Director of Programmes

Clinton Health Access Initiative

Pretoria

ZAR 400 000 - 500 000

Job description

Overview:

The Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. (CHAI) is a global health organization committed to our mission of saving lives and reducing the burden of disease in low-and middle-income countries. We work at the invitation of governments to support them and the private sector to create and sustain high-quality health systems.

CHAI was founded in 2002 in response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, with the goal of dramatically reducing the price of life-saving drugs and increasing access to these medicines in the countries with the highest burden of the disease. Over the following two decades, CHAI has expanded its focus. Today, along with HIV, we work in conjunction with our partners to prevent and treat infectious diseases such as COVID-19, malaria, tuberculosis, and hepatitis. Our work has also expanded into cancer, diabetes, hypertension, and other non-communicable diseases, and we work to accelerate the rollout of lifesaving vaccines, reduce maternal and child mortality, combat chronic malnutrition, and increase access to assistive technology. We are investing in horizontal approaches to strengthen health systems through programs in human resources for health, digital health, and health financing. With each new and innovative program, our strategy is grounded in maximizing sustainable impact at scale, ensuring that governments lead the solutions, that programs are designed to scale nationally, and learnings are shared globally.

At CHAI, our people are our greatest asset, and none of this work would be possible without their talent, time, dedication and passion for our mission and values. We are a highly diverse team of enthusiastic individuals across 40 countries with a broad range of skill sets and life experiences. CHAI is deeply grounded in the countries we work in, with the majority of our staff based in program countries. Learn more about our exciting work: 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.

Position Overview

CHAI South Africa is looking for a seasoned leader with a proven track record of impact to fill the Programme Director position. This position will manage a portfolio of transformative programs and teams focused primarily on our current programmes including HIV, TB, Malaria Elimination, Sustainable Health Financing, Sexual Reproductive, Maternal & Neonatal Health and Health Systems strengthening as well as supporting CHAI leadership in the development and launch of new initiatives such as NCDs like Cancer and lifestyle diseases. In South Africa, CHAI provides support and advice in over a dozen programmatic areas. The ideal candidate must possess strong internal and external relationship management, exceptional team development and management, and rigorous analysis to develop and execute high-impact programs.

The Programme Director will oversee the execution and help formulate strategy of all aspects of ongoing programs including planning, organizing, staffing, leading and controlling program activities. The Programme Director will also contribute to fundraising and donor-relationship management as well. The Programme Director will interface directly with government stakeholders and leadership. The Programme Director will report to the Country Director.

Responsibilities:

Key responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, the following:

Lead and oversee all aspects of CHAI’s multiple programs in South Africa and achieve its goals, targets, and objectives, including program development and implementation, planning, budgeting, forecasting, grant and donor management and monitoring and reporting.
Develop and implement adequate management systems and structures to ensure optimal, high-impact outcomes; including the development of effective programme management, monitoring and evaluation, reporting and learning; and knowledge management frameworks for CHAI SA work.
Will develop strategies to ensure CHAI SA has effective and efficient programme teams.
Effectively develop and manage relationships with a diverse set of stakeholders including in-country and central CHAI managers, the National and provincial DOH, major global institutions, sub-partners, and donors.
Work closely with the NDOH and other government partners to align CHAI work streams and deliverables against national priorities.
Work with Program Managers to set direction and goals, defining targets and measuring performance across multiple funding streams, while establishing aggressive operational milestones and achieving program objectives.
Lead the recruitment, management, and development of a team of exceptional individuals to drive activities across diverse work streams to achieve results within tight timelines.
Represent CHAI and communicate internal strategy and results to major organizational partners and donors.
Serve as the primary liaison between the team, CHAI management, and global partners and donors, responsible for sharing updates and ensuring progress.
Ensure transparency of results (including financial performance) based on an effective monitoring and evaluation system, and ensure timely reporting of results to partners.
Along with CHAI Country Leadership and the operations team, manage operational and administrative aspects of the country programs like budgeting, HR, recruitment, etc.
Perform other tasks as necessary or requested by CHAI South Africa Country Leadership.
Serve as a member of the CHAI SA executive committee (EXCO), actively engage and input into country strategic planning, priority setting, operational leadership, preparing reports and presenting to CHAI SA Board.

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in health, leadership and management or equivalent plus 10 years Management experience; or Advanced Degree or equivalent plus 8 years management experience; or equivalent work experience.
Exceptional strategic development skills with the ability to identify and pursue high-impact strategies in complex, uncertain and evolving environments.
Exceptional analytical (quantitative and qualitative) and communication (written and oral) skills, including the ability to communicative effectively with people of varied professional and cultural backgrounds.
Proven ability to effectively build and manage large teams.
Entrepreneurial mindset, including ability to work independently, self-motivate, and propose and implement new initiatives.
Ability to be effective in high-pressure situations, handle multiple tasks simultaneously, and set priorities.
Strong desire to work in a fast-paced, limited-structure, high-pressure, multicultural environment.
Detail-oriented with strong organization skills.
Willingness to travel frequently.
High level of proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, PowerPoint and Word.

Advantages:

Exposure to the finance sector.
Knowledge of health financing, health systems strengthening, and/or global healthcare systems.
Previous engagement with public sector in the design and delivery of efficient systems and services.
Work experience in sub-Saharan Africa, especially Southern Africa.