Clinton Health Access Initiative Job Vacancy in Kenya : Analyst, Essential Medicines: Marketing & Distribution

Clinton Health Access Initiative Job Vacancy in Kenya : Analyst, Essential Medicines: Marketing & Distribution
February 21, 2015 Job Description


Clinton Health Access Initiative Analyst, Essential Medicines: Marketing & Distribution in Nairobi Kenya

The Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI – formerly the Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative) was established in 2002 to increase access to care and treatment to people living with HIV/AIDS and to strengthen health systems in resource-poor countries. Over the past few years, CHAI has expanded the scope to include access to high-quality treatment for malaria, new vaccines and essential treatments for common childhood illnesses such as diarrhoea and pneumonia. CHAI has also increasingly supported governments build the capacity required for high-quality care and treatment programs. Currently, CHAI partners with governments in more than 25 countries while more than 70 countries directly benefit from the low-priced drugs and diagnostic test agreements that CHAI has negotiated.

Position: Essential Medicines Analyst: Marketing & Distribution

CHAI Kenya is seeking an Analyst to work in the Essential Medicines program. The goal of the program is to support Ministries of Health in the countries we work in to reduce overall child mortality through scaling up of essential treatments for common childhood illnesses.

The EM analyst will join the Kenya country program, working with the program manager to enable CHAI, Government and partners achieve transformational impact in scaling up essential treatments to reduce childhood mortality. We are seeking a highly motivated individual with outstanding credentials, analytical ability, and communication skills. The Analyst must be able to function independently and flexibly as well as build strong relationships with government officials and partners across the public and private sectors. CHAI places great value on relevant personal qualities: resourcefulness, entrepreneurialism, flexibility, independence, humility, and work ethic.

Location: Nairobi, Kenya

The Essential Medicines Analyst will be based in Nairobi, with frequent travel to the field.
Overall work closely with the Ministry of Health, County Health teams and implementing partners in the execution of the Child Health Strategy in both the public and private sectors.
Conduct detailed regular analyses of the market conditions, technical services, advertising and promotional trends in the private sector in Kenya related to child health treatments and develop good understanding of the range of barriers that hinder uptake these treatments
Develop and implement innovative strategies to support increased availability of the recommended child health treatments at all points and levels of sale in the public and private sector markets
Develop and implement innovative strategies to reach and change current health providers and sales persons behaviours towards treatments at all levels of service in the private sector
Constantly develop relationships with relevant players in the child health commodities market to enhance commodity access at all levels
Coordinate efforts towards accelerating introduction, distribution and uptake of affordable and quality treatments with the Ministry of Health, County Governments, manufacturers/first line buyers, and other players in the private sector
Provide robust data management and analytical support to capture reach and impact of the program in the private sector market
Constantly assess progress post-implementation and initiate a change of focus or strategy to new directions better placed to deliver expected results
Perform any other duties as assigned by the Program Manager.
A Bachelors degree in Pharmacy, Medicine, Nursing, Commerce, Business Administration, Marketing, Economics, Public Health or other related disciplines
A minimum of 2 years work experience in sales/marketing/distribution of pharmaceutical products
Ability to demonstrate both public health and marketing aptitude
Exceptional analytical, research and presentation skills of qualitative and quantitative data
Strong communication (written and verbal) skills
Strong interpersonal skills with proven ability to build relationships in a multicultural environment
Ability to work in a high-performance environment with demonstrated ability to respond to changing program needs.
Ability to work independently, self-motivate, and to propose and implement new initiatives
Ability to be effective in high-pressure situations, handle multiple tasks simultaneously, and set priorities
Demonstrated strong analytical and problem solving skills
High level of proficiency in relevant computer applications, particularly MS Excel, PowerPoint and Word Knowledge of MS Access would be a significant advantage

Plusses
Postgraduate degree in Marketing, Business (MBA), Economics or Public Health
Experience in marketing of pharmaceutical products in developing countries

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