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 skillsets and life experiences. CHAI is deeply grounded in the countries we work in, with 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.

CHAI’s global malaria and neglected tropical disease (NTD) program provides direct technical and operational support to countries around the globe to strengthen their programs and reduce the burden of preventable, treatable diseases. We support governments to scale up effective interventions for prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and surveillance, with the goals of sustainably reducing the number of illnesses and deaths worldwide in the short-term and accelerating progress towards elimination of malaria and NTDs in the long term.

Overview of Role

Vector control interventions (such as bed nets and indoor residual spraying) reduce human contact with disease-carrying mosquitoes and are responsible for an estimated 78% of the decline of malaria in Sub-Saharan Africa since 2000. CHAI supports National Malaria Control Programs (NMCPs) around the world by providing analytical, operational, and management expertise to help countries optimize the efficiency and effectiveness of vector control interventions to achieve maximal health impact. In addition, CHAI provides global malaria stakeholders with insight into the current and future global need and demand for vector control interventions, helping to maintain and improve countries’ access to these important malaria prevention tools.

CHAI is seeking a Senior Associate to work on three key areas related to vector control commodities including a) providing analytical support on vector control commodity forecasting, b) developing new approaches to promote consistently high quality vector control products, especially bed nets, and c) understanding and evaluating new market opportunities in malaria vector control:

1. Forecasting project (~50%): CHAI is working to develop global forecasting models that project annual need and procurement of malaria commodities, including bed nets and insecticides used for indoor residual spraying. This position will help to collect and collate data inputs from global and national partners and collaborators, particularly data related to bed nets; conduct data analyses and contribute to market forecasting models/tools; research national strategic plans and other data-based assumptions that go into projections of commodity demand at the national and global level; provide technical review and thought partnership for forecasting models and outputs; liaise frequently and manage relationships with partners and other global malaria stakeholders in the vector control space; and communicate findings to partners and global stakeholders.
2. Bed net quality (~40%): There is an enormous body of evidence supporting the critical impact of bed nets on preventing malaria and therefore saving lives. In response to this evidence and their cost effectiveness, over two billion nets have been distributed worldwide in the last two decades. With these volumes comes the ethical obligation of delivering high quality nets. This role will involve understanding the different elements that influence bed net quality, from policy to design to procurement to monitoring, and packaging this information to help shape structural improvements to the future quality of nets. It will also involve considering how changes to net quality would affect future supply and demand of nets.
3. New products (~10%): This role will involve keeping track of the many new vector control products under development, the supporting evidence behind these products, the potential relevance of these products to malaria vector control programs, and potential demand for these products.

The position requires a highly motivated individual with outstanding analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and communication skills. They must exhibit a passion for results and commitment to excellence. The candidate must have excellent communications skills, patience, and cultural sensitivity, as they will be working on complex topics with global and country partners as well as multiple teams at CHAI.

The successful Senior Associate will have strong organizational and project management skills, and will be capable of conducting rapid quantitative analysis and communicating such analysis in a clear and concise manner to colleagues and partners. The successful candidate will be able to function efficiently in a semi-independent setting, and thus will be a self-motivated individual capable of managing multiple tasks at once and driving multiple work flows forward. CHAI places great value on the following qualities in its staff: resourcefulness, responsibility, patience, tenacity, humility, independence, energy, and work ethic.

There is flexibility in the base location for this role, pending leadership approval, with preference for a base location in a CHAI program country in Africa. Regardless of base location, travel is expected to be no more than 20%. 

• Work closely with internal and external partners to collate, interpret, and analyze vector control commodity data in support of a multi-year global malaria commodities forecast
• Identify and quantify potential implications of changing trends in insecticide resistance, commodity pricing, donor and country budgets, available products, and normative guidance on vector control commodity volumes
• Attend, contribute to, and lead meetings with key vector control partners, and support relationship building and relationship management with these partners
• Perform as the key touch point and liaison for internal and external partners and colleagues in the vector control space
• In coordination with partners, liaise with vector control manufacturers on forecast assumptions and project use cases
• Support writing and editing of reports for the donor and dissemination
• Analyze and review forecast model outputs
• Attend and participate in key partner and internal meetings
• Research the levers affecting vector control product quality, particularly bed net quality – including policy guidelines, minimum standards, pre-qualification processes, global/procurer/country-level quality assurance and quality control, transportation and storage conditions, and in-country monitoring
• Package information from research, stakeholder conversations, and thought leadership into high-quality and clear presentations, reports, and publications
• Conduct literature reviews, stakeholder conversations, and data analysis on new and upcoming products, synthesize this information for dissemination, and provide strategic thought partnership on how CHAI and partners could support roll-out of new products
• For innovative program initiatives, translate high-level ideas into actionable project workplans and pitch decks
• Quantify the relevant market demand through top-down or bottom-up analyses
• Support scoping for innovative approaches to increasing efficiency and effectiveness of vector control intervention mixes with the aim of efficiently achieving desired health impact of the preventive intervention
• Proactively develop and maintain strong working relationships with key stakeholders across government and non-governmental organizations
• Represent CHAI at relevant working groups and meetings to provide appropriate technical support as necessary
• Support the continuous development and refinement of the CHAI Vector Control Strategy

• Bachelor degree in biology, chemistry, social sciences, business, or a related field with 5-7 years of work experience, or Master's degree with at least 3 years of work experience in a demanding private sector environment, such as strategy consulting, health commodity market intelligence, or public sector advisory position
• Exceptional quantitative, presentation, and writing skills, including fluency in MS Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
• Excellent written and oral communications skills, including report-writing skills
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Excellent organization, time management, and project management skills
• Strong work ethic, integrity, credibility, and dedication to CHAI’s mission
• Demonstrated ability to work independently in unstructured settings and to adapt to new environments and challenges
• Ability to own and strategically develop workstreams as part of a small team
• Ability to handle multiple tasks and priorities simultaneously
• Ability to be effective, patient, and thoughtful in high-pressure situations
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and multicultural environment
• Demonstrated ability to quickly learn and act upon technical information
• Demonstrated ability to translate scientific knowledge into actionable insights for decision-making
• Comfort and flexibility to work independently with a diverse set of counterparts
• Available for up to 20% travel

Advantages:

• An MBA or MPH
• Experience working in pharmaceutical or medical device market research, market intelligence, wholesale distribution, or commercial strategy
• Experience working in developing countries, particularly on health related issues
• Experience working remotely with a decentralized team

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