Program Officer – Diabetes and Hypertension NGO Jobs – Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. (CHAI)

About the Organization

CHAI was founded in 2002 with a transformational goal: help save the lives of millions of people living with HIV/AIDS. Today, we support government priorities across many areas, including other infectious diseases, non-communicable diseases, women and children’s health, health workforce and financing, assistive technologies for disabilities, and the intersection of climate and health.

Job Description

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.

Program Background:
CHAI Uganda has worked with the government over the past 15 years to increase access to lifesaving commodities including diagnostics, treatments and other biological products that target women and children. CHAI provides technical assistance to the government counterparts through data analytics to inform forecasting, quantification, procurement planning/kit design, commodity pipeline monitoring and delivery of commodities to the last mile, strengthens policy and financing mechanisms for essential maternal and child health commodities and biological products, accelerates introduction of key newer products and improve and uptake of existing commodities and influences and promotes healthier markets for maternal and child health commodities through private sector supplier engagements ( importers, distributors, health care providers and regulatory agencies). CHAI prioritizes commodities that are critical for reduction of maternal and child health morbidity and mortality including childhood vaccinations, commodities for diarrhea, Pneumonia and Family planning (FP), commodities for infectious diseases such as HIV and Hepatitis as well as those for Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) including Hypertension, Diabetes, Sickle cell disease, and Cancer.
Job Summary: CHAI is seeking a highly motivated and resourceful individual to support CHAI’s country efforts in improving access to Diabetes and Hypertension services. Reporting to the Senior Associate NCDs, the Program Officer will provide program support to deliver the ambitious program objectives. He/she will be responsible for providing technical and operational support for specific projects, overseeing execution and assuming responsibility for high-quality delivery. The program officer is expected to be a self-starter, knowledgeable, fast learner, meticulous, resourceful and agile to be successful and effective in a fast-moving environment.

Duties and Responsibilities

Program Implementation:

Support CHAI internal Diabetes and Hypertension project planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting progress to all key stakeholders.
Lead compilation of a program events calendar or key activities e.g. trainings, report submissions, etc.
Support partner coordination including meetings and action tracking
Support effective documentation key learning and outputs within the program.

People Management

Support independent consultants and program team to optimally deliver national and subnational program activities as the need arises
Promote effective communication and collaboration within the team to ensure well-coordinated activity execution

Relationship Management

Support writing of programmatic reports, PowerPoints, briefing notes and related learnings’ sharing with the NCD Program and partners.
Build and maintain emerging relevant program relations as may arise from time to time.

Financial Management

Support program activity budget planning, budget tracking, and budget reporting.
Support with the preparation and initiation of financial requests.

Problem Solving

Assist in identifying sensitive issues and program risks
Extract NCD testing and treatment data from assigned databases, webportals and run robust data analytics to inform national level programming and grant reporting
Analyze and draw conclusions from data.
Design approaches to collect data and improve processes.
Lead in development of innovative approaches and tools as well as documentation and dissemination of best practices.
Any other duties as assigned.

Qualification, Experiences and Competencies

Bachelor’s degree in social sciences, business, public health, or related field
At least 2 – 3 years of working experience in a demanding result driven environment
High emotional intelligence, patience and thoughtfulness even in high pressure, stressful situations
Strong process management skills, high level of organization and good attention to detail
Excellent analytic skills with proficiency in Microsoft Office suite –Excel, Powerpoint and Word
A flexible, entrepreneurial and output focused mindset, with strong self-motivation
Ability to independently develop, push forward, and execute a coherent programmatic strategy amidst substantial ambiguity and changing circumstances
Excellent communication and presentation skills
Exceptional time management, with an ability to manage multiple tasks under tight deadlines

Advantages

Experience working and communicating with government officials at the national and subnational level

Competences

Responsible for the execution of small-sized, often lower complexity project(s) (has little ambiguity, risk, moving parts, budgetary constraints or stakeholders), or contributes towards larger more complex projects.
Performs quantitative and qualitative analytical tasks with limited errors and high-quality outputs.
Performs routine tasks independently.
Gathers, reviews, and validates data/information.
Ensures process integrity by identifying and helping to resolve service quality and efficiency issues.
Provides information to relevant internal stakeholders within a defined program area/function.