Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. (CHAI) is a global health organization focused on saving lives and reducing disease burden in low- and middle-income countries. They are seeking a Senior Associate to support the design, execution, and scale-up of interventions to reduce lead exposure, conducting analytical workstreams and engaging with government and external partners.
Responsibilities
- Support the design, planning, and execution of analytical and operational workstreams for multi-country or country-specific projects to reduce lead exposure, including:
- Accelerating access to blood lead level diagnostics, including the next generation of point-of-care tools
- Increasing access to portable environmental testing equipment to generate country-level data on sources of lead exposure
- Supporting nationally-driven coordination mechanisms and national strategic plans for lead mitigation
- Conduct complex quantitative and qualitative analyses, such as market assessments, regulatory landscape mapping, burden estimation, cost-effectiveness modeling, or surveillance data interpretation
- Translate analytical findings into clear, actionable recommendations for governments, donors, and CHAI leadership
- Contribute analytical inputs on lead exposure, environmental health surveillance, regulatory approaches, and product testing, supporting government counterparts in interpreting data and developing practical recommendations
- Build and manage productive relationships with country teams, academic partners, private-sector actors, multilateral organizations, and civil society
- Support country teams working closely with governments in developing or strengthening:
- National action plans to reduce childhood lead exposure
- Regulatory or enforcement frameworks
- Surveillance systems and data management approaches
- Support CHAI’s engagement in key meetings of technical working groups, partner meetings, and donor discussions
- Monitor execution against project budgets, donor commitments, and donor reporting requirements
- Ensure a high level of quality and proactive troubleshooting to ensure the work is completed on time
- Support the development of proposals, concept notes, budgets, and strategic plans to expand the lead exposure portfolio
- Contribute to the development of global public goods, toolkits, and best practices for lead mitigation
- Stay up to date with emerging evidence, policy innovations, and global strategies on lead poisoning prevention, bringing new ideas to refine CHAI’s approach
- Collaborate with other CHAI teams (e.g., Child Health, Diagnostics, Women’s and Newborn Health, Global Markets) to integrate lead exposure reduction into broader public health initiatives
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in public policy, economics, business, public health, environmental health, environmental science, or related field
- At least 3 years of relevant experience in fast-paced, results-oriented environments (e.g., consulting, finance, pharma)
- Strong project management skills; demonstrated ability to conduct analytical workstreams, synthesize findings, and generate practical recommendations for decision makers
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build relationships with government and external partners
- Strong analytical (qualitative and quantitative) and communication (written and verbal) skills, including preparing polished presentations and reports for senior stakeholders
- High proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint
- Humility, curiosity, resourcefulness, tenacity, and commitment to CHAI's values
- Master's in Public Policy, Business, Public Health, Environmental Health, or related field
- Experience in lead exposure, environmental health, or child health
- Experience in market shaping, supply chain assessment, or economic analysis
- Experience working with governments in LMICs and/or experience with laboratory systems, surveillance systems, or regulatory work in LMICs
- Experience fundraising for social impact programs and/or private sector business development (e.g., management consulting, startups)
- Fluency in additional languages relevant to CHAI program countries (e.g., Hindi, French, Swahili, Amharic, Yoruba)
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