Haiti: Associate, Malaria Research, Central America

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.

Malaria is one of the world''s most important causes of illness, death, and lost economic productivity. Over the past decade, dramatic increases in donor funding have facilitated scale-up of effective interventions to prevent, diagnosis, and treat malaria. This investment has successfully reduced the burden of malaria in many settings, and some countries have begun planning to eliminate it altogether. Yet these gains are fragile: global funding for malaria remains short of what is needed, last decade''s rapid growth in malaria financing appears to have halted, and resistance to insecticides and drugs threatens to set back efforts. The great majority of the growth in funding for malaria programs has come from potentially volatile international donors rather than from domestic contributions, making the sustainability of recent gains an open question.

CHAI provides direct management and technical support to countries around the globe to strengthen their malaria programs and reduce the burden of this preventable, treatable disease. We support governments to scale up effective interventions for prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and surveillance, with the goals of sustainably reducing the number of malaria-related illnesses and deaths worldwide in the short-term and accelerating progress towards malaria elimination in the long term.

Overview of Role:

CHAI is seeking a highly motivated individual with strong public health research experience to conduct epidemiological analyses to support evidence-based decision making within national malaria programs. Data analysis will help to inform elimination strategies and operational plans including those related to strengthening surveillance systems and carrying out targeted elimination activities. The Research Associate will support Mesoamerica and Hispaniola, with a primary focus on Haiti. (S)he will work with a number of individuals on the Global and Regional Teams and therefore, will need to possess strong communication and organizational skills. Further, it is expected that the Research Associate will need to partner with other academics and public health agencies to ensure CHAI''s research is complementary and not duplicative.

The associate will bring outstanding analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and communication skills, and be able to work independently and have deep personal commitment to producing results. CHAI places great value on the resourcefulness, tenacity, patience, humility, and high ethical standards of its staff.

Responsibilities:

• Performing scientific literature review as needed;
• Collating available data, and assessing quality and suitability for analysis;
• Conducting epidemiological analysis, including spatial analysis;
• Assisting with the implementation of operational research projects related to malaria elimination if needed, which may include formulation of protocols and training material, field surveys, data management and analysis;
• Assisting with the development of operational plans to support malaria elimination;
• Supporting efforts to strengthen existing passive surveillance systems;
• Advising programs on malaria elimination strategies (passive and active surveillance, malaria diagnosis and treatment case management, vector control) based on the evidence generated;
• Working with partners from academic institutions to conduct applied research for use by malaria programs;
• Synthesizing results and communicating them internally and externally at international venues;
• Disseminating findings through high-quality presentations, reports, and publications; and,

• Any other tasks identified.
  Qualifications:

• Master''s degree in Public Health, Epidemiology or related field; or Bachelor''s degree with equivalent experience

• 2+ years of working experience with increasing levels of responsibility and leadership;

• High levels of proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and internet applications;

• Demonstrated excellent analytical, quantitative, and problem solving skills;

• Statistical and geospatial analysis programming experience (R, SAS, STATA, ArcGIS and/or other relevant software);

• Knowledge of malaria and/or other major global infectious disease problems;

• Ability to work independently in unstructured settings and to adapt to new environments and challenges;

• Enthusiasm for applying research methods to solve global health problems;

• Exceptional written and oral communication skills; and,

• High level of proficiency in French.

Advantages:**

• Experience working and communicating with government officials and multilateral organizations;
• Experience living or working in resource-limited countries;
• Experience working remotely with a decentralized team;
• Willingness to travel; and,

• Working knowledge of Spanish.

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