Regional Financing Associate, Global Malaria Team, Gaborone, Botswana

Founded in 2002 by President William J. Clinton, the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) is a global health organization committed to strengthening integrated health systems around the world and expanding access to care and treatment for HIV/AIDS, malaria and other illnesses. Based on the premise that business oriented strategy can facilitate solutions to global health challenges, CHAI acts as a catalyst to mobilize new resources and optimize the impact of these resources to save lives, via improved organization of commodity markets and more effective local management. By working in association with governments and other NGO partners, CHAI is focused on large scale impact and, to date, CHAI has secured lower pricing agreements for treatment options in more than 70 countries. In addition, CHAI's teams are working side-by-side with over 30 governments to tackle many of the largest barriers to effective treatment and care.

CHAI Malaria Overview:

Malaria is one of the world's most important causes of illness, death, and lost economic productivity. Over the past decade, dramatic increases in donor funding have facilitated scale-up of effective interventions to prevent, diagnosis, and treat malaria. This investment has successfully reduced the burden of malaria in many settings, and some countries have begun planning to eliminate it altogether. Yet these gains are fragile: global funding for malaria remains short of what is needed, last decade's rapid growth in malaria financing appears to have halted, and resistance to insecticides and drugs threatens to set back efforts. The great majority of the growth in funding for malaria programs has come from potentially volatile international donors rather than from domestic contributions, making the sustainability of recent gains an open question.

CHAI provides direct management and technical support to countries around the globe to strengthen their malaria programs and reduce the burden of this preventable, treatable disease. We support governments to scale up effective interventions for prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and surveillance, with the goals of sustainably reducing the number of malaria-related illnesses and deaths worldwide in the short-term and accelerating progress towards malaria elimination in the long term.

Over the past several years, CHAI has partnered with governments across Southern Africa and Southeast Asia to help them make meaningful steps towards orienting their national strategic plans and systems towards elimination.

Position Summary:

CHAI is seeking a highly motivated individual to work as part of CHAI’s Global Malaria Financing Team. This Associate will directly support governments in Southern Africa and Southeast Asia in obtaining the financial resources necessary to achieve historic malaria elimination in the next five years. Countries to be supported in Southern Africa include Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Namibia, Zimbabwe, and Botswana, and countries in Southeast Asia include Cambodia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Vietnam, and Myanmar. The role will be based in Southern Africa, but with potential travel to Southeast Asia as required.

As part of the Global Malaria Team, the Financing Associate will provide direct support at the highest level of government. Areas of support will include: costing of malaria National Strategic Plans, conducting cost optimization analysis for specific interventions, improving financial management, and determining the optimal allocation of existing funds. CHAI’s Financing Associate will also help countries identify and obtain new funding sources including expanded domestic resources, public-private partnerships, and innovative financing mechanisms. This position reports to the Manager of the Global Malaria Finance Team, and will work alongside the Regional Financing Associates for the Southern Africa and Southeast Asia and in close collaboration with the CHAI Country Teams

The Associate will bring outstanding analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and communication skills, and must be able to work independently and have deep personal commitment to producing results. The Associate also will be expected to be fluent in Excel and be able to build excel-based budgets without daily supervision. CHAI places great value on the resourcefulness, tenacity, patience, humility, and high ethical standards of its staff.

Likely placement options in Botswana pending leadership approval.

Responsibilities:

Work with national malaria staff and CHAI country teams in both regions to optimize and cost national malaria programs by building Excel-based costing and budget models
Conduct costing and financial analyses and support the development of funding proposals
Identify key impediments to programmatic goals and help devise targeted solutions to address them
Engage with and cultivate donors, including individuals, corporations, and organizations interested in supporting malaria programs
Serve as a trusted advisor to the Regional Malaria Financing Associates and CHAI Country Teams
Build strong relationships with stakeholders across government, non-governmental organizations and the private sector
Draft presentations and reports for internal and external stakeholders
Coordinate meetings and facilitate knowledge sharing between government programs and partner organization in the region to ensure coordination
Identify opportunities for the development of Public-Private-Partnerships and innovative financing
Provide program and budget updates for donor reporting and best practice sharing
other responsibilities as needed to manager

Qualifications:

2+ years of working experience with increasing levels of responsibility and leadership in finance, management consulting, or another relevant field
Master's degree in Business, Policy, Public Health, or related field, or Bachelor's degree with equivalent work experience
High levels of proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
Demonstrated excellent analytical, quantitative, and problem solving skills
Ability to oversee multiple work streams simultaneously, to set priorities, and to work independently and flexibly with a strong commitment to excellence in high-pressure situations
Exceptional written and oral communication skills
Strong diplomatic and interpersonal skills and ability to build relationships in a challenging multicultural environment
Willingness to travel

Advantages:

Experience working and communicating with government officials and multilateral organizations
Experience living or working in resource-limited countries
Experience working remotely with a decentralized team
Knowledge of malaria and/or other major global infectious disease problems is not required, but can be helpful

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