Clinton Health Access Initiative - Associate - Immunization

Overview :

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. For more information, please visit: http://www.clintonhealthaccess.org

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 in partnership with its India affiliate, William J. Clinton Foundation's (WJCF) has been working in India since 2004 in close partnership with and under the guidance of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) at the central and state levels on an array of high priority initiatives aimed at improving health outcomes. Currently, WJCF programs support government initiatives on HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, tuberculosis, vector borne diseases, COVID-19, antimicrobial resistance, cancer and non-communicable diseases, sexual and reproductive health, family planning, immunization, malnutrition, anaemia, childhood diarrhoea and pneumonia, oxygen, access to safe drinking water, diagnostics and surveillance, health financing, and digital health.

Talent is the fundamental driver of WJCF's success in helping save lives and reduce the burden of disease. WJCF's organizational values reflect its relentless endeavour of hiring, nurturing, empowering, and celebrating diverse and high calibre individuals who come together to work as cohesive teams. WJCF places a high premium on providing its staff with an enabling environment that encourages entrepreneurship, humility, respect, equal share of voice and fosters high impact innovation to address some of the most challenging healthcare issues.

Programme Overview :

India's Universal Immunization Programme (UIP) is one of the largest public immunization programmes in the world. It caters to 27 million infants and 30 million pregnant women. The programme provides access to vaccines against 11 Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPDs) at the national level and against one VPD at the sub-national level.

Under the strong leadership of the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW) and state governments, the immunization ecosystem has demonstrated a proactive commitment to achieving universal immunization coverage in the country in recent years. This includes health system strengthening efforts towards the introduction of new vaccines, rolling out of data systems, digitization of vaccine cold chain and inventory management, and health worker capacity building. MoHFW plans to scale up a digitized beneficiary management system (UWIN) for Routine Immunization, introduce new vaccines in the UIP, and reduce Zero-dose children.

Project Background :

WJCF's immunization program supports the MoHFW's UIP at the national level and in the focus states of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, and Uttar Pradesh. The programme also supports national and state governments on broader operational aspects such as planning, capacity building and systems improvements for immunization service delivery.

In Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, and Uttar Pradesh, the programme provides catalytic support for achieving and sustaining 90% FIC. The programme focuses on setting up effective program management & review mechanisms, identifying pressing challenges as well as best practices in RI, enhancing impact of well performing interventions, developing & deploying effective solutions to pressing challenges and undertaking multi-year planning for long term immunization systems strengthening.

Position Summary :

The Associate, Immunization will be responsible for building and implementing strategy at the national level. They will be based in Delhi. They will conduct root cause analysis and make decision trees for solving complex problem. The Associate is expected to be innovative in designing creative solutions for complex immunization and public health problems in limited-resource settings. The role also involves supporting the on-ground teams in the operationalization of the program strategy. They will be responsible for prioritizing and planning efforts, tracking progress, management of a variety of stakeholders, and creating high-impact reports and presentations. The Associate will report to the Senior Manager, Immunization.

We seek a highly qualified and motivated individual with strong analytical, quantitative, and problem-solving skills. This role also requires experience in design thinking, human-centric design, and behavioral science. The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills, be able to function independently with flexibility in a dynamic and ambiguous environment, be self-motivated, thrive in challenging environments, and have a strong commitment to excellence. A successful candidate will also be adept at coordinating the operations of cross-functional and multi-location teams. We place great value on personal qualities such as: resourcefulness, responsibility, tenacity, independence, energy, and work ethic.

Responsibilities :

- Conduct root cause analysis for low immunization coverage and build decision trees to solve for them.

- Undertake primary and secondary research, consultation with the key stakeholders, analysis of complex data sets.

- Build strategic insights by analyzing complex datasets, both qualitative and quantitative.

- Developing design thinking techniques to build strategies and interventions to reduce the number of Zero Dose children in identified geographies.

- Develop comprehensive plans for piloting new approaches and interventions for improvement in immunization service delivery, program review mechanism, demand generation, and data systems strengthening in India.

- Develop purposive insights, visualizations, tools, templates, and planning aids to support the internal and external leadership take key decisions.

- Support program leadership in initiating new ideas and proposals for new grants and projects.

- Work independently and in groups to comprehensively execute planned immunization support interventions.

- Travel on short notice to various parts of the state and often to national destinations as well.

- Undertake any other duties as requested by the programme leadership.

Qualifications :

- Minimum four years of experience in a demanding result-driven environment in the private or public sector, with increasing levels of responsibility and leadership.

- Master's degree in business administration, management sciences, economics (pure or applied), finance, or public health with exceptional problem-solving solving skills and analytical capabilities.

- Experience in qualitative research, human-centric design, and behavioral science is highly desirable.

- Exceptional diplomacy and interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to build strong professional relationships with a range of stakeholders in a challenging, multi-cultural environment.

- Excellent oral and written communication skills, including ability to create persuasive presentations and written reports.

- Demonstrated experience managing complex projects involving multiple teams, including priority setting, planning, performance review and management; and influencing with limited authority.

- Ability to balance and find productive trade-offs between various opposing parameters (e.g.: personal style, incentives, timeframe).

- Functional knowledge of statistical packages such as R, SPSS, and Stata, data visualization packages including Power BI, Tableau, and Google Studio, advanced knowledge of Excel such as Macros, Power Query, and Visual Basic.

- High emotional intelligence, patience, and thoughtfulness even in high-pressure, stressful situations.

- Fluency in English and Hindi.

Preferred :

- Strategy roles in public health, social impact, impact investment, international development, management consulting, investment banking, private equity, venture capital, or high-growth startups.

- Strong experience engaging with government officials and multilateral organizations.

- Knowledge of public health, preferably maternal and child health.