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. Learn more about our exciting work: http://www.clintonhealthaccess.org

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.

Overview of role

CHAI is seeking a highly motivated individual to work as Research Associate to help malaria programs in CHAI’s program countries build better surveillance systems to eliminate malaria. This position will provide technical expertise on data analysis, study design and program implementation.

CHAI places great value on relevant personal qualities including resourcefulness, tenacity, independence, patience, humility, and strong work ethic.

• 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, biostatistical methodology, and data visualization, with support from senior research associate and senior technical advisor;
• Provide technical support, training and ad-hoc programmatic support to staff members involved in surveillance activities such as data quality assurance and management, monitoring and evaluation of existing activities, outbreak detection and responses, surveillance system evaluation, integration of health management information system, and study implementation
• Support institutionalization of data reviews at all levels, including the development and use of data collection tools and dashboards (e.g., Tableau, DHIS2, etc.)
• Document and apply lessons learned, formulate training materials, and lead individual or group trainings when requested to promote integration of analytics and data use with routine programmatic activities
• Contextualize analytics work through review and synthesis of peer-reviewed and gray literature
• Synthesize and disseminate findings through high-quality presentations, reports, and scientific publications
• Develop and maintain strong collaborative working relationships with relevant CHAI team members, academic institutions, and other partners
• Represent CHAI at external technical meetings with local academic and technical partners
• Any other tasks required.

• Master’s degree or higher in public health, epidemiology, or related quantitative discipline with a minimum of 2 years of professional experience
• Experience working in an international context and/or entrepreneurial environment
• Proficiency in biostatistics with meticulous data management skills, statistical and geospatial analysis programming experience (R, Python, SAS, STATA, ArcGIS, QGIS and/or other relevant software);
• Experience designing and conducting analysis for epidemiological analysis or surveys, including sampling design, data collection, validation and cleaning, running analysis, and dissemination
• Experience in programming and/or working with surveillance platforms (e.g., DHIS2), data collection tools (e.g., ODK) and/or data visualization applications (e.g., Tableau)
• Enthusiasm for applying research methods effectively to solve complex global health problems, including adopting innovative quantitative and qualitative approaches using surveillance data
• High levels of proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and internet applications
• Exceptional English written and oral communication skills, and proficiency in report writing and other concise written communications
• Ability to work independently in remote and unstructured settings and to adapt to new environments and challenges, and ability to collaborate, communicate, and operate as part of a multicultural team
• Strong work ethic, integrity, credibility, and dedication to CHAI’s mission
• Demonstrated ability to work with a sense of urgency and timeliness
• Willingness to travel extensively (up to 50%)

Advantages

• Familiarity with disease surveillance and strengthening information systems
• Written/spoken French/Spanish/Portuguese skills

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