Advisor II, Program Design
Based in Washington, D.C. and US (within PSI’s 27 approved states) or any country in which PSI operates
10-25% international travel
Work From Almost Anywhere Status = approved
Reports to Social and Behavior Change Sr. Advisor

Who we are

PSI is a network of locally rooted, globally connected organizations working to achieve consumer-powered healthcare — people-centered health systems that ensure quality, affordable care wherever and whenever it is needed. Our origins in sexual and reproductive health have grown into a broader mission. Today, we work with the public and private sectors as well as local communities, prioritizing people’s voice and choice and developing solutions to meet their essential health needs. Over the past five decades, we have helped push boundaries, break taboos, set trends, and develop innovative solutions to complex global health challenges.

Join us!

The Strategy & Insights team guides quality, insights-driven prioritization, and learning across PSI, ensuring we are “doing the right things” even as we work on “doing things right.” The team promotes best practice in program design, social and behavior change (SBC), research, learning, and strategy development, measurement and alignment. We work with PSI network members, partners and other Global Services teams to systematically capture, synthesize and share internal and external evidence, consumer and market insights, competitive market intelligence and program experience to guide global, market-level and program-level strategy. The team is made up of a diverse, fun, kind, and highly skilled group of professionals, and would offer the successful candidate opportunities to work across a wide range of PSI’s projects and with a diverse set of country teams.

PSI seeks an Advisor II, Program Design that will provide leadership in assuring quality and excellence in program design across all departments and functions of the PSI network. The Advisor II, Program Design contributes to executing PSI’s strategy by supporting the streamlining, development, and delivery of program design guidance and capacity strengthening to PSI’s network to ensure high-quality execution of strategic opportunities. In addition, the Advisor II will provide technical assistance to strategically aligned initiatives implemented by programs and network members across all PSI health areas, to advance PSI’s strategic interests. In this role, you will work closely with the Social and Behavior Change Sr. Advisor to synthesize strategic insights for global influencing and fundraising. Over time, you will set priorities with an increasing level of independence. Our ideal candidate will bring to the position strong relationship, program design, facilitation, and project management skills to deliver multiple, complex tasks collaboratively and efficiently.

Salary Range:
$86,000 (MINIMUM) – $108,000 (MID-POINT) – $130,000 (MAXIMUM)

For US-based candidates, the annual base salary range is reflected above. * We value transparency and have provided the full salary range for this role. Actual base salary compensation will be determined by factors such as a candidate’s qualifications, experience, internal equity, external market analysis, and other business factors permitted by law. Hiring above the midpoint of the range would not be typical in order to allow for potential future salary growth. PSI offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes health care, retirement plan, generous leave, as well as other great benefits. For more information, please ask your recruiter or visit https://www.psi.org/careers/ to learn more!

*For all applicants applying outside of the US; please note that those hired outside of the US will be employed through the local PSI office. Pay and benefits will be commensurate with the role and practices of the local office, including payment in local currency.

Your contributions

• Insights: Monitor in-market practices and global trends affecting PSI’s global strategy. Maintain an up-to-date understanding of PSI’s evolving portfolio of projects, with an understanding of strategic positioning. May support the design, execution, and evaluation of PSI’s strategic programming. 35% of Time
• Capacity strengthening: Identify needs, tailor or develop materials, and strengthen capacity of PSI staff at all appropriate levels to apply program design principles and tools to create and execute strategically aligned programming and organizational positioning. 25% of Time
• Program Management: Lead the execution of short-, medium-, and long-term department initiatives, including identifying key steps, developing workplans, and tracking the execution of these initiatives. 10% of Time
• Representation: Develop collateral to represent PSI’s program design work internally and externally. Increasingly represent PSI’s program design approaches to internal and external stakeholders. 10% of Time
• Thought Leadership: Identify and curate best practice approaches in program design for organizational and/or programmatic positioning, across all health areas and at all levels of the organization. Identify opportunities to incorporate and implement state-of-the-art practices within PSI at appropriate levels. 10% of Time
• Fundraising: Lead the incorporation of state-of-the-art program design approaches to PSI fundraising efforts. 10% of Time

Time percentages listed above are not exact. They are estimates and may change. This is also not an exhaustive list of all tasks that an incumbent is expected to perform but is instead a summary of the primary responsibilities and requirements of the job. The incumbent may be asked to perform duties not included above. PSI reserves the right to revise job profiles at any time based on changes to the required job responsibilities.

What are we looking for?

• Bachelor’s Degree (or international equivalent) in a relevant field.
• Master’s Degree (or international equivalent) in a related field preferred.
• At least 7 years of high-impact, related work experience. Equivalent combination of related education and experience may be substituted.
• Passion for driving strategic change in the interest of improved global health outcomes.
• Experience working in public health program design and implementation in an international context, preferably for social and behavior change or health systems strengthening programs.
• Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of program design frameworks and methods.
• Experience providing technical assistance with minimal support to a broad organizational network.
• Experience designing and executing strategic planning, training, or creative design workshops for a diverse range of programs. Demonstrated expertise in facilitating such processes is required for success in this position.
• Ability to share knowledge internally and externally with communities of practice.
• Experience producing technical products and tools with minimal oversight and direction.
• Ability to develop and maintain relationships with internal and external colleagues. Able to work as a member of a team and independently.
• Ability to lead development of technical approach for proposals, with oversight.
• Demonstrate flexibility and adaptability.
• Demonstrate emotional intelligence and ability to collaborate with colleagues.
• Proficiency in Microsoft 365. Familiarity with quantitative or qualitative data analysis programs preferred.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written. Proficiency in a relevant language other than English, French preferred.
• Experience working across cultures, countries, and time zones with cultural humility and respect.

The candidate we hire will embody PSI’s corporate values:

Measurement: You use hard evidence to make decisions and guide your work. You set clear goalposts in advance and explain clearly if you need to move them.
Pragmatism: You’ll strive to deliver the best possible result with the resources available. You won’t be paralyzed by a need to make things perfect.
Honesty: You own your mistakes and are open about your shortcomings – it’s the only way you’ll learn and improve.
Collaboration: You’ll quickly establish a mental map of whom you can rely on for what, on your team, at headquarters, and in our country offices – if you try to do it all yourself, you won’t succeed.
Trust: You accept limits to your sphere of control and give colleagues the benefit of doubt.
Commitment: You are in it for the long-haul and want to grow with the organization, just like PSI serves its consumers and partners with host-country governments through thick and thin.

References will be required. The successful candidate will be required to pass a background check. For domestic positions: Must be authorized to work in the United States. N.B. PSI will not consider work visa sponsorship for this position .

PSI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from qualified individuals regardless of actual or perceived race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, personal appearance, matriculation, political affiliation, family status or responsibilities, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, childbirth, related medical conditions or breastfeeding, genetic information, amnesty, veteran, special disabled veteran or uniform service member status or employment status.

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