Department: Family Planning/Reproductive Health (FP/RH)
Based in: PSI’s Kenya Regional Office (may consider other PSI Africa hubs or Washington, DC)
Up to 25% international travel
Reports to: Deputy Director, Women’s Health Project (WHP)
PSI seeks an experienced Sr. Technical Advisor, Safe Abortion Service Delivery to provide leadership and technical assistance to country teams to improve comprehensive abortion care service delivery programs (comprehensive abortion care includes abortion, post-abortion care or “PAC”, contraception, post-abortion and post-PAC contraception). The role will focus heavily on reducing death and injury from unsafe abortion and improving uptake of contraceptive services and products particularly among youth, low-income, and other underserved populations.
Sr. Technical Advisor, Safe Abortion Service Delivery should have significant management and operational experience particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa; have successfully implemented programs that increased access to comprehensive abortion care services (including contraception); and a demonstrated track record in successfully developing strategies with country teams to create innovative service delivery approaches.
Sound like you? Read on.
Your contribution
Technical Advisor, Safe Abortion Service Delivery Will Help Achieve FP/RH Strategic Priorities Through These Contributions
Working with the Women’s Health Project and FP/RH teams – as well as other internal stakeholders such as Quality Assurance, Evidence, Marketing, and Regional Support teams – the Sr.
Provide operational and technical support for the delivery of comprehensive abortion care (including contraception) to country programs to meet country strategic priorities; use data and evidence to shape high-impact service delivery models and networks.
Strengthen PSI’s comprehensive abortion care strategies (including contraception) with new innovations for service delivery in different markets.
Lead the process of evolving PSI’s comprehensive abortion care service delivery models (including contraception) beyond traditional platforms (i.e. sustainable community-based approaches for today and tomorrow’s markets); develop models that work holistically with other PSI health areas that deliver FP/RH results.
Consistently review PSI’s safe abortion and contraceptive services dashboards and identify and address opportunities and gaps; coordinate and collaborate with PSI’s Quality Assurance team.
Work with Quality Assurance, Research, Evidence, Marketing, and country teams to gather evidence on high-impact strategies which support PSI’s safe abortion thought leadership agenda and share with external stakeholders.
Contribute to the FP/RH department and the wider organization by providing technical inputs related to FP/RH service delivery strategy and implementation.
Represent PSI as a subject matter expert at donor meetings as well as regional and global reproductive health conferences and technical meetings.
Support and develop fundraising opportunities.
What are we looking for?
The candidate we hire will embody PSI’s corporate val ues:
Collaboration: You can work independently, but thrive within a team.
Trust: You trust that your manager and team will have your back and care deeply about gaining that same trust from your teammates
Pragmatism: You dive in and maintain momentum even when things are ambiguous and you don’t let perfect get in the way of good enough.
Honesty: You aren’t afraid to speak up and speak your mind.
Measurement: You set clear and challenging goals and hold yourself accountable to driving measurable results.
Commitment: You’re independent and a free thinker, but you’re ready to buy in to the direction of the team and commit to its success.
Our Ideal Candidate Will Possess
Master’s degree or higher in relevant subject areas
10+ years of professional experience, including at least 5 years leading/implementing comprehensive abortion care programs (including contraceptive services) in Africa
Experience in user-initiated health care
Experience in implementing or technically supporting standardized reproductive health programs across multiple countries
Experience providing management and/or operational guidance to country teams
Strong facilitation, presentation, and public speaking skills; an excellent networker
Willingness to travel to get work done, sometimes on short notice
Able to build strong relationships with colleagues based in other countries; able to work independently and collaboratively
Fluency in English is required; French speaker highly desirableReferences will be required
STATUS
Exempt
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.