Program Manager, Pediatric Advanced HIV Disease 156 views0 applications

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.

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.

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

Since 2002, CHAI has been a leader in expanding and accelerating access to HIV treatment, reducing the cost of drugs and diagnostic tests, and strengthening the capacity of governments to help prevent and diagnose HIV and treat people living with HIV (PLHIV). CHAI’s simultaneous engagement on the supply and demand sides of the market, and our end-to-end, holistic support to national HIV programs and communities of people living with HIV is helping to address barriers that prevent people living in LMICs from accessing the best available treatment and prevention services. Improving and scaling access to optimal pediatric and adolescent HIV care and treatment has been a hallmark of CHAI’s work since inception. CHAI catalyzed the pediatric ARV market, rapidly enabling pediatric ART access and dramatically reducing prices, while demonstrating and scaling innovative service delivery models across the cascade of care to expand access to lifesaving treatment.

Despite significant progress in scaling access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) for children living with HIV (PLHIV), children continue to be left behind. Global pediatric ART coverage for children is still only 57% today, compared to 77% for adults. While increased access to optimal pediatric ARVs has transformed health outcomes for children, viral suppression among all children is only 46% compared to 71% in adults, requiring urgent action to find, diagnosis, and link all children to lifesaving treatment.

Children under 10 years old bear a disproportionate burden of AIDS-related deaths, accounting for only 2% of PLHIV but comprising 12% of all AIDS-related deaths in 2022. Last year, a staggering 84,000 children died of AIDS-related causes – approximately 230 children each day. Breakdowns at every point along the cascade of care and an insufficient focus on prevention and early detection of opportunistic infections (OIs) (e.g., tuberculosis, pneumonia, severe bacterial infections) are responsible for many of these deaths. In an era where clinical guidance, rapid screening tools and effective therapies for preventing and treating Advanced HIV Disease (AHD) and associated OIs are finally available, these deaths are unacceptable.

CHAI’s vision for pediatric HIV is shaped by our commitment to saving lives and improving health outcomes in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). We believe a future is possible where we can end preventable deaths from AIDS in children and eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV.

Pediatric Advanced HIV Disease Program Manager

The Pediatric Advanced HIV Disease Program Manager will play a critical role in providing technical assistance to Ministries of Health across sub-Saharan Africa to improve pediatric HIV advanced disease service delivery. This will include operationalizing the WHO’ STOP AIDS guidance for children, developing operational tools for health workers, addressing key barriers to early detection and rapid linkage to antiretroviral therapy (ART), introducing and scaling innovative service delivery models for children, especially for testing.

This Program Manager will need to provide technical assistance to CHAI teams across each focal country and cultivate and manage relationships across diverse teams and stakeholders. We are seeking a highly motivated individual with outstanding leadership, project management, analytical, and communication skills. The candidate must be able to drive the development and implementation of this program with significant autonomy, have a deep personal commitment to producing high-quality results, think creatively and strategically, and operate in a fast-paced and multicultural professional environment. CHAI places great value on relevant personal qualities: integrity, humility, resourcefulness, a strong sense of responsibility, optimism, and a committed work ethic.

The Program Manager will report to the Associate Director of the Pediatric HIV team. This is a challenging but rewarding position, which will have a direct impact on thousands of children in need of life-saving treatment.

This role will be based in a CHAI program country in Sub-Saharan Africa, pending country team leadership approval. This role requires travel up to 30-40%.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted advisor and thought partner to governments, community partners, CHAI global teams, CHAI country teams, and other consortium partners to identify and operationalize innovative solutions to address key barriers in pediatric advanced HIV disease service delivery
• Drive project management for multiple different workstreams, led by country teams, to help ensure on-time delivery and high-quality output
• Develop fit-for-purpose M&E and accountability frameworks and tools to aid government partners and health workers increase visibility on key pediatric indicators, efficiently and effectively review service delivery gaps, and develop and monitor tailored action plans
• Create concept notes to guide the demonstration of new, promising interventions for pediatric advanced HIV disease service delivery
• Support development of operational tools to aid health worker implementation of pediatric advanced HIV disease service delivery (e.g., toolkits, case studies, standard operating procedures etc.)
• Develop investment cases to inform national adoption proven pediatric service delivery models to elevate focus and continued prioritization of children
• Flexibly collaborate and coordinate across many different teams and stakeholders to gather strategic guidance and input from technical experts, translating outputs into actionable plans
• Conduct quantitative and qualitative analyses to measure program gaps, measure progress, structure data-driven debate and decision-making, and inform course correction
• Support development of AHD information, communication, and educational materials
• Development of crisp, compelling presentations for an array of different audiences (government partners, CHAI teams, global donors, and stakeholders)
• Lead internal and external communications across CHAI teams and with external partners, including Ministries, WHO and other relevant donors or partners
• Conduct literature reviews and desk reviews on best practices on a range of client-centered delivery models and produce summary documents and recommendations.
• Manage internal and external program reporting requirements and budgeting of relevant project activities
• Support documentation and dissemination of best practices through case studies, conference abstracts, journal articles etc.
• Support development of pitches, concept notes, and proposals for new business development, as needed
• Other responsibilities as needed by team

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in a private or public sector enterprise in a fast-paced, demanding environment
• Strong project management experience including creating and executing work plans, managing time effectively, managing teams, stakeholder consensus-building, and monitoring program performance
• Strong strategic thinker and creative problem solver who can think creatively around long-term program objectives and the detailed steps necessary to achieve these goals
• Exceptional cross-cultural communication and interpersonal skills, including ability to build strong professional relationships with a range of stakeholders in a multicultural environment
• Excellent verbal, visual and written communication skills, including the ability to prepare and deliver compelling presentations and work on complex analyses
• Strong quantitative and qualitative analytical skills, including proficiency with Excel
• Proven experience in a role requiring strong attention to detail and organizational skills
• Ability to multi-task and to be effective in high-pressure situations, both internally and externally
• Ability to work independently on complex projects and solve challenging problems with limited structural or operational support
• English language fluency, both written and verbal
• Ability to travel internationally, upto 30-40%

Advantages:

• Master’s degree in relevant field e.g., MPH, MBA, MPA
• Background and experience working in public health in resource limited contexts, particularly HIV programming or maternal and child health programs

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