Overview
The Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. (CHAI) is a global health organization committed to saving lives and reducing the burden of disease in low-and middle-income countries, while strengthening the capabilities of governments and the private sector in those countries to create and sustain high-quality health systems that can succeed without our assistance. For more information, please visit: 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.
Program Summary
Every year over 300,000 mothers die from complications of pregnancy and childbirth with 99% of all maternal deaths occurring in the developing world. Unintended pregnancies also contribute significantly to maternal mortality. In developing countries, 214 million women and girls have an unmet need for contraception, meaning they want to avoid or postpone pregnancy but are not using a modern contraceptive method. CHAI takes an integrated Sexual, Reproductive, Maternal, and Newborn Health (SRMNH) approach to addressing these challenges, beginning with reaching adolescents with reproductive health education and services, and continues with supporting women through their reproductive years to ensure every woman is able to realize her reproductive intentions including: avoid unplanned pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, terminate a pregnancy safely under a country's legal framework, have a healthy pregnancy and childbirth, see her newborn thrive from birth to childhood, and space and limit births.
To reduce maternal and neonatal mortality at childbirth CHAI focuses on averting preventable deaths that can occur in the 24- to 48-hour window around the birth process by building the health system's capabilities to prevent potential complications from becoming life-threatening, to apply proven and simple interventions to ensure survival, and to quickly refer cases to the appropriate health system level for proper treatment. To reduce unintended pregnancies and increase access to safe abortion services, CHAI aims to increase access to essential reproductive health products and services in partnership with governments by pursuing global and country-focused market-shaping opportunities and in-country engagement around guidelines, registration, tendering, procurement and service delivery. In addition, CHAI aims to strengthen government health systems and build the capabilities of ministries of health to deliver robust, integrated reproductive health programs and to counsel adolescent girls and young women on SRH.
Underlying CHAI's approach is the development of effective, government-led management systems that serve as the backbone towards facilitating program implementation, supports transition and enables governments to sustain progress, while also providing for the continued growth and evolution of a country's SRMNH program. In particular, clear protocols for each level of the health system and routine data collection mechanisms that monitor key indicators are established and strengthened to enable managers to ensure clarity of roles and responsibilities, develop data-based long-term plans, pinpoint weaknesses in the system and troubleshoot challenges.
Position Summary
CHAI's Global Sexual and Reproductive Health (GSRH) Team is seeking an Associate to support CHAI GSRH supply chain needs in CHAI SRH focus countries, specifically in West/Central Africa (also potentially countries in East/South Africa or Asia depending on need). The base location is limited to a CHAI program country in Africa, with a strong preference for a country in West/Central Africa. Expected travel is 30%.
We are seeking a highly motivated individual with superior problem-solving skills who is resourceful, collaborative, and proficient in quantitative analysis to support coordinated global supply planning processes for SRH commodities, improve visibility into country funding gaps for procurement of SRH commodities, and strengthen country forecasts and supply plans.
The Associate will work closely with those on the Supplies Team within the GSRH team, require extensive collaboration with other members of the GSRH team and CHAI country teams, and will report to the Global SRH Senior Manager. The role will be a supply chain expert resource, and will be available to support CHAI country teams to improve country-level quantifications and supply plans. In addition, the role will interact with other key internal teams, including but not limited to the Global Maternal Health Team, the Global Markets Team (GMT), the Product Development and Regulatory Affairs Team (PDRA) and the Applied Implementation and Research Team (AIR).
As a member of the Consensus Planning Group (CPG) within the Global Family Planning VAN (GFPVAN), CHAI also works very closely with global and country stakeholders such as country governments, RHSC, USAID, UNFPA, JSI, GHSC-PSM, BMGF and others. With these partners, the Associate will support the expansion of the GFPVAN, a platform that supports stakeholder coordination of procurement of contraceptives, and supply of these products, to lower-middle income countries. The visibility the GFPVAN platform provides and the coordination CHAI supports helps prevent stock outs within countries, improve resource allocation and efficiency, and manage the allocation of products when demand exceeds supply. As part of the expansion of the GFPVAN, the Associate will support orientation of country stakeholders to the platform and routine coordination processes. The Associate will also provide critical country-level insight from CHAI country teams and develop analyses required to support the work of the GFPVAN group. Thus, the candidate must have excellent communication and relationship-building skills and have a proven ability to work well with others remotely.
Responsibilities
**Specific responsibilities of the Supply Chain Associate will include:**Global Supply Coordination
Country Supply Chain
Knowledge Management
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Qualifications
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