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 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.

Position Overview

CHAI is seeking a Senior Associate, Regional Support to provide strategic, analytical, fundraising, and operational support to the Regional Director and Country Directors across East Africa (Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda) and Southern Africa (Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe). The region carries a complex and evolving disease burden — spanning both communicable and non-communicable conditions — across health systems at markedly different stages of maturity.

In this role, you will engage substantively with programmatic information to produce actionable analysis, identify credible funding opportunities, and support high-quality strategic decision-making. You will serve as a trusted thought partner to regional leadership on operational improvements and cross-country coordination. This position offers close exposure to senior leaders and unique insight into key strategic global health issues, as well as how CHAI develops and executes strategies to address them. The role is a full-time position based in any CHAI program country in East or South Africa, with travel of up to 10% per year.

Fundraising (~40%)

• Support the Regional Director and Country Directors in identifying and pursuing regional funding opportunities and partnerships, including cross-country funding prospects and donor positioning for regional priorities.
• Conduct donor landscaping to evaluate potential partners aligned to programmatic, regional, and country-level priorities and generate insights on new strategic partnership opportunities.
• Lead donor prospect research and prepare high-quality briefings and reports for regional leadership.
• Maintain and regularly update a regional fundraising tracker.
• Provide hands-on support for proposal development for high-priority initiatives for the region.

Strategic, Analytical, and Project Management Support (~30%)

• Conduct data analysis, research, and synthesis to generate regional health insights, surface trends, and identify risks and opportunities across country programs.
• Develop structured problem-solving frameworks to assess challenges, evaluate trade-offs, and recommend solutions.
• Support the design, execution, and monitoring of high-priority initiatives, proactively identifying risks and bottlenecks and proposing solutions to keep work on track.
• Produce dashboards, reports, and presentations that translate complex data into clear, actionable insights for senior leadership.
• Coordinate and track cross-functional projects, ensuring milestones, timelines, and deliverables are met.
• Develop frameworks, tools, and processes to strengthen regional effectiveness and efficiency, and drive knowledge-sharing across countries.

Cross-Country Coordination (~20%)

• Facilitate structured learning and strategic alignment across country programs in the region.
• Use the regional vantage point to surface early signals — strategic, programmatic, operational, or funding-related — to leadership.
• Lead the planning, coordination, and execution of regional meetings, including agenda development, preparation of pre-reads and data summaries, logistics management, and post-meeting reporting.
• Draft internal communications, newsletters, memos, and presentations to facilitate information-sharing across the region.
• Maintain and improve tools, processes, and systems that enhance the productivity of regional leadership.

Operations (~10%)

• Serve as the coordination point for HQ and Global Team requests directed to regional leadership.
• Synthesize and bridge country-level perspectives to support alignment across country teams, the region, and HQ.
• Provide additional support to the Regional Director and Country Directors as needed.

• Master's degree (MBA, MPA, MPP, MPH, or equivalent) with at least 6–7 years of progressive work experience, including a minimum of 4 years in strategy or management consulting.

• Strong background in international development, particularly in low- and middle-income countries; familiarity with public health programming or global health contexts is highly desirable.

• Demonstrated experience in proposal development, donor relations, fundraising, and partnership development.

• Exceptional analytical skills — both qualitative and quantitative — combined with strong written and verbal communication abilities.

• Proven ability to produce high-quality written deliverables for senior and diverse internal and external audiences.

• Solid experience in knowledge management, stakeholder engagement, and relationship-building.

• Strong project management skills with the ability to multitask, prioritize, and synthesize a broad range of information in a fast-paced environment.

• Ability to work independently and thrive in an unstructured, multicultural, and demanding environment.

• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.

• Experience living and working in one or more of CHAI's program countries.

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