Analyst, Covid-19

Overview

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.

CHAI’s Vaccine Markets Team works with vaccine manufacturers and procurers, the Gavi Alliance and other global and reginal stakeholders to improve availability, affordability, and supply security of vaccines.

Inequalities in access to vaccines during the Covid-19 pandemic, have motivated efforts to establish a commercially sustainable vaccine manufacturing footprint in Africa. CHAI aims to help address this issue by applying the techniques it has used successfully in working with suppliers and procurers to optimize the African vaccine ecosystem.

In parallel, an African regional pooled procurement mechanism is currently being discussed by the Africa CDC, UNICEF, and others. To complement ongoing efforts, CHAI is evaluating the potential market impacts of regionalizing vaccine procurement at the level of different antigen markets and assessing potential transition scenarios to a regional procurement entity in Africa.

Responsibilities

The Vaccine Markets team is seeking a short term analyst to support the market impact assessment of regionalizing vaccine procurement in Africa. We are seeking a highly motivated individual with outstanding analytical, strategic, communication and teamwork skills. The successful candidate will adhere to the core CHAI values of resourcefulness, entrepreneurialism, flexibility, independence, humility, and work ethic. The analyst will report to the Program Manager, Regional Procurement Team. Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to the following:

• Support benefit-risk assessment of adopting a regional procurement model for different antigen markets using qualitative and quantitative data analytics.
• Support the assessment of potential transition scenarios to a regional procurement entity in Africa.
• Support the development of communication materials including a public facing report on the outcomes and learnings from this work.
• Support preparations of presentations, reports, and other analyses to inform global policy and increase the evidence base for high-impact interventions.
• Any other duties as required.

Qualifications

• Analytical – You are comfortable working with large amounts of quantitative and qualitative data and effectively extracting logical conclusions and recommendations from this analysis.
• Insightful – You draw cogent conclusions from large amounts of analysis, sharing what is relevant for real-world challenges faced in the vaccine markets.
• Intellectually Curious – You proactively seek out knowledge and are interested in developing innovative solutions rather than accepting existing strategies or statements at face-value.
• Practical – You demonstrate judgment in how you allocate your efforts when balancing multiple priorities, focusing on the most decision-critical aspects, and dynamically changing these priorities as required.
• Communicative – You respectfully and effectively navigate varied and sensitive stakeholder environments.
• Responsible – You take pride and ownership in your work and have high standards for what you produce, creating rigorous analysis that can stand up to the scrutiny of internal and external parties.
• Passionate – You are passionate about improving vaccine markets.

Requirements

• Minimum bachelor’s degree with strong academic performance
• Clear strategic/structured thinker with very strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Ability to work independently and effectively in a high-performance, dynamic environment and handle multiple priorities simultaneously
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with ability to work effectively in a multi-cultural and remote environment
• High level of proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
• English language fluency, both written and verbal

Advantages

• Experience working remotely with a decentralized team
• Experience in vaccines, biotechnology, or pharmaceuticals
• Experience working in or supporting low- and middle-income countries
• Prior knowledge or experience of global health partners within the vaccine ecosystem