About the Organization

Founded in 2002, by President William J. Clinton and Ira C. Magaziner, the Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. (“CHAI”) is a global health organization committed to saving lives, reducing the burden of disease, and strengthening integrated health systems in the developing world. CHAI works with governments in over 35 countries to prevent and treat HIV/AIDs, malaria, tuberculosis, hepatitis, and cancer; accelerate the rollout of lifesaving vaccines; reduce maternal, infant and child mortality; combat chronic malnutrition; and strengthen health systems. We work on large, ambitious projects; we work to make healthcare delivery more efficient; and we work with governments so change can be sustained without our support.

CHAI’s Sustainable Health Financing program supports governments in implementing reforms towards the goal of universal health coverage (UHC), where citizens can access healthcare without financial strain. CHAI collaborates closely with Ministries of Health (MoH) and national financial protection programs to enhance their capacity for evidence-based decision making. This includes assisting in the design, implementation, and management of financing reforms to mobilize sustainable resources and optimize their utilization to improve health outcomes and address health disparities.

An integral aspect of CHAI's UHC efforts is enabling governments to leverage technology in achieving their UHC objectives. CHAI partners with MoHs, Digital Health Units, Departments of Information Systems, and disease programs to effectively apply technology in catalyzing government public health goals. This includes the co-creation of eHealth strategies, design and development of fit-for-purpose and scalable digital products, institutionalizing technologies, and creating an enabling digital ecosystem within and outside of the MoH. CHAI’s goal is to ensure MoH programs are robust and capable, equipped with the knowledge, systems, and organizational capacity to efficiently achieve their goals. 

Position

CHAI is seeking a driven and highly motivated individual to drive digital transformation for sustainable health financing. This role will involve working in Ethiopia, including hands on support. In this role, you will work closely with internal teams and external partners to provide technical leadership, provide insights to governments to inform decision making, and help governments to ensure appropriate capacity, systems, and governance structures crucial for the long-term success of digital solutions for health financing are in place. 

Your responsibilities will include:

• Advanced data analysis and visualization which will include but not be limited to navigating different financial and health information management systems, data extraction, data cleaning, standardization, development of a data pipeline, generation of meaningful insights and visualization on tools such as PowerBI and Shiny.

• Delivery of high quality outputs: You will be responsible for the delivery of regular outputs which involve complex datasets across multiple sources. You should have experience in delivery of outputs, with an ability to manage it end to end and be result focused. 

• Providing technical assistance: You will work with CHAI’s Health Financing team in providing support to steering committees and technical working groups (TWGs) in monitoring implementation and ensuring activities are technically strong and aligned with the roadmap.

• Partner engagement and management: Manage workplans, work with tech partners to coordinate and manage relationships. Strong, functional coordination mechanisms are essential for the success of the roadmap and the elimination of duplicative activities. Be able to make connections, identify overlapping activities and ensure holistic end-to-end management.

• Strategic input and thought leadership: You will provide strategic input and operationalize thoughtful digital health strategies, budgets, and policies, working in collaboration with key stakeholders within the health financing domain. Your contributions will include formulating technology-enabled policies, championing process improvements through technology, and securing stakeholders’ support for establishing strong foundations for digital health for health financing.

• Capacity building and knowledge transfer: Collaborate closely with teams from the Ministry of Health (MoH) and the Ministry of Finance (MoF) to ensure effective skill transfer and long-term sustainability of the initiative.

• Adhere to the Government of Ethiopia’s institutional standards and procedures.

A successful candidate will need to possess very strong communication, organizational, and project management skills. They must exhibit a passion for results, a commitment to excellence, and the capacity to facilitate multi-stakeholder and strategic discussions. CHAI places great value on resourcefulness, responsibility, tenacity, flexibility, independence, energy, work ethic and humility.

The Associate will report to the Health Financing Program Manager and work closely with the program lead along with global team members. 

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in information systems, business, health sciences, data analytics/science, public policy, or related field; Master’s degree preferred

• At least six years’ working experience with increasing levels of responsibility and leadership in management consulting, business analysis, project management, or in a similar role requiring strong analytical, planning, and communication skills with a technology focus

• Experience in handling and managing large datasets, and creating well documented dashboards (PowerBI, Shiny, SuperSet et cetera)

• Exceptional project management skills, with an ability to manage and execute complex workplans

• Flexibility, sensitivity, and ability to adapt to varying working styles of different teams within CHAI

• Experience providing clear guidance and recommendations to non-technical stakeholders on context-appropriate technology solutions, processes, and operational considerations; ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders

• Familiarity with standards for interoperability, data privacy and security, and cybersecurity; comfort with digital transformation frameworks and approaches

• Familiarity with existing Ethiopian Public Financial Management (PFM) systems

• Exceptional written and oral communication skills; ability and experience communicating effectively with people of varied professional and cultural backgrounds. 

• Demonstrated excellent analytical, strategic, and problem solving skills

• Ability to work well both independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team

• Strong work ethic, integrity, credibility, and dedication to CHAI’s mission

• High levels of proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, and Word

• Experience working remotely with a decentralized/remote team

• Demonstrated experience in navigating political and strategic discussions objectively and strong ability to effectively liaise with senior decision-makers

• Exceptional ability to communicate clearly and effectively with a range of stakeholders 

Advantages

• Master’s degree in data science and analytics, information systems, business, public policy, or related field

• Experience working and communicating with government officials, and multilateral organizations

• Experience or knowledge of health finance, public finance, or finance for development

• Prior experience or understanding of audits, planning and budgeting and financial management

• Knowledge of common health and financial information management information systems and digital global goods (e.g., DHIS2, OpenLMIS, OpenIMIS, CommCare)

• Experience implementing technology-based solutions with users including user research, field testing, and training

How To Apply

chai-ethiopiahr@clintonhealthaccess.org