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

Background

As part of CHAI’s efforts to help countries respond to recent and ongoing foreign aid reductions — including major USG cuts — we are working alongside governments to quantify and address urgent gaps while paving the way for government adoption of often fragmented systems and longer-term reforms towards sustainability. This work is taking place through Technical Support Units (TSUs) that we’re setting up across multiple CHAI regions.

Overview of the Role

In Côte d’Ivoire where several donors and partners are starting funding cuts, we are currently in the scoping phase, the Senior Program Officer will work alongside the Regional TSU team and other key program teams at CHAI to coordinate a country approach to supporting government identify opportunities for TSU support, while enabling cross-country collaboration and learning. This includes direct scoping and program design support to specific countries together with other set-up leaders, and programmatic teams. Once scoping is complete, the role will provide coordination during implementation, ensuring continuity and coherence.

The Senior Program Officer will report to the Country Director and work closely with the global TSU lead and HSS cluster. S/he will also report to the Regional TSU Lead overseeing the program for the West & central region.

1. Country-level scoping support (2–3-month intensive phase)

• Provide direct support to Government teams in scoping TSU opportunities. This will involve the following activities:
• Support teams to define clear objectives and deliverables for the scoping phase. This includes facilitating alignment with CHAI global scoping frameworks and TSU-developed tools
• Provide analytical support including the development of assessment templates, maturity/preparedness indexes to help teams identify tangible opportunities that would be relevant for TSU implementation. As part of this, participate in planning calls and country visits, as needed.
• Support the development of progress update presentations and documents for regular updates with governments, partners, and donors, and participate in discussions with various partners as relevant
• Develop routine reporting frameworks for country teams implementing the TSU grant(s)
• Coordinate the data collection across countries implementing the TSU grant(s) and conduct relevant data analyses to inform donor reports
• Align with the broader set-up team and HSS cluster to ensure smooth transitions from scoping to implementation.
• Plan and coordinate cross-country and multi-team knowledge exchange through regional forums and shared documentation of early implementation experience.

2. Country Coordination and Alignment

• Work with country teams in the region that move from scoping to implementation to develop project work plans and commence project execution
• Provide technical thought partnership to country teams, ensuring coordinated communications between program teams working on USG funding cuts related work and integrated support to country teams
• Develop resource repository of templates, tools and other resources emerging from ongoing countries support to make these readily accessible for all CHAI teams
• Coordinate CHAI’s representation at regional engagements related to the country response to the donor cuts and help with preparing relevant communications materials on CHAI work
• Surface cross-country themes and emerging trends, particularly around service delivery integration (among others) and document and elevate common issues and learnings to inform CHAI’s regional strategy and external partner engagement.
• Drive the development of regionally relevant tools, guidance documents, and case studies, and facilitate regional knowledge sharing and/or help shape global tools and products relevant to the region.

Other responsibilities as assigned by the Country Director.

• Advanced degree in a related field such as public health, health economics, financial management, or business preferred.
• 4+ years of professional experience in health financing, in working alongside governments to quantify and address urgent gaps while paving the way for government adoption of often fragmented systems and longer-term reforms towards sustainability, result-oriented environments in the public sector and/or private sector (e.g. service delivery, management consulting, financial services);
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical and quantitative skills, including attention to detail and experience in modelling including the use of Microsoft Excel. Strong communication skills, including delivery of compelling presentations and documents in Microsoft PowerPoint and Word.
• Entrepreneurial mindset demonstrates ability to work independently on complex projects and solving challenging problems, in a high-pressure, fast-paced environment.
• Strategically minded, able to think creatively around long-term program objectives and the detailed steps necessary to achieve these goals; and Preferably 4+ years of management experience in an Immunization Program.
• Ability to organize and coordinate meetings and workshops, meet deadlines, generate data-driven reports and work in a fast-paced environment with maximum efficiency and impact.
• Strong budgeting and financial expenditure analysis skills. Exceptional diplomatic and interpersonal skills, and ability to build strong professional relationships with a range of stakeholders in a challenging, multicultural environment.
• Willingness to travel within Côte d’Ivoire as needed. 
• Strong command of the French language, and proficient in English.
  

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