Country

United States

Program (Division)

Infectious Disease - Global HIV Access Program

Additional Location Description

There is flexibility in the base location for this role, pending leadership approval, with preference for a base location in a CHAI program country.

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 majority of our staff based in program countries. Learn more about our exciting work: http://www.clintonhealthaccess.org

Overview of team and role

Although there has been a remarkable decline in new HIV infections over the last two decades, since 2018 there has been a stagnation in the reduction of new cases globally, as well as increases in new HIV infections among certain geographies and populations-- despite the existence and implementation of multiple effective prevention interventions. Scaling up access to safe, effective prevention options that meet the needs of those at high risk of HIV is essential to eliminating new HIV infection and reaching epidemic control. However, various barriers – individual and systemic –persist, limiting the impact of proven HIV prevention interventions, especially in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). CHAI is currently working with Ministries of Health in SSA and a broad range of partners globally, to accelerate the development, introduction, and scale up of HIV prevention interventions, including CAB-LA and oral PrEP. CHAI is leveraging, documenting, and sharing lessons from supporting the scale up of VMMC and oral PrEP to strengthen HIV prevention program integration, outcomes, and sustainability and also to advance planning for the dual prevention pill (DPP) introduction, among other promising pipeline products.

The Associate Director will work in close collaboration with the HIV Prevention Director to drive the HIV Access Program’s (HAP’s) efforts to accelerate affordable availability, introduction, and scale of highly effective HIV prevention interventions and ensure sustainability of such programs. The Associate Director will be responsible for supporting global and country teams as they implement program activities, including through the provision of technical expertise to CHAI teams and MoHs to translate and localize global guidance and ensure high quality work products, generate evidence on effective implementation strategies, monitor progress, and problem solve, to achieve the ultimate project objective of catalyzing transformative, sustainable impact in HIV prevention. The Associate Director will work closely with the HIV Prevention Director to execute a clear and ambitious HIV prevention strategy in line with CHAI’s HIV strategy, represent the program to key internal and external stakeholders, and establish and grow new and existing partnerships, including for the purpose of ensuring the program is diversely and consistently funded, among other responsibilities.

The Associate Director will report to the HIV Prevention Director.

• Work in close collaboration with the HIV Prevention Director as the core team responsible for driving the rollout of CHAI’s HIV prevention program.
• Serve as the technical lead on HIV prevention within CHAI, remaining abreast and up to date with the latest clinical evidence, technological and market developments, implementation experience, partner landscape, and integration and sustainability trends and best practices.
• Support the development of overall project strategy, implementation, progress monitoring and problem-solving as required to achieve project goals.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to country teams and MoHs on HIV prevention topics and support them on developing country level strategies to achieve project goals, monitor progress and support course correction as needed.
• Provide strategic and technical guidance to global and country teams in the context of regional and global developments and trends.
• Collaborate with global HAP Prevention Managers, Clinical Sciences Team, Global Markets Team, Sexual and Reproductive Health Team, and other teams to provide technical assistance to CHAI country teams and MoHs on guideline revision, assessment and adoption of new products and delivery models, development and implementation of rollout and monitoring strategies, and helping to develop strategies to advocate for changes with key in-country opinion leaders.
• As required, support development and implementation of operational research to develop evidence to inform effective scale-up of HIV prevention interventions and optimization of method mix.
• Develop and inform materials such as product profiles, training materials, and job aides.
• As required, support in-country activities, such as national and regional meetings and training activities.
• Lead and support development and dissemination of knowledge products (e.g., abstracts, presentations, reports, concept notes, etc.) for engagements with donors and regional and global HIV prevention stakeholders
• Build strong relationships across global and CHAI country teams, MoHs, and relevant external partners; foster collaboration, and elevate CHAI’s work as applicable.
• Support and foster donor engagement.
• Support and/or lead fundraising efforts for additional HIV prevention work as appropriate.
• Other responsibilities as needed.

• Bachelor’s degree along with outstanding academic credentials, plus a minimum of 8 years of relevant professional work experience with increasing levels of responsibility, team management, and leadership
• Advanced degree in management, public health, or other relevant field a plus
• Experience working in HIV prevention in resource-limited settings, particularly Sub-Saharan Africa
• Technical expertise in supporting national health programs
• Experience working with global normative and other relevant bodies and translating/localizing global guidance for practical use at country level
• Excellent interpersonal skills and proven ability to build, strengthen, and leverage complex and nuanced stakeholder relationships in a matrixed and multicultural environment
• Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills, able to concisely communicate complex ideas in a manner that builds buy-in among diverse stakeholders
• Passionate about direct and indirect people development and able to help diverse team members rapidly improve skills and performance through coaching and consistent supportive accountability
• Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving mindset
• Experience successfully fundraising from major donor organizations a plus
• Impeccable organizational and project management skills
• Excellent ability to set direction and structure, prioritize among complex options, and uphold high performance expectations
• High emotional intelligence, patience, and thoughtfulness even in high-pressure, stressful situations
• Ability to develop and steer coherent programs with governments in developing countries
• Willingness to travel internationally ~40%

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