What are the responsibilities and job description for the Associate, HIV Access Program position at Clinton Health Access Initiative?
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 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 Background:
Following the successful introduction of the 6- month injectable PreP product Lenacapavir, in Zambia in December 2025, CHAI has taken up a Technical Assistance (TA) partner role to the University Teaching Hospital HIV Access Program (UTH HAP). UTH HAP will be the lead partner in rolling out the Injectable PrEP across the country along with several technical assistance partners including CHAI. This work will be guided by the Prep rollout plan which will also incorporate a research and evidence-based implementation study that is aimed at contribution to global knowledge on PreP implementation in low- and middle-income countries.
In line with this, CHAI has prioritized technical assistance needs in PreP service delivery, implementation support, research, and documentation building off several work pieces that have already begun through complementary investments. CHAI will provide technical support to the MOH to address the following four priority intervention areas articulated below:
- Scale up the HIV Access program, with a focus on proven HIV treatment and prevention interventions. To ensure that the gains made in the HIV space over the years are not reversed given the changes to the HIV funding landscape in 2025 and beyond.
- Technical Assistance to facilitate the rollout of injectable PrEP in close collaboration with the UTH- HAP
- Support Improved PREP Service Delivery, ensuring that the PrEP guidelines are rolled out nationally and implemented effectively
- Support in effective collaboration with other stakeholders in the PrEP roll out program
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 HIV prevention, strengthening supply chains, enhancing service delivery of prevention and treatment products, including integrating of HIV programming into general health system delivery. The incumbent will support roll out of the national HIV and PrEP guidelines optimization, improving prevention commodity security, and supporting the introduction and set up of new initiatives critical to improved HIV prevention delivery. This includes considering changes to the HIV funding mechanisms.
Responsibilities
- Support HIV Access activities across planning, budgeting, forecasting, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, knowledge management, and reporting.
- Participate Min MOH and CHAI’s agenda to support developments in the HIV/AIDS landscape, including identifying opportunities for strategic program growth. Of particular focus will be the HIV prevention commodities.
- Support CHAI Zambia’s efforts in the introduction and uptake of optimal HIV prevention products working closely with the HAP team at UTH on implementation of the Len roll out project.
- Participate in proposal development and resource mobilization for new and follow-on funding opportunities.
- Provide technical assistance to MOH to improve adherence to national HIV prevention and treatment guidelines and increase access to high-quality, low-cost prevention and treatment commodities and emerging interventions.
- Contribute to strengthening HIV commodity forecasting, quantification, pipeline monitoring, and inventory management with specific focus on HIV prevention commodities Lenacapavir, Cab LA and Oral PrEP.
- Support emerging interventions such as de-medicalization of PrEP, to improve quality of care, decentralization of services, and equitable service delivery with particular focus on implementing the community and pharmacy delivery models for injectable PrEP.
- Work with MOH coordination structures, the UTH HAP team, HIV treatment and Prevention technical working groups.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Public health, Epidemiology, Pharmacy, Health Systems, Economics, or related field.
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience in HIV programs, health systems strengthening, or supply chain management in low-resource settings.
- 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 with CHAI, bilateral donors, Global Fund, or similar organizations is an added advantage.
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