Senior Analyst, Pediatric Hiv

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**

Over the last several decades the National Department of Health (NDoH) in South Africa has made significant progress in achieving the UNAIDS 95-95-5 (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. Due to South Africa’s high disease burden, South Africa falls short and does not meet the 95-95-95 targets. To address these challenges, CHAI South Africa’s (CHAI SA) team is supporting the NDoH, at national and provincial levels to implement a broad range of activities across the 95-95-95 matrix, including assessing and costing proven and/or new innovative intervention strategies focused on the identification, establishing strong linkage systems, improving paediatric retention/viral suppression, and building a framework of strategic implementation SOPs for scale and sustainability. This work will be done through the provision of technical assistance to support the development and deployment of strategic interventions and operational plans, resource optimization in the short and long term and galvanizing key stakeholder coordination through a technical group of implementing partners.

**Position Overview**

CHAI is seeking a highly motivated individual with excellent analytical ability and strong communication skills to play a key role in the Paediatric HIV program in South Africa. The Senior Analyst will input to a growing CHAI team and will be expected to support the NDoH and technical group of implementing partners to create, execute and monitor evidence-based plans and strategies. The Senior Analyst will be responsible for a wide variety of tasks, from quantitative analysis to collaborating with stakeholders and assisting the team with components which will contribute to investment cases, performance monitoring, strategic course correction, target setting, and demand forecasting and/or quantification.

The Senior Analyst will be based in Pretoria, South Africa and will report to the Pediatric HIV Program Manager. The role requires travel to the various provinces in support of project deliverables and objectives.

**Responsibilities**:

- Ensuring CHAI’s ongoing alignment with NDoH strategic goals and priorities.
- Compile, synthesize, and analyse data to inform the development of assessments, reports, and other program materials to ensure effective program execution.
- Support the analyses of policy and regulatory landscape to inform recommendations and support any revisions that may be required to ensure the smooth introduction of new products and/or services.
- Conducting routine field supervision visits, data collection, and routine data analysis of national and program data.
- Developing and maintaining program databases and dashboards (through Excel and Tableau) for performance monitoring and evaluation.
- Compile, synthesize and analyze data to inform the development of assessments, and training materials.
- Produce compelling presentations and reports and other program materials to ensure effective program execution.
- Support the Pediatric HIV Program Manager on key deliverables and ad-hoc requirements, as needed.

Qualifications:

- Bachelor's degree in Economics, Public Health, Business or a related field.
- Minimum of three years of professional experience in a private or public sector setting and with increasing levels of responsibility and experience.
- Strong analytical skills and advanced technical proficiency with MS Excel and PowerPoint.
- Entrepreneurial mindset: demonstrated ability to work independently on complex projects and solve challenging problems, in a high-pressure, fast-paced environment.
- Demonstrated ability to multi-task with a strong commitment to excellence, both internally and externally, and with limited structur