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 in conjunction 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 skillsets 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 and Position Overview
Although there has been a significant decline in HIV incidence over the last two decades driven by increased treatment coverage and rollout of effective prevention interventions such as voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), numbers of new infections still far exceed global targets for epidemic control. There is a clear need for new product options and more effective delivery models that can rapidly increase the scale of prevention coverage. As potentially more acceptable, convenient and discreet options, long-acting PrEP products offer the opportunity to better meet the needs and preferences of end users. This includes lenacapavir, a six-monthly injection recently approved by the US FDA.
CHAI is currently working with a range of partners, including governments, communities, and the private sector to accelerate the development, introduction, and scale up of effective HIV prevention interventions, while strengthening health systems to support sustainable, resilient prevention responses.
The Associate will report to the HIV Prevention Senior Manager and will contribute to a range of projects focused on introducing and scaling various PrEP modalities, including the Childrenโs Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF)โs catalytic Matching Fund through the Global Fund, as well as efforts to accelerate lenacapavir introduction via Unitaid, CIFF, and others. Alongside these projects, the Associate will also support other relevant workstreams across the HIV team and ongoing and new fundraising efforts.
This role will work closely with cross-cutting CHAI teams, CHAI country teams, and other country partners, providing technical and operational support across multiple areas, including supporting knowledge management and document and dissemination efforts; supporting fundraising and donor communications; developing reports and presentations; conducting desk research and analyses; supporting external partner engagement and coordination; tracking and monitoring project milestones, timelines, and deliverables; and coordinating reporting inputs. The Senior Associate is responsible for staying up to date with the latest prevention market trends, evidence, and knowledge to serve as a resource externally and across both the prevention team and other CHAI teams.
This position is flexible to being based in one of CHAIโs program countries pending country leadership approval and subject to the ability to obtain work authorization. See where we work here.
Responsibilities
Prepare presentations that include analyses, cross-country insights, and program lessons for internal and external audiences.Maintain and expand knowledge management platforms to enable information sharing across teams.Support in translating global evidence and best practices to the country level, including distilling and communicating messages to country teams and other partners.Maintain up-to-date expertise across HIV, and specifically HIV prevention, including the latest trends, and research developments, and developing updates for country and global team members.Provide support for partner management and donor engagement, including facilitating information sharing, drafting agendas and meeting slides, supporting meeting planning, taking and organizing notes and follow-ups, etc.Coordinate CHAI-internal touchpoints to ensure team is aligned and well-positioned to share cross-workstream learnings and collaborate.Support monthly prevention team-wide touchpoints to share grant updates and discuss deep dive topics.Support HIV Prevention Director, Associate Director, and Senior Manager in fostering a collaborative team environment which supports and engages team members.Coordinate and draft CHAI inputs for routine reporting and ad hoc donor communications and requests.Track and consolidate project deliverables against project workplans.Develop and monitor internal timelines to account for relevant internal reviews and iteration.Support scoping, fundraising, proposal writing, and grant development in line with CHAIโs HIV strategy.Qualifications
Bachelorโs or masterโs degree in relevant field, including (but not limited to) public policy, public health, global health, economics, business, pharmacy, social science or other science. Candidates with alternative educational background degrees are also welcome to apply.At least four years of work experience in a fast-paced, results-oriented work environment (e.g., strategy consulting, investment banking, pharma). Meticulous work ethic and organization skills with the ability to simultaneously manage multiple complex tasks with a high degree of uncertainty, set priorities, and work independently with a strong attention to detailExcellent written and oral communication skills, with the ability to efficiently conduct desk research, identify and consolidate key takeaways, and effectively translate insights based on target audienceStrong interpersonal and stakeholder engagement skills, with proven ability to build and maintain strong relationships in a diverse environmentHigh level of proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, PowerPoint and Word, including strong data visualization skills using these platforms or othersPatience and thoughtfulness even in high-pressure, stressful situationsWillingness and flexibility to travel (~20%)
Advantages:
Experience in HIV, sexual and reproductive health, or other relevant public health areaExperience writing/editing/submitting publications for academic journalsExperience conducting quantitative and/or qualitative researchExperience excelling in a remote or decentralized work environmentExperience working in Sub-Saharan Africa#jobreference2 #region1 #region2 #region3 #region4