseminate CHAI’s programmatic insights into the global immunization community and inform global policies and country practices beyond CHAI focus countries, including through Global working groups (e.g., EPI manager meetings, WHO hosted regional meetings, antigen specific global working groups, etc.).
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent plus 10 years work experience; or Advanced Degree or equivalent plus 8 years work experience; or equivalent work experience in a fast-paced, demanding environment
- Exceptional Technical, Program and People Management, including:
- Proven team management skills with demonstrated ability to develop, coach, and mentor people as well as to drive motivation and achievement of ambitious goals and targets
- Demonstrated project management skills, including end-to-end strategic design and implementation
- Ability to manage multiple complex workstreams/tasks/priorities in a high-pressure, ambiguous, and often changing environment
- Excellent Strategic Thinking and Problem-Solving:
- Outstanding problem-solving, strategic thinking and analytical skills
- Ability to design, drive and adapt long term strategies across various complex and ambiguous (country) settings
- Developed strategic perspective with a simultaneous ability to focus on the details
- Excellent Communication and Relationship Management:
- Excellent communicator: both written and verbal
- Ability to deliver clear, compelling syntheses, actionable recommendations, and decisions to a broad range of audiences
- Excellent interpersonal skills, with ability to work effectively in a multicultural and often remote environment
- Proven track record of developing, maintaining and strengthening effective working relationships remotely
- Team Culture + Leadership:
- Entrepreneurial and result-oriented mindset, including ability to work independently, self-motivate
- Ability to propose, implement and achieve new initiatives and ambitious targets
- Strong commitment to CHAI’s and the team’s mission; dedicated team player
- Ability to travel extensively (at least 35% of the time) to focus countries and other locations as needed for work.
Advantages
- Knowledge of vaccines, health systems strengthening, and/or service delivery at facility and community level, and/or primary health care systems
- Experience in stakeholder and partner management in fast-paced environment
- Experience in a top tier management consulting firm
- Experience working with government and in developing countries, notably in Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia
- Professional proficiency in a second language of a vaccine program country.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified? Go to Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) on careers-chai.icims.com to apply
