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.

Program Strategy & Execution

• Lead key analytical and operational workstreams and support the design, planning, and oversee execution of multi-country or country-specific projects to reduce lead exposure, including:
• Accelerating access to blood lead level diagnostics, including the next generation of point-of-care tools.
• Developing market-based interventions to increase adoption of safer pigments and reduce lead content in paint.
• Increasing access to portable environmental testing equipment to generate country-level data on sources of lead exposure.
• Supporting nationally-driven coordination mechanisms and national strategic plans for lead mitigation.
• Supporting governments to initiate nationally representative blood lead level surveys.
• Conduct and oversee complex quantitative and qualitative analyses, such as market assessments, regulatory landscape mapping, burden estimation, cost-effectiveness modelling, or surveillance data interpretation.
• Translate analytical findings into clear, actionable recommendations for governments, donors, and CHAI leadership.
• Contribute analytical inputs on lead exposure, environmental health surveillance, regulatory approaches, and product testing, providing guidance to junior team members and government counterparts in interpreting data and developing practical recommendations.

Country & Stakeholder Engagement

• Build and manage productive relationships with country teams, academic partners, laboratories, private-sector actors, multilateral organizations, and civil society, in close coordination with the Associate Director / Director.
• Support country teams working closely with governments in developing or strengthening:
• National action plans to reduce childhood lead exposure
• Regulatory or enforcement frameworks
• Product standards and compliance systems
• Surveillance systems and data management approaches
• Support CHAI’s engagement in key meetings of technical working groups, partner meetings, and donor discussions.

Team Management & Development

• Manage and mentor a small team of associates, analysts, or consultants, including delegating workstreams, reviewing deliverables, and ongoing coaching.
• Support hiring, onboarding, and capacity building of new team members.

Operational & Financial Oversight

• Monitor execution against project budgets, donor commitments, and donor reporting requirements.
• Responsible for overseeing program execution, including ensuring a high level of quality and proactive troubleshooting to ensure the work is completed on time.
• Support the development of proposals, concept notes, budgets, and strategic plans to expand the lead exposure portfolio.

Cross-Team Collaboration & Thought Leadership

• Collaborate with other CHAI teams (e.g., Child Health, Diagnostics, Women’s and Newborn Health, Global Markets) to integrate lead exposure reduction into broader public health initiatives.
• Contribute to the development of global public goods, toolkits, and best practices for lead mitigation.
• Stay up to date with emerging evidence, policy innovations, and global strategies on lead poisoning prevention, bringing new ideas to refine CHAI’s approach.

Other responsibilities as needed

• Bachelor’s degree in Public Policy, Economics, Public Health, Environmental Health, Environmental Science, Business, or related field; Master’s in Public Policy, Business, Public Health, Environmental Health, or related field strongly preferred.
• At least 5 years of relevant experience, including at least 1 year in project management or program execution in LMICs.
• Experience in fast-paced, results-oriented environments (e.g., management consulting, investment banking, pharma, startups, other results-driven organizations).
• Highly proficient project management skills; demonstrated ability to lead complex analytical workstreams, synthesize findings, and generate practical recommendations for decision makers.
• Experience managing staff and building high-performing teams.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build relationships with government and external partners.
• Exceptional analytical (qualitative and quantitative) and communication (written and verbal) skills, including preparing polished presentations and reports for senior stakeholders.
• High proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint.
• Willingness to travel (15-25%).
• Humility, curiosity, resourcefulness, tenacity, and commitment to CHAI’s values.

Advantages

• Experience in lead exposure, environmental health, or child health.
• Experience in market shaping or supply chain strengthening.
• Experience working with governments in LMICs and/or experience with laboratory systems, surveillance systems, or compliance work in LMICs.
• Experience fundraising for social impact programs and/or private sector business development (e.g., management consulting, startups).
• Fluency in a second language relevant to CHAI program countries (e.g., Hindi, French, Swahili, Amharic, Yoruba).

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