Cameroon: Analyst, Health Financing

Founded in 2002 by President William J. Clinton, the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) is a global health organization committed to strengthening integrated health systems around the world and expanding access to care and treatment for HIV/AIDS, malaria and other illnesses. Based on the premise that business oriented strategy can facilitate solutions to global health challenges, CHAI acts as a catalyst to mobilize new resources and optimize the impact of these resources to save lives, via improved organization of commodity markets and more effective local management. By working in association with governments and other NGO partners, CHAI is focused on large scale impact and, to date, CHAI has secured lower pricing agreements for treatment options in more than 70 countries. In addition, CHAI's teams are working side-by-side with over 30 governments to tackle many of the largest barriers to effective treatment and care.

Since 2007, CHAI has been supporting the Government of Cameroon to introduce and scale up lifesaving pediatric and second line treatments for HIV as well as helping to strengthen HIV laboratory systems and improving malaria diagnostics and treatment and recently, CHAI has been working to strengthen Cameroon's vaccines program. At the request of the Ministry of Health, CHAI began a formal sustainable health financing program in Cameroon in 2014.

CHAI is looking for a Health Financing Analyst to continue the implementation of this program. The vision of the program will be to assist the Government of Cameroon to reach its goal of universal health coverage. This will be achieved by supporting the Ministry of Health to develop an evidence base and use this evidence to make key decisions and to advocate for health priorities with the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economic Planning and donors.

The analyst will be part of an established team in Cameroon that works very closely with the Ministry of Health, interacting on a regular basis with government officials, donors, NGOs and civil society.

• Support the identification of critical hurdles to improving the sustainability of health financing, both short-term and long-term;
• Develop models to quantify financial resource gaps across the health sector;
• Research and evaluate existing and potential innovative financing mechanisms to support the MOH in resource mobilization;
• Support the MOH to use analyses to better advocate for health priorities with government bodies and donors;
• Support the development of GFATM and other donor applications;
• Work daily with government officials at national and sub-national levels throughout planning and implementation phases to ensure skills transfer and government ownership, and provide technical support as needed; and
• Manage the development and maintenance of market intelligence databases, quantitative models and forecasts
• Present analytical findings to internal and external audiences

• Perform other tasks as necessary

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent plus 3 years work experience or advanced degree or equivalent plus 2 year work experience;

• Very strong quantitative and analytical skills, including experience working in Excel and budgeting;

• Strong organizational and problem solving skills;

• Ability to multi-task and to be effective in high-pressure situations;

• Ability to work independently on complex projects;

• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build professional relationships;

• High levels of proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and internet applications.

• Fluency in spoken and written English and French is a must.

  Personal qualities including resourcefulness, entrepreneurialism, flexibility, independence, humility and strong work ethic.

• Detail-oriented with strong organization and time-management skills

• Strong diplomatic and interpersonal skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• High level of proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, PowerPoint and Word

• Advantages:

• Technical experience in health economics;

• Management consulting or other relevant private and public sector experience;

• Experience working on health related issues in resource-limited settings;

• Relevant experience working in a multi-cultural setting;

• Knowledge of health systems strengthening and/or global healthcare systems;

• Understanding of principles of health economics and related quantitative methodologies

• Understanding of Global Fund concept note development process as well as other donor funding mechanisms and processes; and

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