Associate, Advanced HIV Disease, HIV Access Program

Job description

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

As part of CHAI Zambia’s support to the HIV treatment program, CHAI has taken up a Technical Assistance (TA) partner role to the Ministry of Health to support effective implementation of advanced HIV disease (AHD) interventions. The AHD support will incorporate market shaping, supply chain, and overall health system support for improved AHD patient outcomes.

CHAI will provide technical support to the MOH to address the following priority intervention areas articulated below

• Scale up the HIV Access program, with a focus on AHD commodities, with the aim of improving performance and efficiency in AHD service delivery.
• Technical Assistance to facilitate the rollout of advanced HIV disease diagnostic and treatment commodities in close collaboration with MOH.
• Support the creation of efficiencies in the AHD commodity supply chain, working in close collaboration with other countries in the region to improve visibility for supplier and global partners.
• Support Improved AHD service delivery ensuring that the AHD guidelines are rolled out nationally and implemented effectively, including the piloting of differentiated delivery models for AHD commodities
• Refine and deploy digital stock of AHD commodities in collaboration with other stakeholders.

Position Overview

CHAI seeks an experienced, strategic, and highly motivated Associate to support the implementation of Zambia’s HIV Access program, with a focus on optimizing advanced HIV disease, strengthening supply chains, enhancing service delivery of advanced HIV disease products, including integrating of HIV programming into general health system delivery. The incumbent will support national AHD guidelines optimization, improving commodity supply chain systems, supporting the introduction and set up of new initiatives critical to improved health systems delivery.

Programme Strategy, Planning, and Management

• Support planning, budgeting, and implementation of AHD-related activities under the CHAI-MOH technical assistance grant, in line with the approved workplan and results framework.
• Track progress against grant milestones and indicators, flag deviations early, and support adaptive management responses.
• Contribute to development and revision of country-level workplans, budgets, and reporting timelines in coordination with MoH.

AHD Commodity Forecasting, Quantification and Supply Chain Strengthening

• Support the Ministry of Health and ZAMMSA in conducting quantification of HIV commodities, including development of supply plans.
• Support sentinel site monitoring, including root cause analysis of stock outs and documentation of distribution bottlenecks, in coordination with MoH and ZAMMSA.

Financing and Advocacy

• Support the MOH in quantifying AHD commodity financing gaps by product and funding source, to inform implementation planning.
• Contribute to advocacy materials and stakeholder engagement aimed at securing explicit line-item financing for AHD commodities within national and donor budgets.

Strategic Analysis and Technical Leadership

• Monitor developments in the AHD and broader HIV/AIDS landscape, synthesize emerging evidence and guidance (e.g., WHO AHD package updates), and identify implications for national programming.
• Provide technical input on national AHD guidelines, diagnostic and treatment algorithms, and differentiated service delivery models.

HIV Prevention Product Introduction and Scale-up

• Support the introduction, scale-up, and uptake of optimal HIV prevention products and emerging interventions through evidence-based implementation strategies, stakeholder engagement, and performance monitoring.

Stakeholder Engagement and Partnership Management

• Collaborate with the Ministry of Health, ZAMMSA, donors, and implementing partners to support coordinated implementation of AHD supply chain priorities.
• Represent CHAI in AHD TWG meetings, PSM coordination forums, and related technical working groups.

Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning, and Knowledge Management (MEL)

• Support data collection, quality assurance, and analysis for grant indicators, including sentinel site consumption and stock data.
• Document lessons learned and best practices for internal use and for dissemination through TWGs, and other regional/global platforms.

Resource Mobilization and Business Development

• Participate in proposal development, programme design, donor engagement, and resource mobilization for new and follow-on funding opportunities, including the development of technical narratives, work plans, budgets, and monitoring and evaluation frameworks.
• Bachelor’s degree in pharmacy, health supply chain management or related field
• Master’s degree in the above fields will be an added advantage.
• A minimum of 5+ years of experience in a relevant field (e.g HIV/AIDS commodity management, Advanced HIV Disease interventions, and health system strengthening) in the public or private sector with increasing responsibilities
• Strong technical understanding of HIV treatment and national health systems
• Demonstrated experience working with government stakeholders and complex multi-stakeholder environments.
• Exceptional analytical, project management, communication, and presentation skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and thrive in fast-paced settings.
• Experience working in the health sector is an added advantage.