Application Guide

How to Apply for Health Policy, Financing Advocacy & Mobilization Consultant

at International Treatment Preparedness Coalition (ITPC)

🏢 About International Treatment Preparedness Coalition (ITPC)

ITPC Global is a unique activist network founded by people living with HIV, evolving from fighting for HIV treatment access to challenging systemic health inequities across diseases. Working here means joining a community-driven movement where advocacy is rooted in lived experience and collective action, not just technical expertise.

About This Role

This consultant role focuses on empowering communities to use their own data (Community-Led Monitoring) to influence HIV prevention policy and funding decisions across Africa. You'll bridge grassroots activism with high-level policy spaces, ensuring community voices directly shape financing allocations and health system responses.

💡 A Day in the Life

You might start your day reviewing CLM data from country partners, then facilitate a virtual strategy session with African community networks on upcoming policy windows. In the afternoon, you could draft technical guidance for adapting CLM to new prevention technologies, followed by coordinating with ITPC's regional teams to align advocacy messages ahead of a donor meeting.

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🎯 Who International Treatment Preparedness Coalition (ITPC) Is Looking For

  • Has 10+ years working in African public health contexts, with deep experience in HIV policy, budgeting, and multi-country project coordination
  • Demonstrates proven success building capacity of grassroots organizations and NGOs to conduct advocacy, not just providing technical support
  • Possesses extensive experience working across complex stakeholder landscapes including communities, policymakers, and international funders
  • Shows adaptability in applying community monitoring models to rapidly changing health landscapes and cross-sector policy spaces

📝 Tips for Applying to International Treatment Preparedness Coalition (ITPC)

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Quantify your experience with African health systems: specify countries, years, and concrete policy/financing outcomes you've influenced

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Highlight specific examples of building community capacity - not just 'training' but how you empowered organizations to sustain advocacy independently

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Demonstrate understanding of ITPC's activist roots by framing your experience in terms of community mobilization, not just technical consultancy

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Show how you've worked across traditional disease silos, as ITPC has evolved beyond HIV/TB to address systemic inequities

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Provide examples of facilitating South-South learning or strategic alignment between country partners in previous roles

✉️ What to Emphasize in Your Cover Letter

['Your direct experience with Community-Led Monitoring (CLM) or similar community-driven data collection for advocacy', 'Specific examples of influencing HIV prevention policy or financing decisions in African contexts', "How you've strengthened community networks and facilitated engagement between grassroots organizations and policymakers/funders", 'Your approach to adapting models in rapidly changing landscapes and working in non-traditional policy spaces']

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🔍 Research Before Applying

To stand out, make sure you've researched:

  • → ITPC's 'Missing the Target' reports and their CLM toolkit to understand their specific advocacy methodologies
  • → Recent ITPC advocacy campaigns in Africa (particularly around prevention financing) to reference in your application
  • → The organization's evolution from HIV-focused to addressing systemic health inequities across diseases
  • → Key African policymakers and funders in HIV prevention that ITPC engages with (Global Fund, PEPFAR, national governments)
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💬 Prepare for These Interview Topics

Based on this role, you may be asked about:

1 Walk us through a specific example of how you helped communities use their data to influence a national HIV prevention budget allocation
2 How would you adapt CLM approaches for emerging prevention technologies or changing donor landscapes in Africa?
3 Describe your experience managing tensions between community priorities and donor/policymaker constraints in multi-country projects
4 How have you facilitated South-South learning between country partners in previous roles?
5 What strategies have you used to build sustainable advocacy capacity in grassroots organizations beyond short-term projects?
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⚠️ Common Mistakes to Avoid

  • Using generic development jargon without concrete examples of community mobilization or policy influence
  • Focusing only on technical expertise without demonstrating understanding of activist/community-driven approaches
  • Presenting as an external expert rather than a facilitator who strengthens existing community leadership and networks

📅 Application Timeline

This position is open until filled. However, we recommend applying as soon as possible as roles at mission-driven organizations tend to fill quickly.

Typical hiring timeline:

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Application Review

1-2 weeks

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Initial Screening

Phone call or written assessment

3

Interviews

1-2 rounds, usually virtual

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