The Clinton Health Access recruits 01 Associate, Health Financing- Burkina Faso
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
Background:
After 24 years of relative stability, the political and security situation of Burkina Faso has gradually worsened since 2011. Recently, security threats from extremist groups in the Sahel have been dampening investment, tourism, and confidence in the State. Access to essential health care in general, and obstetrical, prenatal and neonatal services in particular, constitute a persisting policy challenge.
Health financing in Burkina Faso is fragmented, with a variety of health financing mechanisms and funds that are not always aligned, and could even be contradictory. The multiplicity of funding through various channels without strong coordination makes it difficult to obtain a global view of all actors and their interventions, and thus leads to gaps/duplication. These have a negative impact on health financing governance and contribute to weaken the country’s ambition when it comes to piloting and financing UHC.
CHAI has proposed to support the government in strengthening resource management and increasing visibility over current donor and government resources available. To achieve this, a Sustainable Health Financing team will be recruited consisting of a Program Manager and four (4) Health Financing Associates.
Position:
CHAI is seeking four highly motivated Associates with outstanding credentials and analytical ability to provide integrated support to the Ministry of Health. The Associates will be based at the Ministry of Health (MOH) and Ministry of Finance (MOF) in Ouagadougou and will interact with key stakeholders from the Government and the donor and international community in Burkina Faso.
The Associates must be fluent in French and have excellent relationship building and communication skills. They must be able to function independently with minimal oversight and have a strong commitment to excellence with a keen eye for detail. This position offers a unique opportunity to work closely with a Government committed to universal access to health care through historical and innovative reforms.
Drawing on a resource mapping approach CHAI has used across eight countries, CHAI will work with the MOH and MOF to develop a tailored, Excel-based, dynamic data collection tool that can be institutionalized within the government. The tool will include a detailed geographic and programmatic breakdown of data so that results can be used to better coordinate district programs. The MOH and MOF will ask stakeholders to validate the tool to ensure buy-in.
The resource mapping tool will be completed by all key development partners. In parallel, CHAI will, to the extent the information is available; quantify resource gaps by comparing the data collected on resources available to the estimated cost of the health sector strategies. Results will inform prioritization or resource allocation to under-funded, high-impact interventions.
The Government has an ambition to share results at the high-level Health Financing event. In that eventuality, the Government would be able to use the process to illustrate steps towards aid coordination at the event and share the results as a follow up to the event.
Please note that this is an unaccompanied post. CHAI will not be supporting relocation, housing and transportation for dependents & spouses of employees based in Burkina Faso, at this time.
Responsibilities
- Support the development of the resource mapping tool. Assist with data collection and analysis. This will include liaising with development partners in the collection of data, and interacting with the Program Manager on identifying the type and detail of data necessary, and how this maps to the data available from partners.
- Support the government to apply resource mapping results to identify gaps against strategic plans and guide the allocation of resources, as well as to strengthen planning processes and other government priorities
- Contribute to a resource mapping report to summarise methods and outputs for government and further dissemination
- Help disseminate results and work with government to encourage stakeholders to use the results for planning
- Other tasks assigned by the Program Manager
Experience / Training
- Bachelor’s degree with at least 3 years’ work experience in a demanding private sector or public health environment
- Self-starter with demonstrated experience launching new projects or initiatives
- Strong quantitative, presentation, and writing skills, including fluency in MS Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
- Excellent problem solving, analytical and quantitative skills
- Exceptional interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills, and an ability to build professional relationships with key stakeholders, negotiate and achieve consensus
- Ability to work on complex problems without extensive support and self-motivate
- Ability to react quickly to ad-hoc requests while managing an existing workload and meeting deadlines
- High level of proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
- Fluent in English and French, proficiency in both written and verbal
Advantages:
- Post graduate degree
- Experience working in management consulting, business strategy groups, investment banks, or similar fast-paced results-oriented environments
- Experience working with governments and international partners
- Previous work experience in sub-Saharan Africa
- Experience living or working in high-risk countries.
Salairy
Salary will be discussed during first interview.
Contact person
Please apply on CHAI’s career portal.