Technical Advisor, Health Services: Somaliland

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PSI is a leading global health organization with programs targeting malaria, child survival, HIV and reproductive health. Working in partnership within the public and private sectors, and harnessing the power of the markets, PSI provides life-saving products, clinical services and behavior change communications that empower the world's most vulnerable populations to lead healthier lives.

PSI's core values are a belief in markets and market mechanisms to contribute to sustained improvements in the lives of the poor; results and a strong focus on measurement; speed and efficiency with a predisposition to action and an aversion to bureaucracy; decentralization and empowering our staff at the local level; and a long term commitment to the people we serve. PSI has programs in 67 countries. For more information, please visit www.psi.org.

PSI seeks highly qualified candidates for the position of Technical Advisor, Health Services for PSI/ Somaliland. The candidate will provide effective leadership and strategic management of PSI/Somaliland health interventions to ensure they are targeted, evidence based, and using international best practice approaches to achieve health impact. This full-time position is based in Hargeisa, Somaliland and reports to the Country Representative, Somaliland. The anticipated start date is on or around November 1.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assist in implementation of health programs to increase access and availability of reproductive health and child survival products and services with partner NGOs and the Ministry of Health. • Provide technical leadership and guidance to support PSI/Somaliland’s Social Marketing and Behavior Change Communications programs in child and reproductive health and lead internal quality assurance of health programs • Build the technical expertise and program management capacity of technical staff to design and manage effective and efficient interventions • Ensure all programs implement regularly updated project logframes for all interventions and monitor their performance • Identify and pursue opportunities for new cross cutting health interventions and new technologies and contribute to proposal writing for health programs • Maintain regular and strong donor, Government, and other stakeholder relations, including building partner technical capacity as needed and represent PSI in national fora and technical working group meeting • Ensure compliance of all reporting systems and procedures as per schedule, deadlines, and donor policies and procedures • Work with the M&E team to develop and monitor effective MIS systems • Manage and support the research team during the development of the study design in collaboration with the regional researcher and work closely with the program team to design dashboards and reporting formats; • Ensure close linkages between research results and evidence-based program planning

QUALIFICATIONS: • Masters degree in relevant field (MBA, MSW, MPH) or equivalent experience • Technical expertise in the area of reproductive health, maternal and/or child health preferred • 3-5 years demonstrated health experience • At least four years of work experience in a developing country, experience in a post-conflict environment preferred • Familiarity with international health, development issues and the international donor community • Experience with logical frameworks, marketing planning and program management tools preferred • Ability to work effectively in partnership with a variety of audiences and organizations • Fluency in spoken and written English • INGO experience strongly preferred • Excellent writing, presentation and interpersonal communication skills preferred • Previous experience in designing and managing research studies is desirable Preference will be given to applicants with experience managing donor funded projects.

How to apply:
Please apply online at www.psi.org. No calls or emails please. PSI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from qualified individuals regardless of race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, or disability.