Regional Senior Associate, Health Systems Strengthening

Regional Senior Associate, Health Systems Strengthening

Overview

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 skill sets and life experiences. CHAI is deeply grounded in the countries we work in, with the majority of our staff based in program countries.

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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.

CHAI’s Health Systems Strengthening (HSS) team works with governments to build stronger, more resilient, and more equitable health systems, ensuring that everyone, especially the most vulnerable, can access high‑quality primary health care. We support Ministries of Health and Finance to increase and optimize health spending, strengthen national systems (e.g., workforce, digital infrastructure, supply chains), and implement cross‑cutting reforms that drive long‑term improvements in service delivery and health outcomes.

This includes work to improve the efficiency, equity, and impact of health financing systems—from resource mobilization and budgeting to strategic purchasing and public financial management. This work often plays a key role in supporting and enabling teams across CHAI including Infectious Diseases, Non‑Communicable Diseases and Assistive Technologies, Maternal and Newborn Health and Child Health.

Governments today face growing pressure to do more with less. Economic constraints, inflation, and rising health needs are straining budgets, while donor funding — including foreign assistance from major bilateral partners — is stagnating or declining in many countries. These challenges are creating serious gaps in service coverage and threatening hard‑won gains in health.

In this context, the CHAI HSS team is supporting governments to rethink how resources are mobilized, allocated, and managed. This includes working with Ministries of Health and Finance to raise new resources for health and optimize available funding for greater value for money, as well as to strengthen the national systems that fund and deliver care. This work spans efforts to expand and optimize the health workforce — ensuring the right skill mix and equitable distribution of providers — as well…