Technical Advisor, Malaria Analytics, Surveillance and Technology at Clinton Health Access Initiative - , West, Central & East Africa

Clinton Health Access Initiative - Founded in 2002, by President William J. Clinton and Ira Magaziner, the Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. (“CHAI”) is a global health organization committed to strengthening integrated health systems and expanding access to care and treatment in the developing world. CHAI’s solution-oriented approach focuses on improving market dynamics for medicines and diagnostics; lowering prices for treatment; accelerating access to lifesaving technologies; and helping governments build the capacity required for high-quality care and treatment programs.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Technical Advisor, Malaria Analytics, Surveillance and Technology, West, Central and East Africa

Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Job Type: Full Time
Program (Division): Infectious Disease - Global Malaria

Overview of Role

• CHAI is seeking a highly motivated individual with strong public health experience, strong analytical skills and project management experience to manage and support the existing as well as new surveillance and analytics scope of work across West, Central and East Africa. The aim of this support is to ensure that National Malaria Programs and Ministries of Health are using robust evidence to inform their strategic and operational decision-making to accelerate efforts towards malaria country goals.
• The individual will work with team members across CHAI’s Global, Regional and Country Malaria Teams and will therefore need to possess strong communication and organizational skills. It is expected that the Technical Advisor will need to collaborate with government programs, academics and public health agencies to ensure CHAI’s work is complementary and not duplicative. CHAI places great value on relevant personal qualities including resourcefulness, tenacity, independence, patience, humility, and strong work ethic.
• This position will be ideally based in Abuja, Nigeria; or other countries within West Africa based on country leadership approvals.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a technical advisor and thought leader to CHAI’s regional malaria team;
• Proactively review existing evidence and conduct analyses on primary and secondary data to evaluate effectiveness of the current operations, and identify potential approaches or strategies to accelerate progress;
• Provide technical mentorship, supervision, training and ongoing support to a small team of junior epidemiologists and other staff members based in the region and involved in surveillance assessments, rollout of surveillance tools and processes, monitoring and evaluation of existing activities, study implementation and all data analysis tasks;
• Manage multiple analytical projects related to malaria epidemiology, intervention and surveillance, and other programmatic decisions;
• Provide high-quality analytical support to CHAI country teams, government staff, and relevant partners, which includes:
• Oversee design (defining research questions, protocol development, survey and sampling design), implementation (formulating training material, training and monitoring survey data collectors), analysis and dissemination of operational research, with a focus on surveillance system assessments
• Help monitor and evaluate the performance of existing and new surveillance processes and platforms, and identify ways of improving them
• Work directly with governmental staff to better integrate epidemiological, entomological, and programmatic data use and analysis into routine programmatic activities at all levels of the health system
• Organize, clean, and integrate datasets; conduct statistical and spatial analyses
• Support rigorous evidence-based planning of intervention deployment, and design and implement monitoring and evaluation activities to measure impact
• Support the ongoing evaluation and iterative strengthening of the performance of community health workers programs
• Manage and develop resources and best practices to share lessons across teams, and synthesize and disseminate findings both internally and externally through high-quality presentations, reports, and publications
• Cultivate and establish relationships with other CHAI teams, government organizations, and regional and in-country partners working on data analysis or surveillance to inform elimination goals
• Represent CHAI at external technical meetings, acting as the face of our organization to academic/technical partners within the region
• Communicate technical concepts to non-technical partners and CHAI teams; and
• Any other tasks identified.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Public Health, Epidemiology or related field
• Fluent in English and French languages
• 3-5 years of working experience with increasing levels of responsibility and leadership, including in program and staff management
• Enthusiasm for applying research methods to solve global health problems
• Experience with designing, conducting, and analyzing epidemiological surveys
• Experience in evaluating, working with, and strengthening disease surveillance systems
• Experience in working and communicating with government officials and other external partners
• Exceptional skills in the epidemiological analysis of health data and the application of analyses for decision-making
• Statistical and geospatial analysis programming experience (including expertise with R, SAS, STATA, ArcGIS and/or other relevant software)
• High levels of proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and internet applications
• Ability to work independently in remote and unstructured settings and to adapt to new environments and challenges
• Ability to collaborate and operate as part of a multi-cultural team
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills
• Willingness to travel (50% of time)
• Experience living or working in high-risk countries

Advantages:

• Experience working with surveillance platforms (e.g. DHIS2) and data collection tools (e.g. ODK and Survey CTO)
• Experience working in fast-paced, output-oriented environments such as management consulting, investment banking or industry
• Experience living or working in resource-limited settings
• Experience working with a decentralized team.
• Knowledge of malaria and/or other major global infectious disease problems.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
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