Analyst, Strengthening the HIV Response with Precision Prevention (SHARP) Project Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. (CHAI)

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 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.

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Zambia SHARP Program:

SHARP (Strengthening the HIV Response with Precision Prevention) is a Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF)-funded project that is intended to complement CIFF’s PrEP Matching Fund investment, which is a larger implementation investment that will be channeled directly to eligible countries through the Global Fund in Grant Cycle 7 (GC7). Through SHARP, CHAI is providing targeted technical assistance to maximize impact of the PrEP Matching Fund in Zambia. To do so, CHAI is working closely with stakeholders from the Ministry of Health (MoH), the National AIDS & TB Council (NAC), Global Fund Principal Recipients (PRs) and sub-recipients (SRs), and other implementation and technical assistance partners to accelerate progress in the fight against HIV transmission through person-centered PrEP and PEP programming CHAI’s technical assistance activities will be collaboratively designed and prioritized with input from the Ministry and other partners, with the ultimate aim of ensuring that PrEP rollout strategies are evidence-based, cost-effective, and aligned with the realities of PrEP service delivery in Zambia. This may include support for PrEP target-setting and prioritization processes to enable decision-making on optimal PrEP program rollout in collaboration with other stakeholders. Furthermore, this work will build off ongoing efforts to support introduction planning for novel PrEP modalities, such as long-acting injectable cabotegravir (CAB-LA) including the revision of PrEP guidelines and the PrEP training curriculum and developing the CAB-LA implementation plan.

Position Overview:

CHAI Zambia is seeking an Analyst for the SHARP project to provide targeted technical assistance to the Ministry of Health, Global Fund PRs and SRs, and other country-level stakeholders to strengthen precision prevention programming. The primary focus will be on key populations, and Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW) in high-incidence sub-national geographies to improve access to PrEP across the country.

This Analyst will play a cross-cutting role in program management, interfacing directly with internal and external stakeholders and coordinate execution of the country work plan. They will report to the Senior Program Manager, HIV Prevention ensuring that all program deliverables are met. The Analyst must be a highly motivated individual with deep passion and commitment to achieving the program’s ambitious goals for the SHARP project in Zambia. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who can drive execution independently, but also be an effective collaborator across various technical teams.

Responsibilities

Support program implementation, including strategic support to relevant government departments in operational roll-out of programmatic activities including national policy and coordination.
Support the design and implementation of processes, systems for collection, collation, and synthesis of program data to inform program strategy, operations, and reviews- including supply chain preparedness and development of technical tools.
Monitor program implementation activities; identify potential risks and challenges to the implementation plan and roll-out of activities; work towards addressing potential risks/ mitigation mechanisms.
Build and maintain trust-based relationships with key government partners (from national and sub-national level), cooperating partners, and other relevant stakeholders to expand access to quality PrEP.
Support program leadership in the overall grant management process including sharing inputs or drafting donor update reports including progress monitoring, budget utilization, risk assessments and sustainability structures.
Document and disseminate key learnings from the program implementation with government partners and CHAI program teams to inform evidence-based decision-making and alignment with WHO recommendations and guidelines.
Support opportunity identification, development of proposals, work plans, budgets and other reports and documents for ongoing and new areas as needed to support and facilitate execution of program implementation activities.
Provide technical assistance to support the adoption and expansion of evidence-based, precision prevention strategies through engagement with TWGs and other HIV prevention planning platforms.
Provide analytical support to the Ministry of Health and other country-level stakeholders to drive evidence-based precision prevention programming.
Contribute to project quarterly dashboards by gathering, reviewing, and submitting quantitative and qualitative data on HIV prevention programming, leveraging national health information systems and other data sources.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in health or social sciences. A Masters’ Degree is an added advantage for this position
Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with partners including the Ministry of Health and other stakeholders
A minimum of 4 years of professional experience in demanding, results-oriented environments in the public and/or private sector
Excellent problem solving, analytical and quantitative skills
Strong interpersonal and written and verbal communication skills, and an ability to build professional relationships with key stakeholders
Ability to work independently and effectively in high-pressure, fast-paced environment and handle multiple tasks simultaneously
Ability to achieve maximum efficiency and impact with limited human and financial resources
High level of proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint and Word
Experience in HIV prevention management systems is desirable