Senior Program Officer, Health System Integration

Overview

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 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:

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.

Program Background

Following the USG stop work order (SWO) in January 2025, a comprehensive Zambia health sector gap analysis was conducted, leading to the development of a prioritized Technical Assistance (TA) roadmap for the Ministry of Health. Results from the analysis established that Zambia's health sector requires urgent technical support to transition from donor-dependent service delivery to sustainable, government-led and managed systems. CHAI in collaboration with other stakeholders responded to the Ministry of Health's validated Technical Assistance Roadmap by identifying areas that could be supported in the immediate to short term.

In line with this, CHAI prioritized technical assistance needs in service delivery, health information, human resources for health and leadership/ governance aspects of the health system building blocks. Building off several work pieces that have already begun through complementary investments, CHAI will provide technical support to the MOH to address the following five priority intervention areas articulated below:

• Scale up the HIV Access program, with a focus on proven HIV treatment and prevention interventions. To ensure that the gains made in the HIV space over the years are not reversed given the changes to the HIV funding landscape in 2025 and beyond.
• Technical Assistance to facilitate the set-up and operationalization of Zambia’s National Digital Health Intelligence Hub (NDHIH) in collaboration with the MOH a