Associate - Health Financing

The Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. (CHAI) is a global health organization committed to our mission of saving lives and reducing the burden of disease in low-and middle-income countries. We work at the invitation of governments to support them and the private sector to create and sustain high-quality health systems.

CHAI was founded in 2002 in response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, with the goal of dramatically reducing the price of life-saving drugs and increasing access to these medicines in the countries with the highest burden of the disease. Over the following two decades, CHAI has expanded its focus. Today, along with HIV, we work in conjunction with our partners to prevent and treat infectious diseases such as COVID-19, malaria, tuberculosis, and hepatitis. Our work has also expanded into cancer, diabetes, hypertension, and other non-communicable diseases, and we work to accelerate the rollout of lifesaving vaccines, reduce maternal and child mortality, combat chronic malnutrition, and increase access to assistive technology. We are investing in horizontal approaches to strengthen health systems through programs in human resources for health, digital health, and health financing. With each new and innovative program, our strategy is grounded in maximizing sustainable impact at scale, ensuring that governments lead the solutions, that programs are designed to scale nationally, and learnings are shared globally.

At CHAI, our people are our greatest asset, and none of this work would be possible without their talent, time, dedication, and passion for our mission and values. We are a highly diverse team of enthusiastic individuals across 40 countries with a broad range of skillsets and life experiences. CHAI is deeply grounded in the countries we work in, with the majority of our staff based in program countries. Learn more about our exciting work

CHAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and is committed to providing an environment of fairness, and mutual respect where all applicants have access to equal employment opportunities. CHAI values diversity and inclusion, and recognizes that our mission is best advanced by the leadership and contributions of people with diverse experience, backgrounds, and culture.

Position Overview
The goal of CHAI's Health Financing program in Kenya is to support the government to progressively move towards universal health coverage by ensuring that scarce resources are distributed and utilized equitably, efficiently and effectively, for the delivery of high-quality health services. The CHAI Kenya Health Financing team works closely with departments across the Ministry of Health (MoH to provide technical assistance, develop analytical tools, and strengthen capacity to manage spending in Kenya's health sector.

CHAI Kenya seeks an Associate - Health Financing based in Nairobi, Kenya. The Associate will work closely with the MoH Kenya and CHAI leadership to support the design and implementation of analytical and strategic initiatives aimed at improving health financing systems, resource mobilization and allocation. The Associate will report to the Senior Program Manager — Infectious Diseases.

• Support the Ministry of Health and other stakeholders in advancing health financing reforms, including planning, budgeting, resource tracking, and expenditure analysis.
• Conduct quantitative and qualitative analyses to inform resource mobilization, allocation, and efficiency improvement initiatives.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of costed strategic and operational plans, health accounts, investment cases, and financing strategies that promote sustainability, equity, and efficiency in health service delivery.
• Collaborate with government teams to strengthen systems for evidence-based decision-making, including data management, reporting, and use of information for planning and performance monitoring.
• Prepare high-quality presentations, reports, and policy briefs for internal and external dissemination.
• Build and maintain strategic relationships with government counterparts, development partners, and other stakeholders to drive coordination, operational improvements, and policy dialogue.
• Support capacity building of government counterparts in health financing, financial management, and use of data for decision-making.
• Contribute to program work planning, budgeting, monitoring, and reporting for both internal and external audiences.
• Provide technical and coordination support to fundraising and resource mobilization efforts, including proposal development.
• Oversee activity logistics in collaboration with CHAI's Finance and Operations teams, including preparation of budgets, disbursement of allowances, and ensuring timely liquidation and adherence to CHAI and donor financial policies.
• Ensure effective documentation of lessons learned and best practices, and contribute to continuous program improvement.
• Perform any other related duties and support day-to-day implementation of activities as assigned.
• A degree in health economics, public health, health sciences, public policy, or a health Finance related field.
• Minimum of five years of professional experience, preferably in health systems strengthening, health financing, health economics, health workforce, public health, public policy, public sector finance, consulting, or other relevant experience.
• Knowledge and experience in health systems and health financing, in low- and middle-income countries.
• Experience supporting funding applications for GFATM or other major donors, especially for RSSH, and/or working with their financial management systems.
• Outstanding analytical skills and advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Strategically minded and able to think creatively about long-term program goals and objectives, and the detailed steps necessary to achieve these goals.
• Structured thinker with experience analysing and interpreting complex datasets to identify key trends and to translate them into actionable options for decision-makers.
• Strong diplomatic and interpersonal skills and ability to build strategic relationships with government partners, donors, and other stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver excellence in high-pressure situations, set priorities, and adapt to rapidly changing environments.
• Excellent organizational and problem-solving skills without the need for extensive structural or operational support.
• Strong writer, facilitator, and oral communicator, able to distil and explain complex concepts to varied audiences, with demonstrated skills in report and proposal writing.
• Self-motivated and able to lead workstreams with a high degree of independence and autonomy.
• Team player with the desire and capacity to effectively coach others, based on the team's professional development needs and as assigned by the supervisor.

Advantages

• Experience supporting governments and donors to make health policy, health financing, and health workforce decisions at the national and subnational levels.
• Experience with programming/coding, including VBA coding and/or Stata.
• Experience working in resource-limited settings and a multicultural office environment, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa.