Senior Technical Advisor – PSI Zimbabwe Vacancies 2015

Senior Technical Advisor – PSI Zimbabwe

 

PSI Zimbabwe 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 visitwww.psi.org.

PSI Zimbabwe is a registered Trust working hand-in-hand in partnership with the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MOHCC) and a network of local implementing partners. PSI Zimbabwe is a large, complex platform implementing programs in HIV Prevention, Treatment, Care and Support; Sexual and Reproductive Health; Malaria Prevention and Control, and Child Survival. In addition to male and female condom social marketing, the HIV program includes large scale Testing and Counseling, Voluntary Male Circumcision, ART provision and post-test support services—all increasingly integrated with sexual and reproductive health services including family planning and cervical cancer screening. With a 2015 annual budget of approximately $40M USAID, the primary donors include USAID, DfID, the Global Fund, the BMGF, the Dutch and, in the future, UNITAID. PSI Zimbabwe believes in achieving outstanding results through attracting, nurturing and retaining the best talent. Over the years the organization has built a team of highly competent staff, comprised of over 450 Zimbabweans with two expatriates. Zimbabwe is a family friendly posting.
The Sr. Technical Advisor builds the capacity of PSI staff into increasingly advanced line management roles and provides high-level technical expertise to the PSI/Zimbabwe platform and programs. The Sr. Technical Advisor offers guidance and assistance in technical program design and implementation (with a focus on integrated clinical service delivery) and research monitoring and evaluation, with a focus on facilitating a culture of routine data analysis and interpretation for programmatic decision-making. S/he contributes to platform strengthening and staff professional development and may be pitched as key personnel on current or future projects, depending on donor demands. This Harare-based position supervises up to 4 direct reports, and informs programs worth $40M/year operating in hundreds of fixed and outreach sites and partners nationwide. This position is key personnel on an existing program, so requires donor approval.
RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Strengthen technical program quality and cost effectiveness: Inform technical program design according to local and global best practices and oversee routine internal and external quality assurance to ensure program technical compliance with local and global quality standards. Facilitate platform compliance with technical areas of PSI network quality standards.
2. Promote strong technical implementation and program management:Transfer skills to senior staff in HIV and Sexual and Reproductive Health program management to ensure successful implementation of HIV Testing and Counseling, ART and post-test care and support, sexual and reproductive health services including family planning, STI management, cervical cancer screening, and violence against women and girls services. Facilitate cross-program annual work planning and reporting, routinely monitoring unit costs and effectiveness of program product and service delivery according to PSI, Government of Zimbabwe (GoZ) and Donor expectations. Strengthen the team in the areas of fundraising, technical program design and implementation and donor management.
3. Facilitate a culture of using routine evidence for timely programmatic decision-making:Working hand-in-hand with Regional Research and M&E focal points, manage platform research and M&E teams to strengthen and integrate platform M&E systems, aligning with PSI Global DHIS2 initiatives and streamlining a complex network of indicators, data capture and reporting systems. Oversee the platform annual research plan development and implementation, strengthening the capacity of the platform research and M&E teams in operations research and process evaluation. Facilitate data analysis and interpretation across the evidence and program teams, and support the development and submission of timely technical reports, expenditure analyses, case studies, abstracts, publications, presentations, etc.
4. Represent technically at the highest levels: With the senior technical team, represent PSI’s programs and technical approaches in highest level local and international technical working groups, stakeholder meetings, etc., liaising regularly with donor, GoZ, partner and PSI global and regional technical teams. Inform national or international technical thinking, strategies and standards, staying current with global and local best technical practices, and anticipating the direction of future donor and public health trends.
5. Contribute to platform strengthening:Working with the Country Representative, strengthen the capacity of the platform to actively develop new program areas and to solicit incremental donor funding. Assist the senior team in developing technically sound proposals and cost efficient budgets. Participate in platform strategic planning and follow-up action plans to keep the strategic plan alive, and contribute technical expertise to the platform Executive Team and institutional Board meetings.
6. Strengthen staff capacity and facilitate professional development:Supervise direct reports according to platform HR guidelines and procedures. Mentor assigned staff, including setting and reviewing annual performance and professional development goals, conducting periodic performance and learning reviews, and providing routine coaching. Leveraging PSI’s performance and learning system and a mix of formal training and on-the-job coaching strengthen the capacity of the platform technical staff, including succession planning and grooming staff at all levels into more senior line and donor management roles. Develop and implement/facilitate formal and informal training programs, capacity building STTA.
7. Lead Donor and Program Management (TBD):Depending on the demands of current or future donor-funded projects, this position could be pitched as key personnel responsible for technical program design and implementation or senior program management. Working with senior technical staff, represent PSI/Zimbabwe to donor counterparts, ensuring project compliance with donor, PSI and GoZ rules and regulations. Create and accurately manage project budgets, oversee quality of internal and external reporting and lead teams in the execution of relevant project deliverables.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master’s in Public Health with 10+ years practical clinical and public health work experience in the areas of HIV and Sexual Reproductive Health technical program design and implementation. MD/PhD preferred.
• At least eight years of experience working in clinical and health programming in a developing country.
• Minimum 5 years senior staff management experience and a demonstrated affinity for working through others and strengthening the capacity of teams to assume higher levels of responsibility over time.
• Demonstrated expertise in designing/implementing integrated HIV/SRH clinical service delivery programs.
• Demonstrated experience managing USAID and/or DfID funded programs and familiarity with other international donors such as Global Fund and private foundations such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
• Familiarity with social marketing and behavior change communication
• Strong quantitative and qualitative research skills, including operations research and familiarity with M&E system design and use of evidence for programmatic decision-making.
• Strong proven writing skills and expertise in proposal writing
• Fluency in English.

The successful candidate will have a natural orientation towards capacity building, and be willing to “work themselves out of a job” over time. S/he will be a creative, innovative and strategic thinker, and will have: excellent communication, analytical, interpersonal and cross-cultural skills. S/he has a passion for private sector approaches to development; and a proven ability to produce results under limited supervision.
STATUS:

• Exempt
• Level 5

APPLY ONLINE at http://www.psi.org
Population Services International is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender identity, race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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