As part of the Hepatitis Country Support Team, the Senior Associate will support the implementation and scale-up of CHAI’s hepatitis country programs in the Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) region. The Senior Associate will have a specific focus on support to new hepatitis focal countries in SSA, working together with CHAI teams in countries as they begin to scale-up public viral hepatitis programs and helping to optimize policies and processes to ensure access to high quality hepatitis drugs and diagnostic testing. Extensive travel will be required for this position. The Senior Associate will report to the Hepatitis Country Support Manager. This role is based in Kenya but may have flexibility to be based in another CHAI program country in Africa, pending country team leadership approval.
We are seeking a highly motivated individual with outstanding credentials, strong analytical abilities, and communication skills. The candidate must be self-driven, entrepreneurial, adaptable and have a high level of comfort with ambiguity. They will be expected to function independently and flexibly, with little to no oversight. They must be self-assured, a fast learner, resilient, and a strong team player.
Responsibilities
Provide strategic guidance and planning support to countries (30%)
Support development and refinement of country strategy and work plans, in line with global strategy
Regularly engage in and support reviews of country work plans, identify implementation barriers, develop solutions, and identify resources and next steps
Support monitoring of progress at country-level against milestones, and work with Program Management to identify and mitigate risks to achieving program goals or grant deliverable
Share best practices across country programs to ensure program knowledge is shared
Support drafting of concept notes and fundraising proposals for country programs
Attend advocacy and strategy-related meetings with stakeholders, where necessary
Provide technical support and bandwidth to country programs (40%)
Provide day-to-day technical support and bandwidth across country programs on a broad range of activities, including but not limited to policy, financing, forecasting and supply chain management, case finding, linkage to care, market shaping and M&EDesign and develop deliverables to support implementation of country programs, including presentations and concept notes, and tools and models
Support alignment on strategy and activities and facilitate processes for progress reviews
Facilitate involvement of topic area experts on country work streams as required, and encourage a positive spirit of collaboration between team members across program
Support cross-cutting global work streams (20%)
Identify relevant cross-cutting global projects, tools, or interventions for country programs
Support the drafting of global concept notes
Represent CHAI at regional strategic forums and meetings, as needed
Lead and/or collaborate on relevant work-streams with other team members, as assigned
Own select relationships with external and internal hepatitis partners, as assigned
Provide coordination support across global and country programs (10%)
Communicate key updates to broader team to inform on progress and seek inputs on strategy
Share global updates with country teams and highlight relevance to country programs
Provide coordination support on cross-country / global work streams
Support coordination on internal and external reporting requirements from country programs
Job Requirements
Required education
: Bachelor's degree
Required relevant work experience
: 5 years
Required languages:
English (Spoken: fluent | Written: fluent)
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