Associate, HIV Prevention - Dominican Republic

About the role

CHAI is seeking a highly motivated Associate to join its Dominican Republic country team and support the introduction and implementation of lenacapavir (LEN), a long-acting injectable for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), through a Unitaid-funded market-shaping project. The role works closely with the Ministry of Health, community-based organizations, implementing partners and civil society organizations to plan the pilot and national rollout, prepare health facilities, support service delivery at launch sites and use data to guide decisions. About 30% of the time, travel within the Dominican Republic is required.

Key responsibilities

• Support the Ministry of Health to develop the LEN pilot and national scale-up plan, process manual and operational guidelines, in coordination with partners
• Support product registration and supply chain readiness, including assessment of the central warehouse and downstream distribution, and stock monitoring
• Organize LEN review meetings and site learning sessions and turn findings into program adjustments
• Coordinate and support trainings for the Ministry of Health, implementing CBOs, health facilities and outreach workers, adapting materials and virtual modules
• Conduct facility readiness assessments and identify bottlenecks to service delivery
• Work with civil society and community leaders on health promotion and community engagement, and strengthen their capacity to implement and report on these activities
• Support monitoring and evaluation: indicators and data flows, integration of the PrEP subsystem into existing platforms, provider training on recording and reporting, routine data quality checks and dashboards
• Support pharmacovigilance, including adverse event reporting pathways and their inclusion in trainings and mentoring
• Draft progress reports for the Country Program Manager and donors, and contribute to proposals and strategic planning
• Represent CHAI in technical meetings and perform other tasks as necessary

Required profile

• Master's degree with at least 3 years of relevant experience, or bachelor's degree with at least 5 years
• Acceptable fields: public health, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, epidemiology, social sciences and similar
• Experience working with HIV, sexual and reproductive health or other public health programs
• Fluency in Spanish and English, spoken and written
• Availability to travel within the Dominican Republic about 30% of the time

Required skills

• Proficiency with the Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams)
• Data management, analysis and visualization
• Strong problem-solving, organization, written and oral communication, and interpersonal skills

Advantages: an advanced degree in public health, global health, epidemiology, health economics or a related field; experience with HIV prevention or PrEP programs or introducing a new health product in the Dominican Republic; experience with data analysis tools (advanced Excel, Power BI, Stata, R); experience with government health institutions in Latin America, communities affected by HIV, or health supply chain, training design and monitoring and evaluation.