Application and Grant Coordination - Support the day-to-day operations and implementation of the small-grants fund, including leading execution of pre-award and post-award processes for two product funding streams - Bring project management skills and exceptional attention to detail to execute day-to-day grantmaking activities and usher a high volume of applications through the pre-award and post-award lifecycle - Track and adhere to key deadlines throughout the grant lifecycle  - Manage record-keeping and accurate document storage - Update grants management softwares and systems with timelydataregarding applicants’ and grantees’ status in the application and grant-life cycle; maintaining strong data accuracy  - Coordinate the end-to-end grants and contracts processes with...

As a Flexible Senior Associate, you will be responsible for: - Drafting recommendations and implementation plans to operationalize CHAI’s five-year strategy, including near-term strategic and operational improvements and presenting recommendations to the CEO and other senior leadership. - Scoping potential new, high-impact program areas, including by conducting background research, modelling quantitative impact case, and evaluating funding landscape. - Developing briefing notes, pitch decks, and proposals to secure catalytic funding for new and existing programs and initiatives. - Collaborating with a diverse set of stakeholders across functions to support high-priority special projects across the organization. - Supporting the development of communication materials, including...

- Support national programs in reviewing, updating, or drafting strategic plans for dengue control, ensuring alignment with government priorities and implementation feasibility.- Collaborate with CHAI’s country team to ensure project plans integrate national strategies and address local needs, incorporating technical and community engagement components.- Build and manage relationships with key regional and local stakeholders, including government staff, partners, and academic institutions, to enhance coordination and collaboration.- Use data to inform decision-making, ensuring effective monitoring, evaluation, and adaptation of strategies.- Promote knowledge-sharing by disseminating best practices, lessons learned, and innovations across CHAI, government, and other...

Analytics:- Plan and 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;- Help cultivate a culture of data-use within disease programs by strengthening the quality, use and analysis of epidemiological, entomological, and programmatic data by the malaria program to inform country strategy planning and program implementation;- Design, implement, analyze, and disseminate operational research projects related to surveillance, intervention effectiveness, and entomology;- Synthesize results, translate them to national and sub-national government partners to support evidence-based decision-making, and...

- Facilitate evidence-based program reviews and strategic and operational planning;- Assist malaria programs in identifying and addressing impediments to funding absorption, activity implementation, and programmatic goals;- Strengthen financial and programmatic data used to inform program management and strategic decision-making;- Develop Excel-based budget and cost models for malaria interventions;- Conduct analyses to map available funding to needs and identify resource gaps;- Develop funding proposals to mobilize resources (e.g., from Global Fund) for countries;- Work with stakeholders to prioritize and optimize activities within funding envelope;- Build strong relationships with stakeholders across CHAI, government, non-governmental organizations, and the private sector...

- Work with national Malaria program staff to implement broad management capacity building plans, including trainings for malaria and NTDs government staff at central and subnational levels. - Identify technical gaps with the Ministry of Health that occur during the provision of malaria services at the primary health care level and malaria prevention campaigns.- Work with fellow CHAI country teammates and the national malaria staff to conduct malaria program reviews; update or write national strategic plans; and optimize the cost of national malaria programs by building Excel-based costing and budget models.- Assist Benin malaria & NTDs programs with financial and programmatic tracking, including the identification of key decision-relevant information, the development of dashboards...

Analytics:- Plan and 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 climate and importation;- Help cultivate a culture of data-use within disease programs by strengthening the quality, use and analysis of epidemiological, entomological, and programmatic data by the malaria program to inform country strategy planning and program implementation;- Design, implement, analyse, and disseminate operational research projects related to surveillance, intervention effectiveness, and entomology;- Synthesize results, translate them to national and sub-national government partners to support evidence-based decision-making, and...

Across countries and projects, the Associate will have the following responsibilities:Strategic Guidance and Stakeholder Engagement (20%)- Engage closely with Ministry of Health (MOH) programs, in-country partners, and regional/local CHAI teams to develop a deep understanding of user requirements for malaria/NTD surveillance and public health campaigns and the existing digital ecosystem- Provide guidance to MOH programs and stakeholders in the design and application of digital tools to solve public health problems, with an emphasis on increasing digitization while streamlining systems and reducing fragmentation- Play a translational role in communicating technical approaches, software/hardware specifications, and implementation guidance to non-technical staff within the MOH,...

- Provide technical support to the Kano and Kaduna PHC financing teams to design and implement advanced data systems for collecting, analysing, visualizing, and reporting performance data to facilitate informed decision-making and continuous quality improvement. - Work with the CHAI Performance Management teams in Kano and Kaduna to design interventions to enhance capability, opportunity, & motivation of HCWs, LGA & State Staff to use performance information to drive service delivery improvement. - Lead the design of rigorous evaluations to measure impact of the performance management on service uptake and quality in the PHCs across Kano and Kaduna States.- Oversee program implementation in line with grant documents and ensure alignment with Government priorities and accountability...

Strategic Projects & Initiative Support- Support the planning and execution of high-priority strategic projects across CHAI’s health systems portfolio, working closely with the Director of Health Systems and country/program teams.- Conduct research, landscape analysis, and synthesis of internal and external inputs to inform new initiatives, country scoping, and program design.- Support CHAI country and program teams in the design and refinement of strategies, workplans, and project frameworks, ensuring alignment with CHAI’s global health systems vision.- Help shape and advance cross-cutting initiatives (e.g., foreign aid transition support, service delivery reform, health systems integration).Strategic Communications & Learning- Synthesize key insights from CHAI’s health...