Descriptive Job Technical Manager, Vaccine Cold Chain and Logistics

Global Vaccines Delivery Technical Manager

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 skill sets and life experiences. CHAI is deeply grounded in the countries we work in, with the majority of our staff based in program countries.

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 Global Vaccines Delivery team is seeking a dynamic Technical Manager to lead key technical areas of CHAI's vaccine delivery program and be part of the management team of CHAI's global vaccine delivery program.

The technical focus areas will include cold chain and logistics (transformational goal #1) and will include other areas of work as the program strategy evolves over time. The Technical Manager will report to the Senior Director, Global Vaccines Delivery and manage a team of 2-3 people. They will work closely with their direct reports, other Technical Managers, Regional Managers, and the Senior Management Team to provide strategic and technical support to CHAI country teams and government partners, while also contributing to the shaping of global strategies and best practices in their areas of technical expertise.

This role comes with up to 50% domestic travel and international travel. It is flexible to being based in one of CHAI's program countries in Africa or Asia pending country leadership approval and subject to the ability to obtain work authorization.

Responsibilities

In collaboration with CHAI colleagues in country teams and global teams, the position will :

1. Lead CHAI's vaccines program's strategy and fundraising in technical focus areas, in collaboration with program and country leadership

• Develop / update high-impact CHAI's programmatic strategy and thought leadership in focus areas, both at global and country level, to dramatically improve immunization outcomes and the underlying health systems
• Drive fundraising and grant proposal development in the areas of focus - in line with CHAI's strategy, model, and comparative capabilities, both at country and global level.

2. Provide strategic and programmatic leadership for the design and implementation of work in focus countries to dramatically and sustainably improve immunization outcomes, in collaboration with direct reports and Regional Managers

3. Improve national and global practices and policies related to technical areas of focus, in collaboration with direct reports and program leadership

4. Manage a global team, grants and the program for the technical focus areas, in collaboration with program and country leadership

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