Clinton Health Access Initiative Country Support Associate Jobs in Zambia

Clinton Health Access Initiative Country Support Associate Jobs in Zambia


The Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. (CHAI) is a global health organization committed to saving lives and reducing the burden of disease in low-and middle-income countries, while strengthening the capabilities of governments and the private sector in those countries to create and sustain high-quality health systems that can succeed without our assistance.

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.

CHAI launched the COVID-19 Treatment Access (CTA) program in August 2022 with the goal of reducing the impact of COVID-19 on high-risk individuals.

Through the scale-up of screening programs and the introduction of novel oral antiviral therapies in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), CHAI seeks to greatly reduce hospitalization and mortality in the populations at the highest risk for progression to severe and critical disease.

The COVID Treatment Access team currently supports programs in Sub-Saharan Africa (Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, Ghana, Rwanda, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Republic of South Africa) and Southeast Asia (Laos) with plans to expand to additional countries across both regions in the coming months.

The program will focus supporting ministries of health to implement smart, data-driven strategies for identifying COVID-positive individuals at high risk for severe and critical disease, while in parallel ensuring critical access to life-saving treatment commodities within health facilities.

In addition, the program will support countries to integrate critical COVID-19 services into the broader health system to ensure sustained access to services.

In focal countries, CHAI’s work ranges depending on the specific context and need, and work can include a range of activities, including providing support on procurement, training health care workers, developing monitoring and evaluation systems, and supporting site-level implementation.

Position Overview:

As part of the Global COVID-19 Treatment Access Country Support team, this Associate will support the implementation and scale-up of CHAI’s COVID-19 country programs in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).

The Associate will support CHAI programs in countries as they begin to scale COVID Treatment Access programs, helping to develop efficient programs which catalyze the scale-up of testing activities, linkage to treatment, and treatment initiation.

The Associate will provide support on a wide-range of activities, including providing strategic guidance and planning support, developing programmatic tools to support the roll-out and scale up of programs, providing coordination support across global and country programs, and supporting cross-cutting global work streams, projects, and communications. The Associate will report to the Global COVID-19 Treatment Access Program Manager.

To support this work, we are seeking a highly motivated individual with outstanding credentials, strong analytical abilities, and superior problem-solving and communication skills. The candidate must be self-driven, resourceful, collaborative, adaptable and have a high level of comfort with ambiguity.

The candidate should have experience working in fast-paced, multi-cultural environments and is expected to function independently with minimal guidance.

The base location is flexible, with a strong preference for a CHAI CTA program in Sub-Saharan Africa, pending Country Director Approval. Expected travel is 30%.

Responsibilities

Provide strategic, technical, and planning support and bandwidth to country programs: