Senior Associate, Human Resources for Health

Job Description

CHAI seeks a Senior Associate, Human Resources for Health to work closely with the Ministry of Health and CHAI Rwanda teams in strengthening health workforce systems. The role will provide technical support across health workforce planning, policy development, and capacity building, while contributing to research methodology, scientific writing, and grant proposal preparation.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on technical support to the Ministry of Health in the design, rollout, and monitoring of HRH implementation plans, ensuring alignment with national health sector strategies and PHC frameworks.
• Support the development and implementation of health workforce projects, ensuring methodological rigor and relevance to national HRH policy priorities.
• Facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration and knowledge exchange among stakeholders working across health workforce planning, service delivery, and health systems strengthening.

Qualifications

• Master's Degree or equivalent in Public Health, Health Systems, Human Resources for Health, Epidemiology, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of experience in health systems implementation and policy development. Experience in Sub-Saharan Africa is strongly preferred.
• Experience in Human Resource for Health strategy and program implementation an advantage
• Demonstrated experience providing technical assistance to government institutions and preferably higher learning institutions and teaching hospitals would be considered as an advantage.
• Excellent stakeholder and relationship management skills, including experience engaging with Ministries of Health and senior government officials. Strong ability to build consensus among diverse, multi-stakeholder groups in multicultural environments.
• Strong quantitative, analytical, presentation, and writing skills, including proficiency in MS Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.

How to Apply

Interested candidates should email a letter of interest (maximum 1 page) outlining how their background meets the requirements outlined above; CV (maximum 3 pages); and the names of three references to: chairwandarecruiting@clintonhealthaccess.org with "Sr Associate, Human Resources for Health" in the subject line.