CHAI is seeking an Associate who will work as part of a new team within CHAI’s health financing group, that will work on structuring deals in blended and climate finance for health. This role will specifically work on supporting preparatory work in South Africa to arrange financing at scale to electrify hundreds of health facilities and increase energy efficiency through innovative means. Specific responsibilities include the following:- Develop and maintain financial models to estimate capital expenditures (capex) and operating expenses (opex) for solar electrification of health facilities. This includes analyzing various technology types, fleet sizes, and blended finance structures to provide insights into financial implications for governments and private partners.- Collaborate...

Programmatic Support (70%)- Support modeling on the impact of programs, combining independent research with inputs from CHAI teams and donor(s)- Assist in conducting scoping exercises to explore new innovation opportunities, such as mental health initiatives and the application of AI technologies in health programs.- Support the development of strategies for integrating innovations into CHAI’s programmatic work, including identifying potential use cases and evaluating interventions.- Contribute to research and data collection, gathering insights from internal and external stakeholders to inform strategy development.- Help draft strategy documents and presentations to communicate findings and recommendations to senior leadership and other key stakeholders.Operations Management...

The Associate will support the NTDs program to:- Identify opportunities for data use and scale-up of digitized national campaigns and contribute to the national NTDs program’s vision for integrated campaign digitization- Explore useful analysis and tools for decision-making that are not fully leveraged and assess the operational and financial feasibility of implementing solutions- Support operational requirements gathering, including defining and understanding needs and gaps in campaign operations, identifying areas to address through digital solutions and areas that may need parallel operations strengthening by MoH departments and local partner support- Select, enhance, and customize context-appropriate campaign tools for Senegal- Promote integrated campaign tools and platforms...

Product Management [30%]- Be well versed in the key features and maturity of key software products for CHAI teams and workstreams- Collaborate with external product organisations to inform their backlog of feature development, based on government needs and CHAI’s implementation experience- Define and promote an approach to end user research to inform our product partnerships effectively based on CHAI country implementation experience- Define KPIs for product performance, usability, and uptake, and oversee monitoring during implementation- Work with technology partners to ensure up-to-date documentation is in place to support implementation and maintenance of digital products Partnership Management (Product-Focused) [20%]- Articulate and promote collaboration opportunities...

As the Innovation Senior Associate you will:- Collaborate with the Director of Innovation Strategy and the Vice President of Innovation to drive strategic transformation within CHAI.- Support the formulation of a strategic vision and actionable roadmap to integrate innovations into CHAI’s global programs, ensuring alignment with CHAI’s long-term goals and mission.- Contribute to the design and implementation of a robust scoping methodology to prioritize new interventions based on strategic value.- Assist in identifying high-impact areas for organizational growth, such as mental health and AI technologies, by evaluating internal and external opportunities for innovation integration.- Scope potential new, high-impact program areas by conducting thorough subject matter deep-dives...

As the Innovation Manager you will:- Collaborate with the Director of Innovation Strategy and the Head of Innovation to drive strategic transformation within CHAI.- Lead the formulation of a strategic vision and actionable roadmap to integrate innovations into CHAI’s global programs, ensuring alignment with CHAI’s long-term goals and mission.- Design and implement a robust scoping methodology to prioritize new interventions based on strategic value.- Identify high-impact areas for organizational growth, such as mental health and AI technologies, by evaluating internal and external opportunities for innovation integration.- Lead scoping exercises for potential new, high-impact program areas by conducting thorough subject matter deep-dives and comprehensive evaluations of the...

- Collaborate with government partners, CHAI country teams, and other stakeholders, to identify data & capacity gaps that impact procurement, supply, and distribution systems, and build solutions that fit the needs of the malaria program in the context of the national health system;- Work closely with CHAI malaria country teams and government partners to integrate available data sources and build models to quantify and forecast demand for malaria commodities distributed by the public and private sectors;- Compile information on registration, quantification, procurement and distribution processes and timelines for malaria diagnostic, preventative, and treatment commodities, and document key gaps and recommendations for CHAI’s engagement;- Identify new avenues for CHAI engagement with...

Regional analytics support (70%)- Work with CHAI teams, national malaria and NTD programs, and partner organizations to identify analytical needs to inform country and regional decisions and strategies - Develop data analysis plans to ensure analyses address priority questions, including specifying research questions, identifying data needs, and determining appropriate methodologies- Conduct analyses of malaria and NTD data, including retrospective epidemiological assessments, impact evaluations, optimizing intervention packages, and quantifying contribution of drivers of transmission such as rainfall and importation - Translate findings into recommendations on programmatic decisions, including on where to prioritize resources, which interventions to implement, and how to deploy...

Providing technical support including but not limited to:- Developing and maintaining a strong understanding of the malaria diagnosis and treatment landscape within Sierra Leone, while uncovering the root causes of inequities in access to malaria diagnosis and treatment; - Identifying high priority opportunities to improve the quality, coverage and equity of malaria diagnosis and treatment across public, private and community sectors through scoping exercises and review of routine data; this includes supporting the country in conducting malaria equity assessments and transforming findings in actionable and human centred interventions - Developing and supporting the implementation of M&E plans for CHAI and government case management, community health, and supply chain interventions...

- Act as a trusted adviser and collaborative partner to the National Malaria Control Program (NMCP) and other MOH units, offering insights on malaria program analytics.- Assist the NMCP and other MOH units on  malaria surveillance. This includes implementing new surveillance platforms to enhance data collection, management, analysis, and visualization that help evidence based decision about addressing health inequities.- Assist the NMCP in collecting or generating disaggregated data, analysing them and addressing equity gaps- Monitor and evaluate the performance of existing malaria surveillance system and new platforms, such as the SNIGS and geospatial registries (e.g., community health worker registry, master health facility registry). From the surveillance system evaluations,...