Analyst, Health Financing

The Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. (CHAI) is a global health organization committed to saving lives and reducing the burden of disease in low-and middle-income countries, while strengthening the capabilities of governments and the private sector in those countries to create and sustain high-quality health systems that can succeed without our assistance. For more information, please visit: http://www.clintonhealthaccess.org

In India, CHAI is looking for candidates who can shape the rapidly growing Health Financing work, supporting the government’s health and health financing reforms aimed at the goal of Universal Health Coverage. Key areas of technical support include using data analytics for decision making and program management, capacity building at a national and sub-national level and program coordination between centre and states.

CHAI is seeking highly motivated individuals with outstanding credentials, analytical ability, and communication skills to support its health financing program. The candidates must be able to function independently and flexibly and have a strong commitment to excellence. CHAI places great value on relevant personal qualities: resourcefulness, responsibility, tenacity, independence, energy, and work ethic.

Key responsibilities will include, but not be limited to, the following:

• Support the Program Manager to identify and define CHAI's overall strategy within the program area, develop clear operational plans for execution, and continually identify opportunities for CHAI to add value and maximize impact
• Analyse government program data to monitor performance, identify key challenges/bottlenecks and structure solutions
• Develop KPIs and build monitoring dashboards to support effective programmatic decision making
• Provide trainings to key stakeholders at the national and sub-national level on various aspects of the health reforms
• Provide coordination support between the centre and state governments
• Support key meetings/events such as trainings, state coordination meetings, IT workshops etc.
• Provide strategic insights at technical working groups and/or other high level meetings/conferences
• Develop strong working relationships with key stakeholders in government, international partners, donors and NGOs, and ensure maximum coordination of resources and effort
• Collaborate with government to ensure skills transfer and government ownership, identify the most critical hurdles to scale-up, and develop innovative strategies to address them
• Other responsibilities as needed

• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree or equivalent; MBA preferred
• Minimum two years of relevant work experience preferably in strategic consulting or big data analytics. Experience working in the health sector and/or health insurance (public or private) is an advantage. Experience on public-private partnerships is an advantage.
• Entrepreneurial mind-set, including ability to work independently, self-motivate, and propose and implement new initiatives
• Demonstrated success in coordinating various stakeholders/interests (public sector engagement would be highly relevant) and developing strong relationships in order to drive a process successfully
• Ability to think strategically, handle ambiguity, and problem solve in a fast-paced, limited-structure, multicultural environment
• High level of proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, PowerPoint and Word
• Willingness to travel if required and at short notice, even to remote places
• Excellent analytical (qualitative and quantitative) skills and communication (written and verbal) skills
• Fluency in English and Hindi

Preferred:

• Knowledge of big data/ advanced analytics concepts and algorithms – text mining, social listening, recommender systems, predictive modelling, etc. is preferred
• Experience of handling big datasets through use of software such as SQL, Oracle, Python, SAS etc and data visualization tools such as Tableau, Power BI, Qlik Sense etc.
• Design and BI architecture skills, partnering with engineering & information architecture teams on design & architecture
• Experience managing a project end-to-end: problem scoping, data gathering, EDA, visualizations, modelling and insights
• Experience managing roll-out of largescale projects across States is an advantage