Associate, Malaria Case Management & Supply Chain Management

Job Description

CHAI is looking for a highly motivated individual with strong analytical, communication and problem-solving skills to contribute to its malaria program in Burkina Faso. Reporting to CHAI Burkina's Malaria Program Manager, the Case Management Associate will work within a team embedded in government structures, with day-to-day interaction with SP-Palu, DCAPS, DSI, DSC, and other MoH departments.

The Malaria Associate will lead CHAI's work on malaria case management at health facility level and contribute to supply chain management of malaria commodities. On community health, the Associate will play a support role to CHAI's dedicated community health team, contributing technical expertise on malaria case management at community level — including iCCM, ASBC training, and ACT rollout. The candidate will work closely with CHAI's country and global teams and maintain active working relationships with MoH counterparts and partners.

The position will be primarily based at CHAI's office, with regular presence at SP/Palu and DCAPS as needed.

General

• Serve as CHAI's focal point with case management and supply chain stakeholders, including government, academic institutions (e.g., CNRFP), civil society, and implementing partners.
• Contribute to the development of CHAI's annual workplan for the case management workstream, in coordination with SP/Palu and other relevant MoH departments; track implementation progress and flag bottlenecks regularly.
• Collaborate with CHAI's malaria surveillance, digital health, health financing, and community health teams to ensure coherent support across the country portfolio.
• Produce high-quality written outputs for multiple audiences, including technical reports and activity updates for SP/Palu, internal progress reports for CHAI's country and global teams, and donor reports aligned with grant reporting requirements.
• Systematically document workstream achievements, lessons learned, and best practices to support institutional memory, scale-up discussions, and external communications.

Malaria Case Management

• Support SP-Palu and DSC in developing and updating training materials, supervision checklists, and clinical guidelines for health workers; coordinate training at central and operational levels.
• Support SP-Palu's integrated supervision system for health facilities: optimize and digitize supervision tools, target visits based on data, compile results, and produce supervision reports.
• Coordinate CHAI's contributions to the case management components of the national malaria strategic plan; participate in relevant coordination platforms and technical working groups.
• Support the development and adoption of a national antimalarial drug resistance mitigation strategy, in coordination with SP-Palu and relevant technical partners.
• Support the monitoring and evaluation of the ACT transition plan, including tracking implementation of the 2024-2026 transition and contributing evidence toward future drug policy decisions.
• Lead an analysis of the drivers of severe malaria, with a focus on access to and use of injectable and rectal artesunate; translate findings into a mitigation plan and updated clinical guidance.
• Contribute to translating Malaria Matchbox assessment findings into context-specific actions to reduce equity gaps in access to malaria services.

Supply Chain Management

• Collaborate with DCAPS and DSI to define the functional requirements of the eLMIS and contribute to its ongoing development; identify and resolve data quality issues, and support the availability of stock indicator data in DHIS2 (ENDOS, REDOP) for program monitoring.
• Develop and implement strategies to improve data completeness and reporting in the eLMIS; ensure logistics data are systematically used at all levels through structured data review meetings (DRMs) from health facility to district and national levels.
• Promote triangulation of logistics and service delivery data (LMIS and HMIS) to generate actionable insights; support the institutionalization of this approach in routine DRMs and build the capacity of government counterparts to act on logistics data, including through the weekly commodity stock dashboard.
• Provide ongoing technical support to SP/Palu on the antimalarial commodity quantification and forecasting tool, including maintenance and updates aligned with NSP and procurement planning cycles.
• Document processes and timelines for quantification, procurement, and distribution of malaria commodities; identify key gaps and develop practical recommendations to improve supply chain performance.

Support to the Community Health Team — Malaria-Specific Aspects

• Provide technical input to CHAI's community health team on malaria case management at community level, including iCCM protocols, ASBC training content, and rollout of new treatments (ACT transition).
• Support the community health team in coordinating with SP/Palu on the malaria-related components of CHW training, supervision, and performance monitoring.
• Contribute malaria case management expertise to community health network strengthening activities, including data review meetings and targeted operational recommendations.
• Provide input on malaria commodity needs at community level (quantification for ASBCs, stock management) to ensure alignment between facility-level and community-level supply chain planning.
• Other activities and responsibilities, as required by the manager & Country Director.

Requirements

We are seeking candidates with one of the following profiles:

• Degree in public health, medicine or a related health field, with at least 2-3 years of professional experience in health program implementation, monitoring, or technical assistance. Strong command of Excel and PowerPoint is required, as the role involves hands-on support to the Ministry of Health on data analysis, training materials, and program reporting.
• Degree in management consulting, business administration, or a related field, with demonstrable experience working on public health projects (in-country implementation, global health consulting, or similar). Candidates from this background should be comfortable engaging with clinical and epidemiological content and translating it into actionable recommendations for government counterparts.

In both cases, the following are required:

• Excellent written and oral communication skills in French; working proficiency in English.
• Strong knowledge of supply chain management principles, including quantification, procurement, and distribution of health commodities; familiarity with logistics concepts applied to health programs.
• Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and deliver results in a resource-constrained environment.
• Ability to build productive working relationships with government counterparts and diverse stakeholders.
• Strong work ethic, integrity, and commitment to CHAI's mission.

Advantages

• Experience working with health information or logistics management systems.
• Familiarity with community health frameworks, iCCM protocols, and/or CHW management systems.
• Knowledge of malaria epidemiology, case management protocols, or supply chain management.
• Experience with Microsoft Office and data visualization tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, QGIS).
• Experience in a government-embedded technical assistance role.
• Prior experience in West Africa or a similar operating context.