Point of Care Diagnostics Associate Job Vacancy at CHAI in Kampala,Uganda

Job Title:    Point of Care Diagnostics Associate
Job Location:    Kampala, Uganda
Employer:    The Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI)
Business Unit:  Access Programs - Laboratory Services 
Job Type:      Regular – Full Time (eligible for benefits)
About Us:
The Point-Of-Care Diagnostics Associate will work with LST to support countries in the evaluation, adoption, and uptake of new innovative diagnostic products for HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis.  Point-of-care (POC) products bring diagnostics out of the laboratory and closer to the patient, reducing the burden to receive testing, and allowing tasks to shift to lower cadres of healthcare workers, particularly in rural areas. Several POC products for diagnosis, disease staging, and treatment monitoring have recently become available or are in development, with the potential to dramatically increase access to treatment, improve patient retention, and make healthcare systems more efficient. However, despite the potential advantages of these new technologies, there are barriers that prevent adoption and scale-up in developing countries, including regulatory hurdles and limited guidance on how to decentralize testing in rural areas. LST works with high-volume, early-adopter countries to overcome these barriers and build a healthy, competitive global market for these products, while negotiating with manufacturers to lower prices.

As new technologies become available, the POC Diagnostics Associate will focus on advocating for their use with governments and other partners, and strengthening the capacity of governments to adopt them and scale them up. The POC Diagnostics Associate will also provide analysis to support LST in global negotiations with diagnostics manufacturers, and the development of new procurement strategies such as instrument rental deals and split tenders to enable easier product switching. Finally, the POC Diagnostics Associate will help develop LST’s market-shaping strategy for fostering competition in the global diagnostics market. In doing so, the POC Diagnostics Associate will develop strong relationships with various teams within CHAI, as well as Ministries of Health, diagnostics manufacturers, and other external partners in beneficiary countries.

Job Description:
We are seeking a highly motivated individual with outstanding credentials, analytical ability, and communication skills. The Associate must be able to function independently and flexibly and have a strong commitment to excellence. CHAI places great value on relevant personal qualities: resourcefulness, responsibility, tenacity, independence, energy, and work ethic.

Job Requirements:
Minimum qualifications:

•     Bachelor’s degree plus 2-5 years work experience
•     Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare and deliver compelling presentations
•     Strong analytical, problem solving, and quantitative skills
•     Ability to think strategically, handle ambiguity and work in a fast-paced, limited-structure, multicultural environment
•     Ability to learn on the job quickly
•     Detail-oriented with strong organization skills
•     Ability to handle multiple work streams simultaneously and work independently
•     Available for up to 75% travel
•     High level of proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Word

Pluses:

•     Previous CHAI experience
•     Pharmaceutical / healthcare industry experience
•     Experience working in management consulting, investment banking, or similar environment
•     Experience living or working abroad, particularly in developing countries
•     Familiarity with global health issues
•     Fluency in French, Portuguese and/or Spanish

Job Responsibilities:

•     Serve as a key advisor to CHAI country teams and in-country and global partners on the adoption of new diagnostic products and their integration into existing lab networks
•     Assist Ministries of Health to build capacity to perform technical evaluations to drive regulatory approvals and ensure that new technologies perform accurately, conduct operational pilots to demonstrate the cost effectiveness and impact of new products on patient outcomes, and assist with analysis and writing of evaluation reports
•     Develop and share deployment models and strategies for how to maximize the impact of new POC diagnostics
•     Assist Ministries of Health in the development of POC testing policies and national implementation plans, and the creation of operational systems to support the wide-scale implementation of new POC diagnostic products, such as training, quality assurance, and data management
•     Work with CHAI country teams, governments, and partners to identify funding for increased investment in new POC diagnostic products
•     Design and implement monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems to measure the impact of POC testing and assess progress against project goals
•     Assist LST to manage global supplier relationships through product demand forecasting, market analysis, sharing of market intelligence, and supporting price negotiations
•     Provide remote and in-country technical assistance to CHAI country teams and governments in support of work streams related to POC diagnostics

Deadline Date: 17/04/2014

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