Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, February 13, 2020 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
At Maisha Meds, we believe all patients have a right to appropriate and effective healthcare. Across sub-Saharan Africa, private sector pharmacies play a major role in providing primary care, yet they remain largely separate from and unrecognized by the health system, lacking the technology, data, and support to make the highest quality healthcare widely accessible. Maisha Meds develops technology solutions that leverage the pharmacy point of sale to increase visibility up and down medication supply chains and ensure evidence-based care. Better information and insight enables pharmacies, suppliers, and medication manufacturers to track inventories, forecast drug demand, purchase quality medicines, and provide patient follow-up and advice. We believe that strategic engagement with policy leaders is critical to fulfilling our mission to improve access to affordable, high-quality, and appropriate medicines at scale. We recently secured Stage 2 funding from USAID’s Development Innovation Ventures and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to test a more transparent and accountable model of delivery of global health funding. This model enables point of care reimbursement for essential health products via mobile money, which has the potential to transform fundamentals of health financing in low- and middle-income countries. We are looking for an individual with extensive experience working with key national and global health decision-makers to help us engage and iterate with them on our value proposition. .

  The ideal candidate will:
• Deeply understand the perspectives, incentives, constraints, and synergies across the health policy landscape
• Align and communicate the value of Maisha Meds with the objectives of decision-makers and funders at a national and global level
• Position Maisha Meds as a thought leader and trusted expert in improving access to affordable, high-quality, and appropriate medicines
• Inform policies that draw from our lessons learned that will help make Maisha Meds model ubiquitous across sub-Saharan Africa

Job Skills: Not Specified

  Qualifications
We are seeking exceptional health policy experts with 6+ years of policy experience working within and engaging with African health systems. Candidates who fit the following criteria are strongly encouraged to apply:
• Strategic leader with a track record of successfully building relationships to find common ground, build consensus, and strengthen collaboration among diverse stakeholder groups and achieve high-level policy objectives
• Experience working with in-country coordinating mechanisms, national health insurance, and global health funders in Geneva, Seattle, and DC
• Experience developing relationships with senior government officials, leaders of development agencies, and private sector representatives
• Humility and personal stability. We are looking for passionate professionals that combine strong leadership skills with good humor, patience, and a humble approach to service
• Collaborative team player who can engage leaders across the organization to meet strategic objectives
• Ability to identify opportunities or resources and motivate relevant team members to pursue them
• Conversant in the language of both business and government policy
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Swahili language skills

Job Education Requirements: Not Specified

Job Experience Requirements: Not Specified

Work Hours: 8

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