Manager, Advisor to the Government

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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.

Human Resources for Health

CHAI's Human Resources for Health (HRH) Programs aim to build the health education infrastructure and health workforce necessary to create high quality, sustainable healthcare systems in developing countries. CHAI is focusing its efforts in three strategic focus areas: 1) significantly increasing the number of qualified health workers 2) optimizing the distribution of health workers 3) improving health worker productivity.

In 2014, CHAI supported the Government of Liberia to develop a bold, comprehensive Health Workforce Program to guide national and donor funds to achieve the objectives laid out in Liberia's 2011 National Human Resources Policy and Plan (HRPP). The resulting strategy articulates Liberia's need to increase health faculty at training institutions and medical infrastructure at training hospitals in order to achieve an aggressive scale-up plan that will increase the quality, skill-diversity and quantity of health professionals trained in Liberia. The strategy emphasizes the country's desire to move from Ebola containment and treatment to prevention of a recurrence, which will only be achieved through rebuilding and strengthening the health system holistically.

In 2015, CHAI is supporting the Government of Liberia to mobilize resources for Liberia's training institutions and government to ensure development and management of existing and new health professional training programs. In addition, CHAI is leading a coalition of advocacy and implementation partners to support Liberia's Ministry of Health with pre-implementation activities.

Role

The Advisor to the Government will serve as an advisor to Liberia's Minister of Health and President Sirleaf's Office. This individual will support the Government of Liberia's resource mobilization efforts by ensuring in-country and global coordination on advocacy and implementation. In addition, s/he will facilitate coordination and communication channels within the Government to ensure leadership are informed of relevant high-priority issues of the Health Workforce Program and bottlenecks are overcome. The Advisor to the Government will also support coordination of Post-Ebola recovery efforts of relevant stakeholders.

Candidates must have excellent planning, management, writing, analytical, communication and cultural sensitivity skills as they will be working closely with government and external partners. The candidate must have a passion for results and a commitment to excellence.

Responsibilities to the Government of Liberia

• Serve as an advisor to the Minister of Health and the President's Office; carry out requests as needed
• Prepare routine briefings and communication materials to ensure streamlined advocacy efforts among government stakeholders and partners
• Develop routine communication mechanisms to ensure dissemination of decisions and follow-up items to relevant stakeholders
• Serve as the key relationship manager and central focal point for government stakeholders for health workforce
• Develop strong working relationships with key stakeholders including government focal points, international partners, donors and NGOs, and ensure maximum coordination of resources and effort for successful implementation and scale-up
• Convene government stakeholders as necessary to provide leadership for the health workforce program and Ebola recovery efforts
• Provide support as needed to Ministry of Health's Health Workforce Program staff
• Collaborate with government focal points to ensure skills transfer and government ownership, identify the most critical hurdles to scale-up, and develop innovative strategies to address them.
• Liaise closely with technical partners in government to monitor and evaluate interventions against objectives and targets, bringing in technical expertise when needed to ensure rapid implementation

Responsibilities to CHAI

• Support the Country Director and Senior Program Manager to identify and define CHAI's overall strategy within the program area, develop clear operational plans for execution, and continually identify opportunities for CHAI to add value and maximize impact
• Support the Senior Program Manager to develop and manage work plans, budgets, schedules and logistics plans for key activities
• Perform other tasks as necessary

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent plus 3 years work experience; or Advanced Degree plus 2 years work experience
• Demonstrated strong analytical, leadership, and problem solving skills
• Ability to work independently and effectively in high-pressure, fast-paced environment and handle multiple tasks simultaneously
• Proven ability to build relationships with a range of stakeholders and drive immediate results
• Previous role advising senior leadership
• Entrepreneurial mindset, including ability to work independently, self-motivate and propose and implement new initiatives
• Demonstrated strong writing skills
• Ability to work with teams across time zones and locations
• Ability to work with humility and achieve results
• High levels of proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and internet applications

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