- 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...

As an Associate (or 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, modeling 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...

- Lead IT resource in the selection and implementation of a financial ERP system.- Maintain Microsoft Windows servers in the corporate data center in virtual and physical environment- Maintain Exchange 2019, Office365 and AD user accounts.- Proactively manage and maintain remote servers in field offices.- Configure, manage and support Server 2012 and 2019 servers.- Provide training and assistance to users as needed.- Interface with vendors to place orders for new equipment and software.- Design and install systems on a limited budget.- Create and maintain updated documentation for all technical aspects of operations.- Must be excited about learning new things, patient in dealing with complex and sometimes high-pressure situations, and must have excellent attention to...

- Support and maintain Box cloud-based file sharing application while supporting 1800 users based around the world- Provide support to staff located globally on cloud-based file sharing applications- Provide training and support to staff on the Box application- Proactively manage staff access and data security and integrity to cloud based file sharing systems.- Integrate a Single Sign-On application with Microsoft Active Directory and cloud-based applications-  Maintain Microsoft Windows 2012 and 2019 servers in the corporate data center and remote sites in virtual and physical environments.- Create and maintain updated documentation for all technical aspects of operations.- Must be excited about learning new things, patient in dealing with complex and sometimes...

- Provide strategic guidance and planning support to countries (30%)- Support country teams to develop country-level strategy and work plans in line with global CHAI strategy- Build relationships and seek input on country strategy and workstreams among broader global team- Regularly review and facilitate reviews of country work plans, identify implementation barriers, develop solutions, and identify resources and next steps- Monitor country-level program progress against milestones, and work with Program Management to identify and mitigate risks to achieving program and grant goals- Develop concept notes and funding proposals in collaboration with country teams- Attend advocacy and strategy-related meetings with government stakeholders and partners where necessary- Provide...

- Organize, clean, manage, and integrate different types of datasets, including epidemiological, demographic, intervention, climate and geospatial data- Conduct statistical and spatial analyses (descriptive analyses, regressions and other relevant methods), and interpret results to evaluate effectiveness of current interventions, understand disease patterns, and inform strategic and operational planning- Contribute to technical guidance and thought partnership on the implementation of operational research projects related to surveillance, intervention effectiveness, and entomology, including question development and prioritization, formulation of research protocols, study design, sample size calculation, formulating and digitizing data collection tools, data validation and cleaning,...