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African Health Diagnostics Project (AHDP) - Conduct stakeholder engagements required to establish a possible public-private partnership agreement in the diagnostics landscape in Malawi.- Support defining and refining of potential project options and conduct prefeasibility analysis of each option.- Play a leading role in conducting in depth feasibility study for selected project option(s).- Recommend options for PPPs that deliver on the country’s diagnostic goals but are also affordable, and viable as business propositions for private sector providers and align to the health financing vision of the Health Sector Strategic Plan III.- Align the scope of the proposed PPP (including the types of diagnostics services at each level of care) with the integrated Health Service Packages.- Project the expected CapEx and OpEx costs for diagnostics services in the PPP and analyze sustainable long-term financing options for these services in alignment for the Health Sector Strategic Plan III’s vision.- Lead presentations and discussions with relevant government departments and stakeholders (Ministry of Health, Ministry of Finance, Public Private Partnership Commission, etc.) as well as with donors.- Support the design of a tendering process and workflow for private investor which maximizes the chance of receiving competitive bids and selecting a competent provider.- Facilitate and advise on negotiations and engagement with private sector bidders, on behalf of governments to ensure value for money is achieved from the PPPs.Cross-cutting Analytical Support to Infectious Diseases cluster- Conduct, in collaboration with other team members, real-time analysis of infectious diseases/epidemics intelligence data, from a broad range of sources including non-health sectors, for infectious diseases/epidemic forecasting and detection.- Analyse, systematize, and disseminate scientific and evidence-based technical information and knowledge.- Support the development of research protocols, Situation Reports, management of real time dashboards, other related regular and ad-hoc surveillance reports.- Develop and implement data collection systems, data analyses using statistical techniques, and other strategies that optimize statistical efficiency and quality.- Acquire data from primary or secondary data sources and maintaining databases to bring visibility and support decision making.- Understand the programs requirements to identify problems to solve and restrict the slice of data to be explored.- Perform statistical analysis and experiments to derive programme insights and report on measurable impacts of programs being implemented.- Develop detailed and clear tools based on the indicators for gathering data from various sources.- Perform cleaning, processing, and validation on the data subjects to analyse, to ensure its quality and visibility.- Clearly communicate the findings from the analysis to turn information into something actionable through reports, dashboards, and/or presentations.- Provide input to communications and information products (situation reports, Health Cluster bulletins, policy briefs, etc.) as required.- Strengthen the capacities of national and sub-national M&E teams for the effective and sustained monitoring of epidemics/infectious diseases through training courses.- Perform any other incident-specific related duties as required by the functional supervisor.
Working in close collaboration with the CHAI HIV team, the Senior Associate will:- Be the focal point person for CHAI’s role in the introduction of the CAB LA pilot.- Serve as a trusted advisor to CHAI, MoH, CAB LA expert group and other stakeholders on a range of CAB LA implementation, enabling mobilization of more resources and ensure effective implementation.- Work with MoH, CAB LA Expert group and other stakeholders to develop objective 4 A and B data monitoring and reporting tools.- Develop systematic tools and methodology for learning adaptation in the path to scale.- Support design of M&E tools necessary to improve the use of data for decision making. This work may include the development of indicators and methodologies to track progress of CAB LA program implementation.- Strengthen the capacity of program management and coordination of efforts for effective implementation and of an optimized HIV prevention program by working with Ministry of Health and partners.- Assisting the MoH in routine monitoring, review, and utilization of data for programmatic decision making.- Take lead in costing of CAB LA commodities and supply chain plans using carefully assessed assumptions and fine-tuned models.- Share global market intelligence with key supply chain decision-makers to help inform a sustainable supply of HIV prevention products.- Support ID cluster team to provide quantitative updates on grant performance and progress to the donor as requested.- Any other duties as assigned.
- Serve as a trusted technical advisor to the MOH on health financing and health systems issues, enabling MOH to mobilize more resources into the health sector, distribute them equitably, and use them effectively and efficiently- Support the MOH to operationalize the recently developed Health Sector Strategic Plan III, with a particular focus on strengthening health provider autonomy through the institutionalization and scale-up of direct facility financing- Support the implementation of direct facility financing in selected focal districts, including close collaboration and capacity-building of District Health Offices and health facilities on direct facility financing- Facilitate the development and implementation of government planning, budgeting, and donor coordination processes and tools, with the aim of improving efficiency and joint accountability at the national and district levels- Build strategic relationships and facilitate meetings with government, donors and external stakeholders to drive operational and policy changes- Contribute to the development of program workplans, budgets, and reporting for internal and external audiences- Lead preparation of activity budgets and ensure timely liquidation of all activities once completed, in line with CHAI and donor best practices and policies for sound financial management- Lead activity logistics in collaboration with the CHAI Finance and Operations teams, including disbursing allowances to meeting participants and ensuring that services such as venue hire, conferencing, printing, etc. are available for activities as relevant- Perform any other relevant duties and lead day-to-day implementation of activities as assigned by the Project Manager, Health Systems Strengthening
- Serve as a trusted technical partner to District Health Management Teams on a broad range of health financing and systems strengthening issues, enabling districts to plan, allocate and utilize resources equitably, effectively, and efficiently- Facilitate the development and implementation of government planning, budgeting, and donor coordination processes and tools, particularly linked to the District Implementation Plan, to improve efficiency and joint accountability- Provide technical partnership and support to the DHMT to implement their identified priorities within their District Implementation Plan. This may include a range of areas including integration of health services, performance management, direct facility financing, quality of care, and health systems resilience, among other areas- Work closely with the DHMT to plan, schedule, and organize activities, including development of a workplan based on identified priorities within the District Implementation Plan- Support the monitoring of District Implementation Plans, including health facility plans, by facilitating and supporting joint review meetings with the government and their donor partners- Build government capacity on evidence-based planning and effective management of external funding by delivering targeted training and skills development- Proactively suggest process improvements on district and facility planning and budgeting for adoption at the national level- Build strategic relationships and facilitate meetings with government, donors, and external stakeholders to drive operational and policy changes- Lead preparation of activity budgets and ensure timely liquidation of all activities once completed, in line with CHAI and donor best practices and policies for sound financial management- Lead activity logistics in collaboration with the CHAI Finance and Operations teams, including disbursing allowances to meeting participants and ensuring that services such as venue hire, conferencing, printing, etc. are available for activities as relevant- Perform any other relevant duties as assigned by the Project Manager, Health Systems Strengthening
- Work with senior leaders within Ministries of Health, Finance and Energy and CHAI Malawi to develop a national health facility solar electrification plan.- Support the Government of Malawi to coordinate donors, partners and interested financiers in the health sector in Malawi to ensure alignment, technical input and coordination around the plan.- Build a detailed costing model and associated prioritization framework for the plan, collecting granular inputs on costs and energy needs, numbers of facilities by type, etc. The model should project costs under different scenarios, and be overlaid with different financing structures, and be developed to enable site prioritization as well as financing negotiations.- Build relationships with energy service companies in Malawi, to explore opportunities for partnership with the Government to enable the project, and to support with building assumptions on costs and pricing for negotiations.- Facilitate a set of dialogues between Government and donors around defining solar electrification of different facility types, and to increase standardization of functionality of installed solar systems.- Work with CHAI Malawi’s Health Financing team to support capacity building of the Government through the process, and to build trust between private sector and Government.- Support the other countries in the program, sharing lessons learned from the Malawi project.- Interface with non-grant financiers, from development banks to DFIs to commercial banks and guarantors, to clearly communicate the project goal, risks and financing needs to any interested parties. This may require some travel outside of Malawi.- Grant management functions such as workplanning, budgeting and reporting as required for the donor, as well as other duties assigned by the supervisor and Malawi country team.