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AVAC seeks talented individuals to join our team of passionate advocates who aim to accelerate ethical research and global delivery of new HIV prevention options as part of a comprehensive response to the pandemic.

AVAC is committed to fostering an equitable, diverse and inclusive working environment. Applicants representing communities most impacted by HIV are encouraged to apply, including transgender individuals, people living with HIV and those from HIV-endemic countries.

AVAC is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides equal opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital status, mental or physical disability, pregnancy, military or veteran status and other such factors in accordance with US state and federal laws.

Dual Prevention Pill (DPP) Program Coordinator

About AVAC

Founded in 1995, AVAC uses communication, education, policy analysis, advocacy and a network of global collaborations to accelerate the ethical development and global delivery of HIV prevention options as part of a comprehensive and integrated response to the epidemic. AVAC works across the “research-to-rollout” continuum in solidarity with individuals and groups most impacted by HIV.

AVAC advocates for HIV prevention to end AIDS. With partners worldwide, AVAC pushes for the funding, focus, implementation and research that’s needed to make it happen. We:

  • Accelerate Product Innovation & Availability: Collaborates with partners who work across the HIV prevention spectrum, from research to rollout, to expand the portfolio of prevention options and ensure products are available, accessible and used by those who need them most.
  • Advocate for Access to High-Impact Prevention: Part of a robust civil society movement helping to shape a new era of global health spending and planning related to HIV prevention.
  • Improve Research Conduct: Advocates for research that is grounded in well-informed, community-centered perspectives. AVAC promotes the adoption of Good Participatory Practice (GPP) in research, convenes consultations and workshops, and produces publications, podcasts, webinars, and other research literacy materials. The involvement of key stakeholders throughout the research process is central to all this work.
  • Promote Effective HIV Prevention Policy: Ending the HIV epidemic depends on political will, committed resources and supportive policies at global and national levels. AVAC’s policy work, in partnership with a global network of civil society partners, focuses on the importance of funding and strategic planning for HIV prevention research and the imperative to bring long-term solutions to the people who need them.
  • Track and Translate the Field: Our communications and publications translate complex science into accessible resources. This work is at the core of our mission to advance prevention and end the epidemic. We focus on ensuring people with different kinds of expertise can better understand context, community perspectives, science and policy.
  • Strengthen Global Advocacy Networks: Supports the development and sustainability of advocacy networks focused on accelerating HIV prevention from research to rollout. These networks, mostly centered in Africa, bring vigorous attention to science, policy, funding, community, communications, health services and the regulatory process, charting a path to end the HIV epidemic.
  • Promote Health Equity: Responds to evolving developments in HIV prevention and the broader global health landscape with a focus on approaches that promote global health equity and security.

AVAC employs these values across all of the work that we do, as described in the following:

  • We promote equity, solidarity, and inclusion by working directly with affected communities and breaking down complex concepts and barriers to information and services.
  • We put people and communities at the center of the work we do, integrating sexual and reproductive health and rights, harm reduction, and HIV prevention.
  • We ensure that products and programs are ethically designed and delivered to advance rights-based and equitable access to comprehensive, user-centered quality care.
  • We cultivate balanced partnerships grounded in respect and transparency through bi-directional learning, capacity-building, and priority setting.
  • We are accountable to the individuals and organizations influencing how research and roll-out are conducted and to the communities that most need access to products, services, and programs.

About Product Introduction & Access at AVAC

The Product Introduction & Access team accelerates product innovation and accessibility to bring effective prevention options to those who need them most. AVAC and a range of partners are working to accelerate the timely, efficient, effective and affordable development and introduction of new prevention options. This growing body of work currently includes:

Role Summary

The DPP Consortium is a coalition of several organizations working to develop and introduce the DPP, a novel daily pill combining oral PrEP and oral contraception for simultaneous prevention of HIV and pregnancy. The DPP Program Coordinator will support AVAC’s role as secretariat of the DPP Consortium and will be primarily responsible for coordinating meetings and events; tracking, synthesizing, and disseminating information on the DPP; donor reporting; and contributing to project deliverables. Along with experience performing the essential functions listed below, a successful DPP Program Coordinator will approach tasks with confidence and curiosity, think ahead to anticipate needs, and maneuver through challenges with initiative and resourcefulness. The DPP Program Coordinator finds satisfaction in both autonomous and collaborative environments, and relies on processes and planning to keep themselves and the project on track.

This position reports to the Senior Program Manager, Product Introduction & Access.

Essential Functions

Meeting and Event Planning

  • Support planning and coordination of all DPP Consortium meetings, including scheduling across partners, developing clear notes, and fielding inquiries.
  • Organize AVAC’s presence at conferences for the project, including all logistical aspects of convening satellite sessions and side events. 
  • Plan logistics for in-person meetings at country level, including securing event space and liaising with vendors.
  • Coordinate webinars and other external-facing virtual events, including overseeing event promotion and day-of logistics.
  • Support development of agendas and concept notes.

Project Reporting

  • Monitor DPP Consortium project management plans and timelines to track project deliverables.
  • Collect and synthesize information and deliverables from staff and external partners for internal and external reporting for the DPP Consortium. 
  • Write monthly and quarterly reports.

Materials Development

  • Distill complex information from multiple sources into concise documents and presentations, ensuring consistent formatting and attention to detail.
  • Provide research, writing, and editing support to development of publications, conference abstracts, and other materials.
  • Track and analyze results, lessons learned, and information on the broader HIV and sexual and reproductive health (SRH) product introduction landscape to situate the DPP within the field. 

General Project Coordination

  • Serve as key point-of-contact for DPP Consortium partners.
  • Work across AVAC teams, and closely with the Communications and Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) teams, to ensure information and deliverables are disseminated to the appropriate internal and external channels.
  • With supervision from Senior Program Manager, oversee consultant contracts and provide feedback on deliverables, as requested.
  • Provide general coordination support to the broader Product Introduction & Access team.
  • Other duties as needed.

Position Qualifications

While no one candidate will possess all the qualifications listed below, the ideal candidate will embody many of the following professional and personal abilities, attributes, and experiences:

  • Commitment to AVAC’s mission and values, including our commitment to fostering an equitable, diverse, and inclusive working environment.
  • Three to four years’ experience in public/global health, project coordination, consulting, and/or communications.
  • Understanding of the HIV prevention/SRH landscape and/or how new biomedical products are introduced would be an asset.
  • Excellent writing, editing, and content development skills, with an ability to convey complex written and visual information in a clear, direct style.
  • Experience organizing and managing multiple, complex project components while interfacing with our diverse partners.
  • Excellent PowerPoint, Excel, and word processing skills. Familiarity with project management platforms (i.e., Sharepoint) is a plus.

Salary

The expected annual salary range for this position is $50,000 – 80,000, dependent on experience.

How to Apply

AVAC champions the importance and value of a diverse, equitable and inclusive working environment. Applicants representing communities most impacted by HIV are encouraged to apply, including transgender individuals, people living with HIV, and those from HIV-endemic countries.

AVAC is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides equal opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital status, mental or physical disability, pregnancy, military or veteran status and other such factors in accordance with US state and federal laws.

Please submit your application, resume and/or any supporting materials about your professional and personal experience by June 30, 2024, using this link. Send any questions to careers@avac.org.

Consultancy: Co-Moderator of The Choice Agenda

Scope of work summary 

The Co-Moderator will support AVAC’s The Choice Agenda workstream in helping AVAC support information-sharing, foster discussion, and encourage debate on the latest developments in HIV prevention research and implementation to inform and strengthen advocacy and the field.  The Co-Moderator will work in collaboration with AVAC’s senior advisor to host highly-informed discussions with advocates and experts across the field via a monthly webinar series, and curate and moderate a listserv of more than 2,300 subscribers from 40+ countries. The Co-Moderator plays a key role in ensuring the relevancy of messages posted to the listserv, sparking discussion/debate, and upholding usage terms and engagement guidelines. The Co-Moderator will be a key contributor to the TCA workstream and the Global Movement Team and will have completed a successful Advocacy Fellowship with AVAC.  

Essential consultant functions 

TCA listserv support

  • Monitor the discussion list at multiple time points each day.  
  • Review, approve or reject messages posted by subscribers in a timely manner. 
  • With Moderator, make decisions on messages that may fall into “gray areas” and determine whether to approve or reject. 
  • Find and share new and relevant content on the list. 
  • Post directly to the list regularly sharing perspectives to encourage discussion. 
  • Maintain the subscriber list by updating contact information. 
  • Identify opportunities to help build the subscriber list. 

TCA webinar support

  • Meet regularly with the TCA senior advisor to help support content ideation, including helping to identify potential topics and speakers. 
  • Support webinar planning, including outreach to potential speakers and helping organize and promote webinars. 
  • Support webinar execution, including co-moderating/co-hosting webinars, actively engaging in the chat, and providing technical support as needed. 
  • Support follow-up webinar activities, including registrant outreach, and providing the comms team with recordings, slides, registration reports, and resource documents. 

Consultant skills and experience

While no one candidate will possess all the qualifications listed below, the ideal consultant will embody many of the following professional and personal abilities, attributes, and experiences: 

  • An alumni of AVAC’S Advocacy Fellowship program.  
  • Commitment to AVAC’s mission and values, including our commitment to fostering an equitable, diverse and inclusive working environment. 
  • Passionate and knowledgeable about HIV prevention research, community, advocacy and associated topics. 
  • Community-centered, outgoing, creative, personable, energetic, diplomatic, punctual, and conscientious. 
  • Strong communication and writing skills. 
  • Experience in facilitating online discussions via social media or teleconference platforms 
  • Comfort in moderating live webinars with 100+ participants. 
  • Familiarity with Google Groups. 
  • Familiarity with Zoom. 

Compensation 

AVAC will compensate the consultant at a monthly rate of $700 – $900 USD, to be paid in the local currency of the Consultant. Expected time commitment for this engagement will be approximately 20 hours per month.  

How to apply 

This position is open to AVAC Alumni Fellows. Those interested in being considered for this consultancy may forward their resumes and any supporting materials that tell us more about their professional and personal experience to careers@avac.org.