Technical Advisor, Advanced Hiv Disease Programme

Overview:

- 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 approaches some of the most pressing issues in global health with a business-oriented strategy to fundamentally change the underlying economics. CHAI’s solution-oriented approach focuses on improving market dynamics for medicines and diagnostics; lowering prices for diagnosis and treatment; accelerating access to lifesaving technologies, and helping governments build the capacity required for high-quality care and treatment programmes. By addressing global market failures and accelerating access to the most effective, high-quality health products at affordable and sustainable prices, CHAI helps patients access the care and treatment they need.

Team Overview:
The Access Program approaches some of the most pressing issues in global health with a business-oriented strategy to fundamentally change the underlying economics. By addressing global market failures and accelerating access to the most effective, high-quality health products at affordable and sustainable prices, CHAI helps patients access the care and treatment they need. Over the last several decades, South Africa’s Department of Health (DOH) has made significant progress in moving towards achieving the UNAIDS 95-95-95 (95% of all people living with HIV will know their HIV status, 95% of people with diagnosed HIV infection will receive sustained ART and 95% of all people receiving ART are virally suppressed) for the paediatric and adolescent populations. However, gaps still exist.

The Technical Advisor will be responsible for a range of process improvement and operations management activities in order to successfully deliver high impact system solutions that may span multiple business areas including but not limited to obtaining, analysing, specifying and/or validating the business requirements in order to identify appropriate solutions and to project manage the design, testing and implementation of new system developments according to the project brief agreed by management and client. The role will involve process management functions that may include data gathering and analysis, best practice research, process mapping, developing and recommending improvement initiatives, developing performance metrics, obtaining stakeholder agreement/partnerships, implementing improvements and monitoring performance against updated standards including partnering with organizations, process owners, external suppliers and management to execute and deliver results. key stakeholder coordination through a technical group of implementing partners

Position Overview:
CHAI seeks a highly motivated individual with outstanding technical capabilities to play a key role in the Advanced HIV Disease Programme. The Technical Advisor will support the strategy, provide technical input to the Advanced HIV Disease team. The Technical Advisor should have exceptional communication and analytical skills, be a strong strategic thinker and be able to adapt to differing programme needs. CHAI places great value on a commitment to excellence, resourcefulness, responsibility, tenacity, flexibility, independence, energy, work ethic and humility. The Technical Advisor will report to CHAI South Africa Programme Manager for Access to Medicines and the NDoH Programme lead.

**Responsibilities**:
Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following
- Supporting the design, implementation and monitoring of key change management interventions associated with process improvements with an emphasis on addressing barriers to effective performance of the AHD programme
- Development of clinical guidelines, training manuals through the knowledge hub and providing training for clinicians on dealing with AHD
- Monitoring the implementation of key programme activities and champions process improvement efforts at a national level, ensuring alignment with DoH HIV Directorate objectives and providing feedback regarding performance
- Support the introduction of new antiretroviral for line 2/3 treatment by supporting the NDOH with the development of new product roll-out strategies and supporting forecasting practices to avoid stock-outs, minimise wastages and costs
- Supporting the design, implementation and monitoring of social mobilisation and demand creation activities aimed at increasing healthy behaviours and demand for advanced HIV disease services and documenting of good practices with a view to scaling-up of these practices
- Liaising with key stakeholders within and outside of the government health sector (including non-government institutions, academic institutions, civil society organisations) to strength