About Maisha Meds
Maisha Meds is focused on improving healthcare quality,
affordability, and access in Africa. Since incorporating in 2017, we have grown
to support over 150,000 patients monthly across Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda
with our suite of software products. Our network of pharmacies and clinics use
our restocking system to order medicines from high quality suppliers, and we’re
testing a variety of payment systems and incentive structures to improve
patient uptake of high-impact health products like malaria diagnostics and
treatment, antenatal care commodities, and contraceptives. We measure our
success by our ability to improve the quality and affordability of healthcare
commodities for low-income patients across Africa.
The organization is at an exciting inflection point – we are
currently testing our digital reimbursement model for improving malaria
diagnosis and treatment alongside health economics research partners and global
health funders. We are currently expanding our efforts in Tanzania and Uganda,
with other countries to follow. We are moving towards supporting digital
reimbursement for the 16 core areas that make up Universal Health Coverage
(UHC) as defined by the World Health Organization. And we have begun to partner with global
health funders, insurance companies, and pharmaceutical manufacturers to ensure
that the diagnostics and therapies required to support UHC are always available
at the last mile, no matter how far that last mile might be.
About the Role
Currently Maisha Meds is collecting large quantities of data that
can help to inform decision makers on how to improve access to medicine in East
Africa. We present analyses such as price and quality of antimalarials sold in
Kenya, or changes in medication availability as a result of COVID-19. The
organisation is looking for an enthusiastic data analyst to help answer these
types of questions by conducting analyses, creating dashboards, and cleaning
data. This role is a good growth opportunity for either an analyst seeking to
move into the global health field, or someone with a pharmaceutical or
healthcare background looking to hone their analytics skills.
Responsibilities
Analysis:
- Make
charts, tables, and other data visualizations using dashboard tools such
as Redash and Metabase to provide ongoing visibility of health commodity
consumption trends
- Create
SQL queries to pull, analyze and visualize data
- Take
initiative to analyze trends and come up with interesting findings in our
data
Data Quality:
- Do
research on topics like medication manufacturers and quality in order to
supplement Maisha Meds’ data sets
- Contribute
to data cleaning efforts using tools like Excel and Python
- Work
with our internal reorder and point of sales teams on improving medication
product lists and classifications to help improve input data
Skills & Qualifications
- 1+
years of experience in quantitative analysis
- Undergraduate
degree with coursework completed in quantitative subjects such as
Statistics, Economics, Engineering, or Computer Science
- Strong
Excel / spreadsheet skills: lookup, logical, and text formulas, pivot
tables, data functions etc.
- Experience
with common data analysis tools including SQL and/or Python is preferred;
or experience with similar tools and enthusiasm to develop these skills
- Excellent
attention to detail
- Experience
working with messy data sets and joining data from different sources
- Independent
initiative and problem solving skills – figuring out what people are
interested in seeing in our data and how to meet these needs
- Knowledge
around pharmaceutical or health care products is a strong asset
- Good
cross-cultural communication skills and enjoy working with a diverse team
- Excited
about the potential to improve healthcare access using data!
Why You Should Join Us
Maisha Meds aims to leverage technology to solve problems that
affect millions of people across sub-Saharan Africa. Though we can’t offer you
catered meals and conference bikes like in Silicon Valley, we can promise you
an opportunity to drive real, quantifiable change that literally saves lives.
We are dedicated to our work and care deeply about our product’s impact. You’ll
join our small and friendly team to grow Maisha Meds into a company serving
tens of millions of people.
How To Apply
Start date is negotiable and compensation is commensurate with
experience.
Email us at jobs@maishameds.org to apply today!
