Organization: Population Services International (PSI)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Population
Services International (PSI) is the world’s leading non-profit social marketing
organization, with a mission to measurably improve the health of poor and
vulnerable people in the developing world by influencing their behavior,
principally through social marketing of family planning and health products and
services, and health communications. PSI has programs in more than 60 countries
and works in malaria, HIV, reproductive health, child survival, and
tuberculosis. 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
hopes to win the mandate to implement an anticipated 5-year USAID-funded Uganda
Sanitation Program. The project will focus on sustainable improvement to the
quality, access and supply of water and sanitation services and improve hygiene
behaviors in Uganda.
Job Summary: The Private Sector Development Advisor will offer technical
services to further the objectives of the Project. The Advisor will
substantively contribute to the implementation and evaluation of the Project.
The incumbent will offer support in private sector designs, evaluations, and
other private sector assistance.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Under the leadership of the Chief of Party,
lead the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of project activities
as they relate to the private sector (e.g., developing and scaling up
market-based sanitation products and services) - The jobholder will facilitate linkages
between sanitation supply and demand, including the development of the
private sector’s ability to meet demand within the context of the project - Work closely with prospective clients and
financial institutions to develop financial instruments for scale-up of
adoption of improved sanitation - Serve as a technical resource on private and
commercial health sector programs and initiatives - Lead the program in mobilizing private sector
financing for urban centers and rural areas - Build the capacity of the government and
other partners to engage private health providers using successful quality
assurance models and to engage private health sector providers to follow
national policies on licensing, staff skills and service standards in
regards to WASH - Stay abreast of major developments in the
private health sector and disseminate state-of-the-art findings on private
sector topics - Provide with technical expertise, strategic
planning guidance and management support in implementing PIHI in the
private health sector - Carry out routine visits to assist in the
design, implementation, management and/or evaluation of activities - Assist, as needed, with the preparation of
information briefs, work plans, budgets, etc., including information for
MOH, USAID, and others - Provide overall strategic leadership for the
implementation of high impact interventions in partnership with the
private sector - Keenly analyze, distill and share existing
private sector experience relevant to achieving program goals - Develop a private sector engagement strategy
based on a thorough understanding of examples of successful approaches
relevant to achieving program objectives - Use knowledge and skills of private sector
approaches, and examples of successful and scalable marketing
interventions, to influence a range of in country partners including
Ministry of Health, Ministry of Water and Environment, Ministry of
Education, staff from implementing organizations and local policy and
funding stakeholders - Coordinate the efforts of consortium partners
already engaging with the private sector to allocate appropriate skills
and experience appropriately - Based on successful examples, explore the
opportunity of public-private partnerships to accelerate program success - Mentor enterprises to launch and scale up
sanitation products - Contribute to the design of relevant private
sector operational research - Contribute to the development of project
related documents such as donor reports, proposals, success stories and
publications
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant should hold a Master’s degree
in Business, Management, Economics, Finance or related field - A minimum of ten (10) years’ experience in
the private sector or providing technical assistance to improve private
sector performance - Proven exposure and experience working with
private sector clinics and medical associations in developing countries - Prior experience with WASH and private sector
development - Strong experience and passion for developing
markets for sanitation - Previous experience in small and medium
enterprise development and/or social marketing approaches in support of
enterprise development - Experience in WASH sector finance and
micro-finance a plus - Familiarity with commodities, logistics, and
supply chain management is desirable - Excellent management and interpersonal skills
- Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal
communication skills - Demonstrated ability to work well as part of
a team and effectively develop and manage a network of collaborating
partners - Fluency in English required
- References will be required
- The applicant must be authorized to work in
the United States. N.B. PSI
[will/will not] consider work visa sponsorship for this position [subject
to legal eligibility requirements]
All
suitably qualified candidates who wish to join Population Services
International in the aforementioned capacity should apply online at the web
link below.
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