Population Services International Design and Learning Manager Jobs in Ethiopia
Population Services International Design and Learning Manager Jobs in Ethiopia
Who we areWe’re 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 HIV testing.
We are a $560m enterprise based in Washington, DC, operating in the private and public sectors in more than 65 countries.
Join us!
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.
PSI/Ethiopia wants to reimagine healthcare, put the consumer at the center, and whenever possible, bring quality care to the front door.
We achieve health impact in Ethiopia by working with both government and private partners and harvesting technology innovation to bring quality care closer to communities, schools, and homes.
We empower consumers by including them in the design of healthcare solutions, offering them more healthcare choices, and helping them to have a voice in influencing national priorities.
We work with all market actors in the health system to understand their needs, designing and delivering solutions so that market systems can sustainably serve consumers for the long term, helping to support the Government of Ethiopia in achieving Universal Health Coverage.
We are looking for a Design and Learning Manager to lead innovation in program design and delivery using a Human-Centered Design (HCD) approach within the Adolescent Youth Sexual Reproductive Health (AYSRH) portfolio.
Reporting to Technical Advisor, RISE, this individual will guide adaptation of an existing family planning counseling approach (Smart Start) to meet the needs of the new Global Affairs Canada-funded program, which aims to support married rural adolescents and young women to access family planning.
The role will contribute to the larger efforts of the Design Learning and Adaptation team to improve health interventions for adolescents in Ethiopia across a range of other programs.
The Design and Learning Manager is a motivated, creative, self-reflective, and resourceful professional.
Sounds like you? Read on! Your contribution
You will work under the supervision of the Technical Advisor, RISE. Specific roles include:
Lead a multi-organizational team through the Human-Centered
Design (HCD) process to build demand for quality contraceptive services among adolescent girls
Create tools for qualitative research, including interview guides
Lead synthesis of field visit learnings with program participants to identify lesson learned and next steps for program design
Engage adolescents and young in-school designers in the Human-Centered Design (HCD) process
Lead testing of ideas in the field (prototyping) to validate learnings and develop viable demand-creation products
Build the capacity of other team members to understand and use HCD approaches for program design and improvement
Lead planning for field learning visits, including strategy and logistics
Co-design of adapted Smart Start counseling and service delivery to include safe abortion and post-abortion (SA/PAC)
Lead the development of animated videos and messaging about each method and adapt tablet-based counseling
Incorporate gender assessment /research finding input and gender messaging in smart start
Document HCD journey and findings through the creation of timely written reports and PPT decks
Support in transforming insights generated into practical tools (deck, videos, and other materials).
Field travel up to 40% of the time within Ethiopia to project sites
What it takes to succeed
Comfort working in ambiguity – while staying focused on the long-term goal
Ability to think creatively and critically to identify solutions to problems
Excellent communication skills
Good at forging partnerships for greater impact
Belief in the power of teamwork and partnership to accelerate work and improve outcomes
Self-motivated, organized professional who can effectively manager his/her own time
Knowledgeable about adolescents in Ethiopia and the challenges facing young people
Strong work ethic and “can-do” attitude
Eager to learn from mistakes and use them to fuel improved performance
Desire to move beyond ideas and to action
Hard-working and quick learner – not afraid to try new things
Passion to put the power on the users’ hands.
Job Requirements
MA/BA Degree in Sociology, Psychology, Anthropology, Communications and Marketing, Design, Social Work, other Behavioral Sciences, or related degree
Minimum eight (8) years of professional experience
Minimum two (2) years of experience in people management
Experience with two (2) or more of the following: human-centered design/design thinking, youth, and gender, reproductive health, qualitative research
Demonstrated ability to work well with other teams and people
Fluent in English and Amharic, other languages are an asset.
How to Apply
For more information and job application details, see; Population Services International Design and Learning Manager Jobs in Ethiopia
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