Country

United States

Type

Full Time

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 in Southern Africa.

Telecommute

Yes

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, evidence show that there has been a stagnation in the reduction of new cases globally since 2019. Despite the existence and implementation of multiple effective prevention interventions, there has likewise been an increase in new HIV infections among certain geographies and populations. 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 Zambia and Zimbabwe and a broad range of partners globally to facilitate the sustainable introduction, scale up, and maintenance of effective HIV prevention interventions by leveraging experience from supporting the scale up of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) and oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). Since 2020, CHAI has documented and shared lessons from supporting the sustainable integration of national HIV prevention programs while facilitating advance strategic planning for the introduction of cabotegravir long-acting injectable (CAB-LA) and the prevention pill (DPP).

CHAI’s HIV Access Program is looking for a Knowledge Management Associate, HIV Prevention. The Associate will work closely with CHAI global and country teams to execute CHAI’s HIV prevention country learning agenda and regional and global dissemination activities. The Associate will be responsible for implementing the grant’s existing learning and dissemination plan. This will include documenting best practices and learnings across Zambia and Zimbabwe; developing and reviewing dissemination materials such as case studies, presentations, and abstracts, among others; and, partnering with country teams to build their capacity to document and disseminate the CHAI approach and lessons learned through their work. The primary objective of the Associate will be to ensure that knowledge across the two focal countries is effectively captured, and that lessons from CHAI’s work under the STRIDE grant are appropriately communicated to our target audiences.

The Knowledge Management Associate will be responsible for ensuring completion of learning and dissemination activities according to annual workplans and grant objectives in collaboration with country and global teams.

Knowledge Generation

• Write, edit, and review communications and learning products including but not limited to program, policy, and technical briefs and case studies; conference abstracts and presentations; peer-reviewed journal articles and other publications; conceptualize and develop infographics and other visual aids as needed
• Lead and coordinate documentation and dissemination of cross-country HIV prevention processes, approaches, and innovations informed by annual plans, strategic objectives, and donor requests
• Partner with country teams to identify and document best practices, resources, and approaches to inform integration and sustainability of HIV prevention programs
• Manage timelines and expectations with relevant content contributors for the development and review of learning and communication materials
• Prompt, facilitate, and document pause and reflect learning sessions after key events and processes related to grant objectives e.g., regional or stakeholder meetings, brainstorming sessions, etc.)

Knowledge management and dissemination

• Manage internal knowledge management systems and define and implement processes to capture, store, and easily retrieve generated knowledge products (e.g., best practices, manuals, tools, guidelines, policies, and strategies)
• Ensure development and delivery of high-quality, participatory knowledge/learning exchange events (e.g., webinars, conference sessions, and other events) to internal and external audiences and stakeholders
• Strengthen use of Box as the repository for project and learning documents; facilitate awareness and use of these materials within and across CHAI teams
• Lead joint development or dissemination of learning products with identified partner organizations

• Bachelor’s degree required
• Minimum three years of relevant work experience (e.g., editing, science writing, publishing, communications, or other relevant fields)
• Willingness to travel ~40%
• Ability to manage projects independently, set realistic priorities, and plan for the successful implementation of activities
• Exceptional written communication skills, including the ability to develop and effectively communicate key messages, edit content provided by others in a way that improves readability yet maintains the intended messaging, design visually appealing documents, and prepare compelling presentations
• Experience writing on complex topics in different styles and for various audiences – ranging from knowledge briefs and case studies to conference abstracts and peer reviewed publications
• Demonstrated ability to rapidly absorb and synthesize a broad range of new information
• Experience with cloud storage management and collaboration software e.g., Box, One Drive, DropBox, Google Drive, etc.
• High level of proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Word, and PowerPoint
• Exceptional diplomatic and interpersonal skills, and ability to build strong professional relationships with a range of stakeholders in a multi-cultural and virtual environment

Advantages

• Knowledge and experience in HIV or global health and/or previous experience working in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Master’s degree in communications or public health
• Experience in publication process management and coordination and/or proposal development/writing

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