Background: Founded in 2002 by President William J. Clinton and Ira Magaziner, the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) is a global health organization committed to saving lives, reducing the burden of disease and strengthening integrated health systems in low and middle income countries. CHAI’s solution-oriented approach focuses on improving market dynamics for medicines and diagnostics; lowering prices for treatment; accelerating access to lifesaving technologies; and helping governments build the capacity required for delivering high-quality health services. CHAI does not operate stand-alone programs, nor does it build parallel health systems. Rather, CHAI works at the invitation and in support of governments.
CHAI Ethiopia is currently carrying out a wide range of programs to support the Ministry of Health in improving access to quality health services. As one of CHAI's largest field offices with more than 160 staff, the Ethiopia Office operates programs across: maternal, newborn and child health; Child Survival; HIV/AIDS; Cancer; woreda transformation; Laboratory Service; vaccines; HRH and health financing. The health financing program aims to transform how the health system is financed to substantially and sustainably increase access to services, beginning with essential services for those most in need.
Program Description:
CHAI has been supporting the Government of Ethiopia in designing and implementing various health financing initiatives over the past years and has been asked by the Government to provide more comprehensive support at federal and regional levels. The health financing program aims to transform how the health system is financed towards the government’s goal of achieving universal health coverage by 2030. As part of its continued support to the Government of Ethiopia, CHAI has been supporting the Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) and Regional Health Bureaus by recruiting and placing highly qualified professionals in health financing as secondees to help achieve their health financing and related goals. To support the Federal Ministry of Health in the implementation of the health care financing strategy and build technical expertise and processes within the Ministry of Health for economic evaluation and financial analysis, CHAI is seeking a highly motivated individual with outstanding technical capabilities to provide technical assistance to the Partnership and Cooperation Directorate (PCD) of the FMoH.
Responsibilities
The Technical Assistant will support PCD through secondment to the Resource Mobilization Case Team. This individual will support FMOH and PCD leadership, and work with a range of partners and external experts, in order to build the capacity resource mobilization team and coordinate activities related to the proactive mobilization of resources through grants, external advocacy and internal efforts across the programmatic directorates of the FMOH. He/She will report to the Director of PCD at FMoH and/or Team Leader.
Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:
· Other responsibilities as assigned by Director of Partnership and Cooperation and/or the Team Leader.
Qualifications
CHAI works in a fast-paced, results-driven environment and this health insurance reform is a top priority for the government. We are seeking a highly motivated individual who is a fast learner and who is both detail oriented and has the ability to ask the key questions or see the “big picture.” CHAI places great value on resourcefulness, responsibility, tenacity, flexibility, independence, energy, work ethic and humility.
Qualifications include the following: