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Post:Technical Advisor,
Implementation Science/Knowledge Translation*
Job
from Population
Services Intl.
Job ID: #569363
Career categories:
Management
Country: United States of America
City:Washington DC
Organisation:
Population Services Intl.
Job years of
experience:10+ years
Job type:Job
PSI anticipates being awarded a multi-year implementation
science and operations research project with the overall goal to improve access
to and quality of family planning and reproductive health (FP/RH) service
delivery through implementation science and operations research.
*Contingent on Funding
Specifically, the
program will:
• Conduct implementation research to address key issues in
FP/RH service delivery;
• Promote broad-scale utilization of program research
results;
• Build the capacity of developing country organizations to
conduct and utilize program research;
• Identify the need for improved or new contraceptive
methods and delivery systems in developing countries, and coordinate with USAID
cooperating agencies focused on contraceptive technology to ensure that future
investments in contraceptive research and development are guided by a blend of
data, resources and field realities.
The Technical Advisor, Implementation Science/Knowledge
Translation will provide leadership in the translation of research outputs to
practice and policy. The specialist should be a senior manager with an advanced
degree in the social, medical or health sciences with at least 10 years
experience translating research data to inform FP/RH programs and policy in
developing countries. This is full-time position will report to the Deputy
Project Director and will be based in Washington,
DC.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Manage the interdisciplinary team from PSI and partner
organizations to attain overall project goals and objectives;
Oversee the management and translation of research outputs
from complex multi-country FP/RH implementation research studies;
Work closely with other senior-level project staff to
conceptualize, design and implement research studies that generate evidence for
FP/RH programmatic decision making;
Identify strategic partnerships and in-country
collaborators to carry out research studies, and utilize the evidence to inform
the scale-up of programs and the development of FP/RH policies;
Represent PSI and the project at relevant USAID and
Cooperating Agency (CA) meetings;
Develop and implement processes and materials for sharing
lessons learned about tools, approaches and models, so that these lessons can
be used in future R&M initiatives;
Publish a body of evidence in peer-reviewed journals and
present at key conferences;
QUALIFICATIONS:
An advanced degree in public health, social, medical or
health sciences.
Minimum 10 years experience translating evidence into
FP/RH programs and policies AND at least 5 years leading complex FP/RH service
delivery and/or Implementation Science projects in developing countries.
Experience with USAID funded projects is preferred.
Demonstrated experience in knowledge management of data
from FP/RH operations/implementation research; and the translation of data to
inform (evidence-for-decision making) various types of decision makers.
Demonstrated skills in strategic leadership, knowledge
management and in-country staff capacity building required.
Experience researching, managing and implementing a range
of FP/RH research studies with multiple stakeholders and partners is required.
Effective English oral and written communications skills
are required.
French language proficiency is preferred.
How to apply:
Closing date: 30 Apr
2013
APPLY ONLINE at http://www.psi.org. No calls or emails,
please. PSI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from
qualified individuals regardless of race, religion, national origin, sexual
orientation or disability.
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