Women’s Health Project (WHP) DirectorFamily Planning and Reproductive Health Department Based in Washington, DC Up to 25-30%** international travel
Reports to the Director of Family Planning and Reproductive Health **Who we are We are Population Services International (PSI), the world’s leading non-profit social marketing organization. We work to make it easier for people in the developing world to lead healthier lives and plan the families they desire by marketing affordable products and services that range from mosquito nets to contraceptives to safe abortion services.
There are over 9,000 “PSI’ers” around the world. It’s a diverse group of entrepreneurs and professionals with an unusually wide range of backgrounds – from the medical industry to the music business – all with unique skills we bring to the job. Join us! The Family Planning (FP) and Reproductive Health (RH) Department supports programs in 37 countries (and counting) to deliver high-quality family planning and safe abortion services to women and girls.** We protect our clients’ sexual & reproductive health rights by ensuring informed choice, voluntarism, client confidentiality & privacy, client safety and continuity of care. The Women’s Health Project (WHP) is PSI’s largest global project. WHP focuses on increasing access to safe abortion services and post abortion care as well as access to long acting reversible contraception in 15 countries throughout Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and Latin America.
The WHP Director is passionate about improving the lives and women and their families by ensuring their rights to access abortion and family planning services and is experienced in implementing safe abortion and family planning programs. The Director is a talented and proven leader in the area of women’s health with at least 10 years experience working in international development, and a demonstrated track record of successfully managing donor and partner relations. S/he is a trendsetter in developing innovative sustainable solutions for enhancing private sector service delivery in the countries where WHP operates. The Director is skilled and adept at managing and directing a team of HQ-based technical advisors and providing assistance and guidance to the in-country managers of WHP programs. S/he will also develop strong liaisons with PSI Regional Directors and other organizational senior leaders.
Sound like you? Read on. Your contribution In collaboration with the WHP core team, you will lead and work with the broader FP/RH Department, other technical departments (i.e. Evidence and Marketing), regional support teams and country offices to ensure WHP meets its project deliverables. In addition, as a part of the RP/RH leadership team, you will help shape PSI’s FP/RH strategy and be instrumental in its execution and achievement of goals, especially around safe abortion.
- Provide leadership and vision for PSI’s overall safe abortion agenda.
- Provide leadership and vision in the design, implementation and measurement of multi-country, safe abortion and family planning programming in partnership with country teams, relevant departments and other key stakeholders.
- Design innovative, sustainable and cost-effective interventions to meet WHP project deliverables and donor requests.
- Serve as primary donor contact to maintain positive relationships, anticipate and address needs and concerns, and proactively communicate project progress.
- Provide technical and programmatic guidance assistance to WHP countries through in-country technical assistance visits and remote assistance.
- Responsible for the financial and budgetary oversight of the WHP project.
- Ensure WHP project deliverables are achieved on time and to the highest standard.
- Oversee internal and external program planning and reporting including annual work planning as well as funding proposals.
- Facilitate the dissemination of project learnings to project staff as well as key stakeholders at international, regional and country levels.
- Develop and manage a HQ based team of program managers and technical experts.
- Build partnerships and advocates for policies and programs that maximize impact and resources to further women’s reproductive health.
- Support and contribute to new business development opportunities for safe abortion and family planning programming, including developing new contacts and funding sources, identifying new project/product opportunities, writing proposals, providing technical review to country proposals, and designing new programmatic interventions.
- Represent PSI’s FP/RH work externally as needed through partner and donor meetings, conferences, dissemination of case studies, etc.
What are we looking for? The basics
- You have a Master’s degree or higher in relevant subject areas
- You have 10+ years of professional experience, with at least 4 years of overseas work experience in implementing safe abortion and family planning programs.
- You have led large donor funded projects; management of multi-country programs is a plus.
- You have the ability to work fluently in English with French, Spanish or Portuguese language skills a plus.
- You have demonstrated experience in both fundraising and maintaining relationships with a variety of donors.
- You have created and managed diverse teams and have a strong ability to motivate, influence and collaborate with others.
- You have strong facilitation, presentation and public speaking skills.
- You are organized, have strong communication skills and can manage multiple, competing priorities in a fast paced environment.
What would get us excited?Safe abortion experience: You are passionate about and have experience working on safe abortion projects, including in harm reduction strategies, values exploration, and medical ethics activities. A visionary: You are not satisfied with the status quo and seek innovative solutions to complex problems, bringing in new perspectives and asking tough questions. You have a vision and strategy to ensure all abortion services are safe and accessible to women who want them. FP/RH Service Delivery Knowledge**: You have managed LARC service delivery programs and have a keen sense of what is needed to ensure high quality, productive programs.** An advocate.** You have experience working with Ministries of Health, international organizations, and global health donors. You know how to design an advocacy strategy and how to influence and drive policy change around safe abortion services.
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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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