Disease Advisor, HIV, Prevention Products & Innovation, Strategic Investment & Impact Division - GL D - Temporary until

Disease Advisor, HIV, Prevention Products & Innovation, Strategic Investment & Impact Division - GL D - Temporary until March 2028

The Disease Advisor supports the Head of HIV and the Senior Disease Advisors, HIV, in providing technical guidance and contextualized recommendations on behalf of the Global Fund to accelerate programmatic performance, collaborating across the Secretariat, with countries and external partners. The Advisor, under the oversight of the Head of HIV and the Senior Disease Advisors, is expected to provide advice, guidance and solution options within the evolving global landscape and changing epidemiology, including new product innovation and introduction.

The Advisor works across the Global Fund Secretariat, as well as with countries and in-country stakeholders to provide technical advice to inform investments and to accelerate performance:

• i) in response to direct enquiries;
• ii) throughout the ‘country dialogue’ and grant making processes underpinning the development of funding requests and grants;
• iii) in the form of technical reviews of Principal Recipients and CCM submitted grant reinvestment requests;
• iv) via the development and operationalization of Global Fund Catalytic Investments.

The Advisor will lead on existing and emerging HIV prevention products, with a focus on Pre- and Post- exposure prophylaxis (PrEP and PEP, respectively). In this capacity, the Advisor works across the HIV portfolio to guide the prioritization of the most cost-effective interventions and delivery strategies across the grant life cycle. The role encompasses significant partnership engagement, collaborating across the global network of partners developing tools and resources to accelerate the introduction and scale of PrEP and PEP.

Perform the following duties under the supervision of the Head of HIV and Senior Disease Advisors, HIV:

• Provide technical advice that is informed by country experience, normative guidance from technical partners and by program performance data. This includes but is not limited to strategic investments for new and existing HIV prevention programming to achieve maximum impact, advance program optimization and integration, and align with the Global Fund’s mission to end the three diseases as public health threats.
• Work closely with Senior Disease Advisors, and other technical teams to provide disease expertise throughout the grant life cycle including identifying opportunities for reprogramming of existing grants to optimize the HIV investment portfolio.
• Coordinate across technical and functional teams to ensure HIV prevention investments reinforce health systems capacity building and advance access to services, human rights, and community engagement.
• Work closely with internal and external stakeholders on existing and emerging health products to advise on appropriate procurement, supply planning, and innovation of HIV health products.
• Support analyses and the interpretation of HIV programmatic and epidemiologic data, throughout the grant lifecycle in collaboration with other Global Fund staff, to identify investment gaps and opportunities for reprogramming and re-shaping of existing grants.
• Provide technical expertise and input into the Global Fund policies, guidelines, and operational documents.
• Support appropriate training and technical capacity building in response to scientific and programmatic developments including new tools and public health approaches.
• Support the Head of HIV and Senior Disease Advisors in coordinating and strengthening Global Fund partnerships, including through disease-specific partner committees, working groups, Technical Partnership Agreements and technical assistance mechanisms.
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