RESEARCHER CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE (2 Posts)

The Botswana Institute for Technology Research and Innovation (BITRI) is a technology research institute whose mandate is to undertake research, identify and or develop appropriate technologies in line with national priorities and needs of Botswana.

RESEARCHER CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE (2 Posts)

Main Purpose of the Job:

• Weather and climate data analysis for trend and extreme events detection
• Review tools for weather and climate variability modeling.
• Develop methods to target interventions for weather and climate stress under uncertainty
• Conduct impact projections and develop targeting recommendations for research on weather and climate dynamics and their association with performance of various economic sectors. Using value of information analysis, identify research needs and important metrics for impact assessment
• Develop policy briefs
• Develop research concept notes and proposals for seeking external research funding
• Support for scaling-up and dissemination of research products.
• Develop research concept notes and proposals for seeking external research funding

Competencies

• Excellent team player with good interpersonal skills

• Experience in the use of data analysis packages i.e. IDL, Matlab, R, CDO

• Ability to manage workload with minimum supervision
• Ability to work under pressure and tight deadlines
• Ability to take ownership and responsibility for tasks

• Documented experience in quantitative analysis, and an appreciation of the human dimensions of climate variability and change will be an added advantage.

• Ability to work in a multi-cultural environment
• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing in English.

• The ability to analyze and manipulate large datasets, ideally climate model outputs

Education:

A PhD in Physical Geography, Meteorology or Atmospheric Sciences is required

Experience and working knowledge:

• Working knowledge of weather and climate data time series analysis environment. 

• Documented experience in a programming language (ideally: C++), and simulations on Linux clusters
• Documented experience in the statistical analysis and visualization of large data-sets
• Sense of responsibility, ability to meet deadlines, enjoy working within a multi-disciplinary team
• within a multi-disciplinary, collaborative research environment

REMUNERATION

BITRI offers attractive working conditions and remuneration commensurate with qualifications and experience. The above post is for five (5) years fixed term contract.

Application letters with comprehensive CVs, certified copies of certificates and names of 3 traceable referees should be submitted to the following address:

Director Human Resources

Botswana Institute for Technology Research and Innovation (BITRI)

C/o Plot No. 50654, Machel Drive

Private Bag 0082, Gaborone, Botswana

Tel: 3607500

Email: recruitment@bitri.co.bw

The closing date for applications is 7 April 2016.

NB: BITRI will only respond to shortlisted candidates.

Project Director/Principal Investigator (1 position tenable at the ACHAP Head Office, Gaborone, Botswana)

ACHAP is a public-private community development partnership established in 2000 to enhance and support Botswana’s HIV & AIDS response. Using a comprehensive approach, ACHAP has successfully supported HIV prevention, care and treatment in Botswana for more than 14 years with remarkable results. Key to the success of ACHAP support has been the focus on results, the ability to develop and manage partnerships with government, civil society, other development partners and the private sector. ACHAP’s main strengths include flexibility and innovation in programme design and implementation, evidence based programming, and commitment to culturally relevant approaches.

ACHAP prides itself as a health development organization. As a non-profit making corporation, the new ACHAP is now an independent entity with broader health mandate, wider geographical focus continuing to build on, and leverage on her core competencies in the field of HIV/AIDS and related health conditions.

ACHAP has been awarded a CDC-PEPFAR grant to implement Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision. ACHAP hence, seeks to recruit suitably qualified and highly motivated individuals with strong commitment to HIV/AIDS programme implementation to the position of; Project Director/Principal Investigator (1 position tenable at the ACHAP Head Office, Gaborone, Botswana)

Job purpose

The Project Director/Principal Investigator will provide leadership, management, and strategic direction for the VMMC Project.

Principal Accountabilities:

· Leads in conducting culturally appropriate demand creation activities for VMMC in selected geographic areas

· Leads in adapting appropriate M&E plan and tools from national system for VMMC activities

· Oversees the enhancement of data use capacity of site-level staff

· Ensures the provision of on-site HIV counseling and testing for men considering VMMC

· Oversees the engagement of key stakeholders in developing an evidencebased, culturally appropriate demand creation strategy Partnerships for a healthy Africa

· Collaborates with Executive Officer programs in the identification and engagement of partners to support implementation of prevention interventions

· Approves the training of staff on standard operating procedures (SOPs) for VMMC mobilization and interventions

· Leads the development of print and distribute information, education, and communication (IEC) materials through print, electronic, and social media

· Increase knowledge of role of male circumcision in HIV prevention and other benefits among target population

· Coordinate community mobilization workshops/discussions in majority-male workplaces and secondary schools.

Qualifications and experience

· MBBS, MBChB, MD, FRCS, PhD in Health related field or equivalent qualifications

· Master’s degree in Public Health, Health Planning and Administration, and or Epidemiology

· At least 12 years of relevant experience post degree, of which 8 years should be in providing senior technical expertise for at least four of the following areas: HIV prevention, care and treatment; child health; maternal health; reproductive health; tuberculosis; Non-Communicable Diseases, health systems strengthening; quality improvement/quality assurance in health systems; or behavioural interventions

· Evidence of field related health research and peer reviewed publications

· Prior experience working with US Government funded implementing agencies. Please note:

For detailed information on each position visit our website: www.achap.org

ACHAP will only respond to shortlisted candidates Application letter and CV should be addressed to the attention of: The Human Resource and Administration Manager, Private Bag X033, Gaborone, Botswana. Applicants are encouraged to submit their applications electronically to: recruitment@achap.org. Alternatively, they can be hand delivered to:- ACHAP Head Office at Block 5, Plot 64511, Unit 1, Fairgrounds, Gaborone, Botswana. Closing date for applications: 31st March, 2016

Associate, Monitoring and Evaluation

Associate, Monitoring and Evaluation

Country: South Africa

City: Pretoria

Type: Full Time

Business Unit: Country Programs - Country Teams

Overview:

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. In 2011 the NDOH embarked upon an ambitious implementation of a standard monitoring system referred to as the 3-Tiered ART Monitoring Strategy, an activity CHAI has supported since inception. 

Overview

CHAI will continue to support and strengthen the 3-Tiered Strategy and will embark on a series of innovative projects that aim to strengthen and institutionalize the 3-Tiered Monitoring System.  The continued quality improvement of the ART program requires strong data systems.  In the coming years, CHAI will continue this work by providing technical support and capacity building to the national and provincial Departments of Health (DoH) staff to improve the availability, quality and utilization of clinical and TB/HIV monitoring data. Proposed interventions will focus on improving data systems and data utilization in the provinces and districts.  A key area of work will include capacity building to improve data driven decision-making through strengthened data use within the districts. 

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate the TB Module implementation in provinces, in support of the National Department of Health.
• Kick-start and oversee provincial preparation for rollout of in-facility TB data collection and Mentorship of the TIER.Net Key Implementers (TKIs) on the ground.
• Provide the TKIs with technical guidance to implement in-facility change management activities
• Develop or adapt training and support materials
• Liaise with NDoH units to provide feedback and information sharing on progress
• Integrate processes for the monitoring the implementation of the TB Module with existing monitoring of TIER.Net rollout
• Quality assure trainings for TB/HIV integration in the districts
• Closely monitor data flow and submission, and preempt challenges with weak data quality or late data submissions. 
• Once the TB Module is stable and in place in all facilities, the TIA will work with the NDoH, provinces and districts to oversee the removal of ETR from the (sub)districts
• Continued support to the maintenance of TIER.Net at the facility level.
• Create and ensure coordination platforms between partners are maintained

Qualifications:

• Have a tertiary level degree in public health, epidemiology, biostatistics or equivalent experience,
• Minimum of 5 years proven experience in working with, and implementing, ART M&E systems
• Experience using TIER.Net
• Experience working with government
• Must be proficient using MS Office (especially Word, Excel and Access) and conducting internet research is essential;

Preferable education and experience:

• Masters in public/global health or equivalent
• Familiarity with the SA government health management information system (the DHIS) a plus
• Knowledge working in SPSS and SAS, or other statistical software package, a plus

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Associate, HIV Prevention

Associate, HIV Prevention

Country: South Africa

City: Pretoria

Type: Full Time

Business Unit: HIV, TB & Health Financing

Overview:

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.

CHAI is currently expanding the focus of its HIV/AIDS work to drive scale up of proven biomedical prevention technologies – particularly voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC). VMMC is one of the most important interventions in the HIV prevention strategy, reducing transmission by 60%, a rate similar to some vaccines, leading to a much lower cost per infection averted than other HIV prevention interventions. Countries and donors set an ambitious target of circumcising 80% of HIV-negative, currently uncircumcised adult men in the 14 highest burden countries in Eastern and Southern Africa. Modeling suggests that, if these targets are achieved, 3.4 million HIV infections would be averted through 2025 and result in a net savings of US$16.5 billion in treatment costs. CHAI is currently supporting the governments of South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe to meet their national VMMC targets. Through this support, CHAI aims to drive improvements to program performance and efficiency in order to increase the impact of VMMC and helping to avert new HIV infections and reduce overall treatment costs across the region.

As the Associate for HIV Prevention, the successful candidate will work closely with the VMMC Program Manager and CHAI country teams to execute CHAI’s VMMC strategy and activities in focus countries. Specific responsibilities and qualifications are listed below:

Responsibilities:

• Structure and drive quantitative and qualitative analyses that address key programmatic issues facing national VMMC programs; this could include issues related to monitoring and evaluation, procurement and supply chain, personnel utilization and demand generation among priority populations.
• Inform strategic decision-making among CHAI teams and relevant external partners, including Ministries of Health through:
• Analyzing and drawing conclusions from large volumes of data from several sources;
• Creating quantitative models, visuals and analyses to estimate the cost and impact of VMMC service delivery;
• Presenting analytical findings to internal and external audiences.
• Provide strategic technical assistance to support CHAI’s in-country VMMC programs to ensure that the performance of national VMMC scale up is monitored for efficiency and effectiveness – and that targets are met.
• Support program management, including donor reporting, planning, budgeting and knowledge management to ensure best practices are shared across focus countries.
• Proactively monitor developments related to VMMC and HIV prevention across focus countries and at the global level – and ensure updates are shared with country teams to inform program planning and decision-making
• Perform other responsibilities as assigned by team supervisor

Qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s degree from a well-recognized, high-caliber institution in a relevant field
• A minimum of three years of experience in a private or public sector enterprise
• Excellent problem solving, analytical and quantitative skills
• Ability to think strategically, handle ambiguity and work in a very fast-paced, limited-structure, multicultural environment
• Detail-oriented with strong organization and time-management skills
• Ability to travel extensively to focus countries and other locations as relevant to work (for in-country support, conferences, etc.)
• Strong diplomatic and interpersonal skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• High level of proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, PowerPoint and Word
• Knowledge of – and experience with – HIV treatment and/or prevention programs a plus
• Experience working in African countries a strong plus

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