Management, Strategy & Finance Associate

Responsibilities

• Work with national Malaria program staff to implement broad management capacity building plans, including trainings for malaria and NTDs government staff at central and subnational levels.
• Identify technical gaps with the Ministry of Health that occur during the provision of malaria services at the primary health care level and malaria prevention campaigns.
• Work with fellow CHAI country teammates and the national malaria staff to conduct malaria program reviews; update or write national strategic plans; and optimize the cost of national malaria programs by building Excel-based costing and budget models.
• Assist Benin malaria & NTDs programs with financial and programmatic tracking, including the identification of key decision-relevant information, the development of dashboards and systems to bring that key information to the decision-making point.
• Conduct costing and financial analyses and support the development of funding proposals and operational plans.
• Support Beninese government to meet Global Fund requests and satisfy grant application requirements, including budget development.
• Serve as liaison between country team, CHAI regional technical teams, Benin partners, and stakeholders with respect to management, strategy, and finance workstreams.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders across government, non-governmental organizations, and the private sector in Benin.
• Engage stakeholders interested in supporting malaria programs.
• 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.
• Provide program and budget updates for internal project management, best practice sharing, and donor reporting.
• Undertake any other tasks as identified, contributing to the overall success of the Malaria and NTDs program in Benin. This multifaceted role requires a dynamic individual dedicated to enhancing public health outcomes through data-driven strategies and collaborative problem-solving.