Assistant Program Officer Nutrition (5 positions available across 5 provinces: Khammouan, Savannakhet, Salavan, Xekong, Xaiynabouli)

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# 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 In Lao PDR, CHAI works in close partnership with the Ministry of Health (MOH) to strengthen health systems across multiple areas, including vaccines, supply chain, digital health, and primary health care. In partnership with UNICEF and the Ministry of Health, CHAI Lao PDR is implementing a program to strengthen supply chain management and data utilization for nutrition commodities, with the goal of improving prevention and treatment of wasting. The program builds on a successful pilot in Attapeu Province, where linkage to treatment for severe acute malnutrition (SAM) increased from 10% to 99% within one year. The model will be scaled to six provinces: Khammouan, Savannakhet, Saravanh, Sekong, Vientiane Capital, Xayyabouly. The approach is anchored in strengthening government systems and is designed to avoid parallel processes while improving service readiness, data use, and supervision across all levels of the health system.   # Position Summary The Assistant Program Officer, Nutrition will be embedded within the assigned Provincial Health Office (PHO) to support day-to-day implementation of the programme at provincial, district, and health-centre level. Working alongside provincial MOH counterparts, the Assistant Program Officer will help translate national plans into practical action on the ground — strengthening supply chain practices for nutrition commodities, improving routine use of mSupply and DHIS2, and supporting the delivery of quality wasting prevention and treatment services. The role requires strong problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills, a service-oriented approach, and the ability to work effectively with government counterparts in a capacity-building mode.   Note: 5 positions are available across 5 provinces: Khammouan, Savannakhet, Salavan, Xekong, Xaiynabouli.  (Applicants should indicate their preferred province in their application). # Responsibilities Provincial Operations & Stakeholder Engagement Establish CHAI provincial operations, coordinate day-to-day program activities, and ensure alignment with the overall program work plan. Support the PHO to define the provincial implementation strategy and develop a clear, time-bound operational plan. Build and maintain strong working relationships with provincial government stakeholders, district counterparts, implementing partners, donors, and NGOs; represent CHAI at provincial coordination meetings when delegated. Supply Chain Management Support the MOH team and PFDU to fully integrate RUTF and other IMAM nutrition commodities into eLMIS (mSupply) across all levels within the province. Strengthen forecasting, orderi

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