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The Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. (CHAI) is a global health organization committed to our mission of saving lives and reducing the burden of disease in low-and middle-income countries. We work at the invitation of governments to support them and the private sector to create and sustain high-quality health systems.

CHAI was founded in 2002 in response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, with the goal of dramatically reducing the price of life-saving drugs and increasing access to these medicines in the countries with the highest burden of the disease. Over the following two decades, CHAI has expanded its focus. Today, along with HIV, we work in conjunction with our partners to prevent and treat infectious diseases such as COVID-19, malaria, tuberculosis, and hepatitis. Our work has also expanded into cancer, diabetes, hypertension, and other non-communicable diseases, and we work to accelerate the rollout of lifesaving vaccines, reduce maternal and child mortality, combat chronic malnutrition, and increase access to assistive technology. We are investing in horizontal approaches to strengthen health systems through programs in human resources for health, digital health, and health financing. With each new and innovative program, our strategy is grounded in maximizing sustainable impact at scale, ensuring that governments lead the solutions, that programs are designed to scale nationally, and learnings are shared globally.

At CHAI, our people are our greatest asset, and none of this work would be possible without their talent, time, dedication and passion for our mission and values. We are a highly diverse team of enthusiastic individuals across 40 countries with a broad range of skill sets and life experiences. CHAI is deeply grounded in the countries we work in, with the majority of our staff based in program countries. Learn more about our exciting work here.

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.

Position Overview

CHAI is seeking a highly motivated individual with exceptional strategic, technical, and managerial capabilities to lead the Cervical Cancer Program in South Africa. The Program Manager will play a critical role in shaping strategy, managing program implementation, and strengthening CHAI’s partnerships with government and key stakeholders. This role requires an individual with strong communication and analytical skills, the ability to drive high-impact initiatives in a fast-paced environment, and experience in public health program management. The Program Manager will oversee a growing team, coordinate multi-stakeholder engagements, and ensure CHAI’s work aligns with national cervical cancer priorities. CHAI places great value on commitment to excellence, resourcefulness, responsibility, tenacity, flexibility, independence, energy, work ethic, and humility.

The Program Manager will be based in Pretoria, South Africa and report to CHAI South Africa’s leadership team.

Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Overall programme management, accountability and oversight in terms of:
• Ensuring that the programme has an approved work plan, Log frame, budget and forecasts as part of official programme documents.
• Understanding the programme/s, implementation and close out phase milestones, timelines and expectations and that these are communicated to all resources working in the programme and all donors.
• Leading and managing the achievement of the programme outputs in the different work streams measuring, and ensuring that the objectives of the grant/s through the programme work plans are achieved.
• Identifying, documenting and communicating programme risks as part of programme management, and be able to report and manage urgent, threatening risks early.
• Providing operational programme management including recruitment and management of personnel, and ensuring cohesive teamwork, as a Team leader.
• Developing and maintaining a programme governance framework for programme review meetings, monitoring of deliverables and collation of programme and donor reports.
• Budget development, oversight, management, expenditure control, reporting and observe allowable variances as set by donor, working closely with the Finance Manager.
• Ensure compliance with the responsibilities in the grant framework and manage and maintain the risk management tool.
• Lead monitoring, evaluation, reporting and learning (MERL) efforts with the aim to maintain and update comprehensive, feasible M&E frameworks that will generate credible, actionable and timely information as required by the donor.
• Lead the programme strategy, planning, implementation and monitoring, including analysis, policy, and guideline development and review by engaging with partners and other CHAI teams on related programme initiatives, as it relates to the implementation of programmatic plans.
• Provide strategic and technical support to the National Department of Health (NDoH) in all areas of the national cancer elimination plan cervical cancer prevention, screening, diagnostics, and treatment, ensuring alignment with national priorities.

• Lead the translation of government and donor objectives into clear, actionable activity plans, ensuring prioritization and efficient execution of initiatives.
• Oversee policy and regulatory landscape analyses to support policy revisions, guideline development, and the introduction of innovative products and services.
• Oversee and support the scale-up of evidence-based cervical cancer screening and treatment services, including the introduction of new technologies and models of care.
• Oversee the effective integration of data systems, including strengthening DHIS, National Cancer Registry (NCR) data tracking, and the rollout of digital tools such as the Results for Action dashboard and standardized Cervical Cancer Reporting Templates.
• Oversee procurement optimization, costing, and supply chain planning for cervical cancer-related commodities, ensuring availability and affordability of key diagnostic and treatment tools.
• Oversee routine field supervision visits, data collection, and program monitoring to assess impact and inform decision-making.
• Oversee the development and dissemination of technical resources, including provider training curricula, standard operating procedures, and service delivery guidelines.
• Lead engagement with NDoH, NHLS, provincial health departments, implementing partners, and donors to drive collaboration and maximize program impact.
• Ensure communication and alignment between cervical cancer initiatives and other CHAI-supported programs in South Africa, such as HIV, reproductive health, and health financing and represent CHAI in national and global cervical cancer technical working groups, forums, and key stakeholder engagements.
• Document key program learnings and contribute to peer-reviewed publications, case studies, and best-practice reports.
• Lead proposal development, concept note drafting, and donor engagement efforts to secure additional funding and expand program impact.
• Execute any other responsibilities as requested by CHAI leadership, ensuring adaptability and responsiveness to evolving program needs.

• Advanced degree in a related field such as public health, health economics, financial management, or business preferred;
• 6+ years of professional experience in demanding, results-oriented environments in the public sector and/or private sector (e.g. service delivery, management consulting, financial services);
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical and quantitative skills, including attention to detail and experience in modelling including the use of Microsoft Excel;
• Strong communication skills, including delivery of compelling presentations and documents in Microsoft PowerPoint and Word;
• Entrepreneurial mindset, demonstrated ability to work independently on complex projects and solving challenging problems, in a high-pressure, fast-paced environment;
• Strategically minded, able to think creatively around long-term programme objectives and the detailed steps necessary to achieve these goals;
• Preferable 4+ years of management experience as a Programme Manager;
• Ability to organize and coordinate meetings and workshops, meet deadlines, generate data-driven reports and work in a fast-paced environment with maximum efficiency and impact;
• Strong budgeting and financial expenditure analysis skills;
• Willingness to travel within South Africa as needed.

• Proven track record of effective project management and ability to generate results;
• Ability to work independently, set priorities and handle multiple tasks simultaneously;
• Ability to learn on the job quickly and absorb and synthesize a broad range of information;
• Ability to navigate ambiguous and complex processes and be flexible;
• Exceptional diplomatic and interpersonal skills, and ability to build strong professional relationships with a range of stakeholders in a challenging, multicultural environment;
• Experience in capacity building and in policy design and implementation, in collaboration with the government and stakeholders, is highly desirable;
• Strong command of the English language.