CHAI Zambia is seeking an Analyst for the SHARP project to provide targeted technical assistance to the Ministry of Health, Global Fund PRs and SRs, and other country-level stakeholders to strengthen precision prevention programming. The primary focus will be on key populations, and Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW) in high-incidence sub-national geographies to improve access to PrEP across the country.

This Analyst will play a cross-cutting role in program management, interfacing directly with internal and external stakeholders and coordinate execution of the country work plan. They will report to the Senior Program Manager, HIV Prevention ensuring that all program deliverables are met. The Analyst  must be a highly motivated individual with deep passion and commitment to achieving the program’s ambitious goals for the SHARP project in Zambia. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who can drive execution independently, but also be an effective collaborator across various technical teams.

• Support program implementation, including strategic support to relevant government departments in operational roll-out of programmatic activities including national policy and coordination.
• Support the design and implementation of processes, systems for collection, collation, and synthesis of program data to inform program strategy, operations, and reviews- including supply chain preparedness and development of technical tools.
• Monitor program implementation activities; identify potential risks and challenges to the implementation plan and roll-out of activities; work towards addressing potential risks/ mitigation mechanisms.
• Build and maintain trust-based relationships with key government partners (from national and sub-national level), cooperating partners, and other relevant stakeholders to expand access to quality PrEP.
• Support program leadership in the overall grant management process including sharing inputs or drafting donor update reports including progress monitoring, budget utilization, risk assessments and sustainability structures.
• Document and disseminate key learnings from the program implementation with government partners and CHAI program teams to inform evidence-based decision-making and alignment with WHO recommendations and guidelines.
• Support opportunity identification, development of proposals, work plans, budgets and other reports and documents for ongoing and new areas as needed to support and facilitate execution of program implementation activities.
• Provide technical assistance to support the adoption and expansion of evidence-based, precision prevention strategies through engagement with TWGs and other HIV prevention planning platforms.
• Provide analytical support to the Ministry of Health and other country-level stakeholders to drive evidence-based precision prevention programming.
• Contribute to project quarterly dashboards by gathering, reviewing, and submitting quantitative and qualitative data on HIV prevention programming, leveraging national health information systems and other data sources.

• Bachelor’s degree in health or social sciences. A Masters’ Degree is an added advantage for this position
• Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with partners including the Ministry of Health and other stakeholders
• A minimum of 4 years of professional experience in demanding, results-oriented environments in the public and/or private sector
• Excellent problem solving, analytical and quantitative skills
• Strong interpersonal and written and verbal communication skills, and an ability to build professional relationships with key stakeholders
• Ability to work independently and effectively in high-pressure, fast-paced environment and handle multiple tasks simultaneously
• Ability to achieve maximum efficiency and impact with limited human and financial resources
• High level of proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint and Word
• Experience in HIV prevention management systems is desirable