Country

Cameroon

Program (Division)

Country Programs - Cameroon

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 with the goal of dramatically reducing the price of life-saving drugs and increasing 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 a broad range of skillsets and life experiences. CHAI is deeply grounded in the countries we work in, with majority of our staff based in program countries. Learn more about our exciting work: http://www.clintonhealthaccess.org

CHAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and is 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 our mission is best advanced by the leadership and contributions of people with diverse experience, backgrounds, and culture.

Overview of Role

This Associate will support efforts in Cameroon to deliver the objectives of the EPI program, under the guidance and direction of the Program Manager and other team members. The Associate will manage different components of the program and engage with national and sub-national stakeholders in cross-cutting disease programs and MOH departments. The Associate will provide both strategic and technical support to MoH relevant departments to meet project-specific objectives and milestones within stipulated timeframes, working closely with CHAI’s Global Vaccines Delivery team.

The position will be based in Yaoundé with domestic travel expected. For qualified candidates, the team may consider this a Senior Associate position. 

• Support implementation of Vaccines projects to strengthen NIP/EPI capacity and management and to meet donor objectives and timelines, including development of reports to donors
• Support the development of guidelines, workplans, budgets and other materials for key activities
• Support vaccine’s portfolio team and MoH in developing and implementing the programme ensuring for supporting improvements in strengthening management and governance, service delivery, supply chain, and other Routine Immunization aspects
• Optimize program management dashboards and existing implementation and reporting mechanisms in alignment with broader immunisation program strategy laid out by MoH and vaccine’s program outcomes to facilitate effective oversight and management, encompassing key input, processes, output, and outcome indicators.
• Conceptualise effective measurement mechanisms and lead the implementation of a Monitoring & Evaluation framework at the EPI through the Vaccine’s team.
• Conceptualize, design, and coordinate program impact and progress evaluation surveys
• Assimilate and triangulate information from multiple sources such as DHIS2, IHME, MNCH datasets, other health data sets, other non-health government data sets, localised datasets, and surveys to monitor performance and inform strategy refresh
• Significantly contribute to internal and external capacity building initiatives by the team for improving data handling and decision-making competencies of target trainee cohorts
• Significantly contribute to documentation of programme progress through reports, presentations, and templates for effective internal use and dissemination of reports at state and national levels
• Collaborate with government to ensure skills transfer and government ownership, identify the most critical hurdles to scaling up, and develop innovative strategies to address them
• Travel on short notice to the various parts of the country
• Undertake any other duties as requested by the Programme Manager

• Master's/Bachelor's degree in operations research, statistics, economics, or allied areas
• 6+ years of relevant work experience in public health demographics, M&E, advanced analytics, big data, and related fields
• Deep understanding of DHIS2 and other health data sets
• Prior experience in survey design, sampling, and running field assessments
• Proficiency in advance statistical methods and data analysis using STATA, SPSS, SAS, R, and other statistical packages
• High level of proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
• Demonstrated ability to build strong professional relationships with a range of stakeholders in a challenging, multi-cultural environment
• Excellent analytical (qualitative and quantitative) and communication (written and verbal) skills
• Entrepreneurial mind-set, including ability to work independently, self-motivate, and propose and implement new initiatives
• Ability to think strategically, handle ambiguity, and problem solve in a fast-paced, limited-structure
• Fluency in English and French

Preferred

• Experience of M&E in a public-health context
• Proficiency in analytical tools such as Tableau, Power BI, Databricks, etc.
• Strong understanding of immunization/public health context
• Support the implementation of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems to measure the impact of Vaccines programs and assess progress against project goals on a regular basis in coordination with the Program Manager
• Develop influential presentation materials that work for varying audiences

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