Senior Technical Advisor, Human Resources for Health

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: http://www.clintonhealthaccess.org

 

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 Overview

 

The Government of Rwanda (GoR) strives to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by enabling equitable access to quality health services for the population, as outlined in the Fifth Health Sector Strategic Plan (HSSP V). This commitment has been made against a backdrop of rising health care costs and uncertainty around the future availability of donor funding and calls for improved health sector sustainability. Acknowledging this, the Government aims to employ effective, equitable, efficient, and sustainable health care financing and systems strengthening, emphasizing primary health care as the cornerstone of a strong and sustainable health system. 

 

CHAI Rwanda’s Health System Strengthening (HSS) programs work on a day-to-day basis with Government leadership and the goal of those programs is to support the Government to accelerate progress towards UHC by ensuring the sustainable delivery of quality, essential health services.  This includes designing and implementing national Primary Health Care (PHC) reforms from health centre level down to community health, to increase health workforce availability, to prioritize and sustainably finance essential services, and to support improved management, financing, and delivery of quality primary health care.

 

Position Overview

 

CHAI seeks a Senior Technical Advisor, 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.

 

The Senior Technical Advisor will report to the CHAI HSS Associate Director and will serve as a principal advisor to government counterparts and senior stakeholders at country and global levels. The role demands strategic leadership across health workforce planning, policy reform, and systems strengthening, with the ability to independently drive high-impact initiatives and influence national HRH decision-making.

 

CHAI is seeking an exceptional leader with extensive expertise in human resources for health, a strong track record of influencing policy at senior government levels, and a demonstrated ability to design and drive large-scale health workforce reforms in complex, resource-constrained settings.

Responsibilities

HRH Program Support

• Provide senior-level strategic guidance to the Ministry of Health in the design, governance, and oversight of national HRH implementation frameworks, ensuring coherence with HSSP V, PHC reform agendas, and global best practices.
• Lead the design and oversight of high-impact health workforce initiatives, establishing rigorous methodological standards and ensuring alignment with national HRH policy priorities and international frameworks.
• Convene and lead high-level interdisciplinary dialogue among government institutions, development partners, and academic stakeholders to drive coordinated action across health workforce planning, service delivery reform, and systems strengthening.

Grant Proposal Development & HRH Knowledge Production

• Lead strategic resource mobilization, proactively engaging with government agencies, multilateral organizations, bilateral donors, private foundations, and development partners to secure sustained funding for critical HRH priorities, including SRH workforce development.
• Independently lead the development of high-value grant proposals and funding strategies, ensuring technical rigor, funder alignment, and consistency with national HRH strategic priorities.
• Drive a robust HRH knowledge and dissemination agenda, including peer-reviewed publications, policy briefs, and strategic communication products that amplify evidence and influence national and global HRH discourse.

Health Workforce Data Management and Integrity

• Establish and champion institutional standards for health workforce data governance, ensuring data integrity, reproducibility, system interoperability, and full adherence to national and international ethical standards.
• Lead the development and institutionalization of HRH data sharing, reporting, and archiving policies, ensuring full alignment with national health information systems and supporting government capacity to sustain these systems independently.

Qualifications

• Master's Degree or equivalent in Public Health, Health Systems, Human Resources for Health, Epidemiology, or a related field.
• At least 8–10 years of progressive senior experience in health systems leadership, HRH policy development, and large-scale program implementation. Extensive experience in Sub-Saharan Africa is required.
• Demonstrated track record of leading HRH strategy formulation, policy reform, and large-scale program implementation at national level, with evidence of measurable system-level impact.
• Extensive experience providing senior technical advisory support to Ministries of Health, regulatory bodies, higher learning institutions, and teaching hospitals, with a proven ability to influence policy and institutional transformation.
• Exceptional strategic communication and stakeholder leadership skills, with a demonstrated ability to engage, negotiate, and build coalitions at the highest levels of government, development partner organizations, and multilateral institutions in complex multicultural environments.
• Outstanding quantitative and qualitative analytical capabilities, with strong scientific writing skills and a record of peer-reviewed publications or high-impact policy documents. Proficiency in advanced data tools (e.g., STATA, R, or equivalent) is highly desirable.

Advantages

• Senior leadership experience within international organizations, bilateral agencies, or multilateral institutions.
• Deep expertise across multiple global health domains, including primary healthcare reform, health financing, UHC policy, and health system governance in low- and middle-income countries.
• Fluency in French or Kinyarwanda.

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