- Serve as a trusted technical adviser to national malaria, dengue, and NTD programs on vector control and entomology.- Provide technical and operational support for vector control interventions, including insecticide-treated nets, indoor residual spraying, Wolbachia, and spatial emanators. This includes ensuring effective planning, execution, and evaluation of vector control deployment.- Explore and support the implementation of new tools and interventions for malaria elimination and dengue prevention in the GMS. This includes collaborating with internal teams to integrate Wolbachia into national dengue prevention strategies, ensuring alignment with existing vector control efforts and national health priorities.- Support national programs in translating research, evidence, and...

- Develop budget and cost models for dengue interventions.- Analyze available funding, map financial needs, and identify resource gaps.- Collaborate with stakeholders to prioritize and optimize activities within existing funding.- Support government dengue teams and CHAI country teams in conducting program reviews, updating or drafting national strategic plans, and optimizing cost structures.- Work with CHAI Country Managers to ensure project plans align with government priorities and are feasible for implementation.- Develop funding proposals to mobilize additional resources for country programs.- Contribute to key technical deliverables, including strategic plans, guidelines, donor reports, and concept notes.- Build and manage relationships with key regional stakeholders,...

- Lead the design, development and maintenance of interactive dashboards using R shiny to present forecasts of malaria metrics and commodities;- Support malaria country epidemiological teams with the development of user-friendly scripts to conduct analyses;- Integrate diverse data sources (e.g., databases, CSVs, geographic data) into R Shiny applications;- Perform data wrangling, cleaning, and transformation to prepare datasets for visualization;- Customize dashboards with CSS and HTML to ensure a professional and consistent appearance;- Collaborate with epidemiologists, analysts, academic partners and other stakeholders to ensure the dashboards and scripts are user-friendly, scalable and maintainable;- Conduct statistical and spatial analyses (descriptive analyses,...

- 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,...

Provide technical, operational and implementation support including but not limited to:Malaria case management in both private and public sectors: - - Develop technical expertise in diagnosis and treatment tools and interventions relevant to, and stay updated on latest global guidance and research through technical working groups, publications, meetings; to advise country teams and governments;- Prepare and conduct regular (quarterly) malaria case management data review sessions by country, drawing from available data sources;- Identify high priority opportunities to improve the quality and coverage of malaria diagnosis and treatment across public, private and community sectors through scoping exercises and review of routine data;- Develop and support the implementation of M&E...

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, operational and implementation support including but not limited to:- Malaria case management in both private and public sectors: - Developing and maintaining a strong understanding of the malaria diagnosis and treatment landscape within Southern Africa; and serve as a trusted adviser and collaborator to CHAI country teams and national malaria programs on issues related to case management;- Identifying high priority opportunities to improve the quality and coverage of malaria diagnosis and treatment across public, private and community sectors through scoping exercises and review of routine data;- Developing technical expertise in diagnosis and treatment tools and interventions relevant to, and stay updated on latest global guidance and research through...

Regional Strategy:- Serve as the lead focal point for malaria and NTD surveillance and analytics workstreams across Africa.- Serve as an expert/technical advisor and epidemiological thought leader to CHAI teams.- Contribute to building and implementing CHAI’s strategic vision for malaria and NTDs in Africa, focusing on robust use of epidemiological data and analysis to inform strategic processes.- Along with digital health colleagues, develop and communicate a coherent vision for malaria and NTD information systems within and across countries, and influence internal and external stakeholders and initiatives to drive the vision forward.- Support rigorous evidence-based planning of intervention deployment, and design and implement approaches to monitor and evaluate effectiveness...

- 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...