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 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 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. 

Overview of the Role 

CHAI is seeking a highly motivated epidemiologist with public health experience and analytical skills to work with CHAI’s global, regional and country teams, to conduct epidemiological analyses, monitor and evaluate the success of ongoing efforts to reduce disease burden in relevant geographies; translate results for decision-makers. The individual will collaborate with a diverse team based across multiple countries across Africa, with a focus on Francophone West and Central Africa. The successful candidate will possess strong communication and organizational skills; be imaginative, pragmatic, and innovative in applying epidemiological expertise to improve real-world health programs; work independently; and have deep personal commitment to producing results. 

This role is flexible to be based in a CHAI program country, pending leadership approval. Travel will be expected.  

CHAI places great value on relevant personal qualities including resourcefulness, tenacity, independence, patience, humility, and strong work ethic. 

• Conduct high-quality epidemiological and statistical analyses to evaluate effectiveness of current interventions, understand disease patterns, and inform strategic planning related to malaria within the region; 
• Help design monitoring and evaluation projects for malaria interventions; including questionnaire development, sample size calculation and M&E framework development;
• Design, implement and analyse operational research projects related to intervention effectiveness, strategy and targeting; 
• Synthesize results, translate them to regional teams, country teams and other stakeholders to support evidence-based decision-making, and disseminate findings through high-quality presentations and reports;
• Develop and maintain strong working relationships with regional and country teams; 
• Review, document and compare analytics methodologies and results related to topics such as epidemiological stratifications, mathematical modelling and strategic analytics;
• Conduct literature reviews and meta-analyses on elimination feasibility and strategy in high-burden settings;
• Communicating regularly with the line manager and global team members to discuss analytics progress, unknowns and required support;
• Any other tasks as identified and assigned by the manager within the scope.

• Masters in public health, epidemiology or a related field; 
• 2+ years of work experience; 
• Enthusiasm for applying research methods to solve global health problems, focusing on malaria and/or other major global infectious disease concerns; 
• Experience contributing to strategic planning through rigorous data use processes; 
• Experience with designing, conducting, and analyzing epidemiological surveys; 
• Exceptional skills in the epidemiological analysis of health data and the application of analyses for decision-making; 
• Strong project management skills, including the ability to plan, execute, and monitor multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring timely and high-quality deliverables; 
• Experience in working and communicating with government officials and other external partners; 
• Statistical and geospatial analysis programming experience (including expertise with R, STATA,  ArcGIS, QGIS and/or other relevant software); 
• High levels of proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and internet applications; 
• Proficiency in report writing and other concise written communications; 
• Ability to work independently in remote and unstructured settings and to adapt to new environments and challenges; 
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills; 
• Fluency in English.

Advantages: 

• Experience working in fast-paced, output-oriented environments; 
• Experience living or working in resource-limited settings, especially in Africa; 
• Experience working with a decentralized team; 
• Fluency in French and/or Portuguese.

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