As Senior Manager, you will lead teams across multiple workstreams, ensuring timely delivery of goals and building strong relationships with stakeholders, including governments, donors, and NGOs. You will develop and implement high-impact strategies, analyze priority interventions, and assess their impact. Additionally, you will communicate CHAI’s results to partners and identify new opportunities and partnerships to improve health outcomes. This role requires up to 30% travel. SRH strategy, program and grant management:- In collaboration with country teams, drive and oversee the development, initiation, execution, growth and monitoring of SRH programs at CHAI in line with CHAI’s overall global SRH strategy  - Work closely with leadership and staff on CHAI program and country...

- Ensure full operationalization of the Policy hub and NHIC: The policy advisor will further align with the MOH on the scope, staffing, and additional support needs for this Policy Hub, as well as how it will be communicated to and interact with the health system.- Review existing priority policy reform agenda and develop a framework analysis plan: The policy advisor shall review existing priority policy agenda based on existing data from multiple sources and use advanced data analytics tools to generate policy briefs, high level presentations and advocacy documents to mobilize adequate financial resources for implementation.- Strengthen data use for PHC performance management and system improvement: This includes leveraging programmatic and financial data to conduct key analyses and...

Monthly financial reporting 40% • Oversees the monthly financial close process to ensure timely distribution of financial financials• Prepares consolidated and deconsolidated P&L and Balance Sheet• Provides accounting assistance to CHAI Global and Boston Operation teams • Reviews monthly bank and balance sheet reconciliations • Ensure consolidated and de-consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with GAAP, statutory requirements and CHAI policies• Ensures proper recording and tracking of CHAI fixed assets • Completes quarterly expense sampling to ensure donor compliance• Reviews sub-ledger posting of Accounts Payable to ensure accuracy• Records revenue in compliance with Accounting Standards update of 2018• Ensure proper submission of allocation...

- Work closely with MOHCC to strengthen the design and implementation and improve impact of Health System Strengthening programmes- Continually identify new opportunities for CHAI to add value and maximize impact in support of the MOHCC ensuring strategies are in line with country needs including health systems strengthening, integrated service delivery, prevention, and equity.- Lead business development efforts to secure additional funding for CHAI’s HSS program- Coordinate CHAI’s efforts with other HSS partners, and identify and establish additional partnerships as appropriate- Develop clear annual country work plans and ensure strong execution to achieves intended results- Monitor program activities against project goals, identify operational bottlenecks, anticipate risks and...

Grant Management- Support program leads in creating comprehensive budgets for new grant proposals (or re-budgeting of existing grants) that meet both internal CHAI requirements and external donor requirements- Create and manage the preparation and completion of financial reports, audit reports, and invoices for donors, working directly with relevant grant leadership, CHAI’s various country teams, HQ Finance teams as needed- Liaise with sub-grantees and subcontractors to manage all relevant budget and financial management components within the scope of the grant- Track and analyze monthly spending on grants by country and global teams- Ensure strict compliance with donor financial requirements- Manage financial close-out process for grants- Provide strategic thought...

- Provide day-to-day support to CMED to operationalize the “One Report” reform within the Health Sector Strategic Plan III (HSSP III), which aims to establish unified monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems across the health sector- Support CMED in defining a single M&E framework for evaluating health sector progress, ensuring buy-in across MoH departments and partners- Support to incorporate the “One Report” indicators into routine health sector information systems and M&E processes, including the DHIS2 and the country’s joint reviews at the national, zonal, and district levels- Support the conduct of zonal health reviews as a key platforms for reviewing district performance and as a key input into the National Joint Annual Review process- Support the production of HSSP III...

- Provide technical support to the MoH Department of Planning and Policy Development to operationalize the governance reforms in the Health Sector Strategic Plan III (HSSP III), including “One Plan, One Budget, One Report”- Define and strengthen the process of developing the health sector’s annual “One Plan,” including cross-cutting support to HSSP III Technical Working Groups and relevant Ministry of Health Directorates to outline their priorities and map donor funding contributing to these outputs- Support rationalization of Technical Working Groups, including implementation of revised TORs and membership, to ensure that they are “fit for purpose” to deliver the “One Plan, One Budget, One Report” reform- Facilitate the development and implementation of district and facility...

- Provide day-to-day support to the MoH Department of Planning and Policy Development to operationalize health financing reforms in the Health Sector Strategic Plan III (HSSP III), including direct facility financing (DFF) and strategic purchasing- Work with the DFF taskforce to oversee the implementation of DFF across both government and partner-funded districts, ensuring fidelity to the Ministry’s DFF guidelines- Support the MoH Deputy Director of Health Financing to drive strategic purchasing and efficiencies agenda across the health sector, including central hospital resource allocation and the public-private partnership with the Christian Health Association of Malawi (CHAM), among other areas- Coordinate partners to strengthen the reform taskforces, which oversee the day-to-day...

Overall Programme management, accountability and oversight in terms of:- Ensuring that the programme has an approved workplan, Logframe, budget and forecasts as part of official programme documents. - Understanding the programme/s, implementation and close out phase milestones, timelines and expectations and that these are communicated to all teams working in the programme- Leading and managing the achievement of the programme outputs in the different work streamsmeasuring, and ensuring that the objectives of the grant/s through the programme workplans are achieved - Identifying, documenting and communicating programme risks as part of programme management, and be able to report urgent, threatening risks early to the Senior Director CHAI, - Providing operational programme...

Program Management and Leadership- Lead the design, development and execution of coherent programmatic multiyear strategies and interventions aimed at strengthening health systems with a special focus on the health financing pillar.- Develop existing and future programs within the health systems strengthening cluster particularly in a resource constrained and rapidly evolving context.- Lead structured program performance reviews and develop an accountability culture within teams- Guide the development and updating of a program specific results frameworks, annual operational plans, program risk registers and other process documents to ensure effective program execution. Lead program tracking of progress, analyzing data, and making recommendations for improvements based on...