Associate, eMTCT & Pediatric HIV

The Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) works in partnership with country governments, partners, and other major stakeholders to identify the key obstacles to access and scale-up of essential health services and to develop sustainable strategies to overcome them. CHAI’s solution-oriented approach focuses on improving market dynamics for medicines and diagnostics; lowering prices for treatment; accelerating access to life-saving vaccines and technologies; and helping governments build the capacity required for high-quality care and treatment programs.

The Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) is looking for an Associate, eMTCT & Pediatric HIVbased in the US (preferably New York). The Associate will be a part of a growing eMTCT & Pediatric HIV team, which is primarily responsible for driving strategy development and execution of country and global activities to achieve ambitious, but achievable impact on new pediatric HIV infections, pediatric ART coverage, and pediatric mortality from HIV/AIDS. The primary goal of our pediatric HIV treatment scale-up work is to close the gap between adult and pediatric HIV coverage rates in 7-10 countries over the next 3-5 years, while moving towards eliminating pediatric HIV in the long-term.

CHAI is supporting partner governments to reduce new pediatric infections and improve the long-term survival of all children affected by HIV/AIDS. The Associate will provide support to the global Director of eMTCT & Pediatric HIV and other senior members of the team. S/he will work with relevant country team program managers, and other stakeholders in CHAI focus countries to pursue unique contributions CHAI can make to accelerate scale-up of effective and efficient eMTCT-peds treatment coverage. The Associate will help structure and drive key quantitative and qualitative analyses around major eMTCT/peds programmatic issues, particularly related to the impact of scaling up interventions such mHealth, Provider-Initiated testing and Counseling outside of eMTCT, integrated service delivery models to improve retention rates etc. S/he will also help design high-impact interventions to translate the results of relevant analyses into actionable plans and changes in policy and operations at global and country levels. S/he will be involved in various aspects of program management including planning, budgeting, knowledge management, qualitative and quantitative analysis, implementation, and reporting. This is a challenging but rewarding position, which will have direct impact on thousands of children in need of life-saving treatment.

Qualifications:

• At least 3 years of relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree from a well-recognized, high-caliber institution in a relevant field
• Excellent analytical skills and technical proficiency with MS Excel and PowerPoint
• Strong verbal, visual and written communication skills
• Natural ability to be a team player, build strategic relationships and interact with individuals of different backgrounds
• Ability to multi-task and to be effective in high-pressure situations, and able to adapt to fast-paced and changing environments, both internally and externally
• Ability to work independently on complex projects and solve challenging problems with limited structural or operational support
• Ability to travel internationally up to 30-40% of the time
• English language fluency, both written and verbal

Advantages:

• Work experience in management consulting, finance and similar private enterprises, or in economics and public sector financing
• Experience working in developing countries, particularly on maternal and child health programs
• Experience working with country governments and international partners

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