PSI recruits 01 Private Sector Technical Advisor

Private Sector Technical Advisor (Temporary)

Job ID: 2019-2859

# of Openings: 1

Category: Country Program Operations

Position Location: City Antananarivo  Region Southern Africa

Position Location: Country Madagascar

Title: Private Sector Advisor (LTTA)

Department: Foundation Markets

Based in Antananarivo, Madagascar

Reports to: IMPACT COP (100%)

Who we are

With over 45 years of experience, working in over 60 countries, Population Services International (PSI) is the world’s leading non-profit social marketing organization. PSI is reimagining healthcare, by putting the consumer at the center, and wherever possible – bringing care to the front door. We are working to fix market failures, shape future health markets and shift policy and funding to better support consumer empowered healthcare.

There are over 7,000 “PSI’ers” around the world. We are a diverse group of entrepreneurial development professionals with a wide range of backgrounds and experience. All with unique skills that we bring to the critically important work that we do.

Join Us!

PSI seeks an experienced Private Sector Advisor to help manage in-country USAID activities under the $32M 5-year USAID-funded project IMPACT (Improving Market Partnerships and Access to Commodities Together). The Private Sector Advisor will provide support to the IMPACT management team with a focus on private sector engagement, including identifying opportunities for Public Private Partnerships (PPP), implementing PPP-based projects, working with PSI’s subawardee, Telma Foundation, to expand their Private Sector Humanitarian Platform, etc. The position will report to the IMPACT COP (100%).

Your Contribution

Specific tasks will vary but may include the following:

-Identify opportunities for Public Private Partnerships (PPP) between PSI/IMPACT and private actors in Madagascar and submit them to USAID for input

-Design projects based on the PPP approved by USAID

-Assist the IMPACT team in implementing the PPP-based projects

-Assist the Telma Foundation in expanding the Private Sector Humanitarian Platform (PSHP) to new commercial actors

-Assist the IMPACT team in developing clear objectives for members of the PSHP and a monitoring plan to track progress against objectives.

-Analyze the portfolio of socially marketed health products and develop a plan towards cost-recovery for each product

-Identify opportunities for PSI’s socially marketed products to be licensed to local manufacturers

-Create one or two new cost-recoverable products (LLINs for example)

-With the support of TELMA and other telecom operators, develop a e-platform solution that will allow PSI to tap into informal private transportation resources across the country

What are we looking for?

The candidate we hire will embody PSI’s corporate values:

Measurement: You use hard evidence to make decisions and guide your work. You set clear goalposts in advance and explain clearly if you need to move them.

Pragmatism: You’ll strive to deliver the best possible result with the resources available. You won’t be paralyzed by a need to make things perfect.

Honesty: You own your mistakes and are open about your shortcomings – it’s the only way you’ll learn and improve.

Collaboration: You’ll quickly establish a mental map of whom you can rely on for what, on your team, at headquarters, and in our country offices – if you try to do it all yourself, you won’t succeed.

Trust: You accept limits to your sphere of control and give colleagues the benefit of the doubt

Commitment:  You are in it for the long-haul and want to grow with the organization, just like PSI serves its consumers and partners with host-country governments through thick and thin

The basics

-MBA

-Experience in private sector (at least 5 years’ experience)

-Experience in international and bilateral aid or development assistance organization and/or a Non-Governmental Organization (at least 5 years’ experience)

-Experience in implementing development projects with the private sector in a range of areas, including health schemes and/or market development

-Experience in developing and implementing public/private partnerships that incentivize commercial actors to expand into new health product markets

-Knowledge of Madagascar, connections with the Malagasy private sector and the different sectoral/interprofessional groups

-Understanding of USAID strategic policy in Madagascar, especially in health areas

-Fluency in French and English required (written and oral)

-Command of MSExcel, MSWord, and MSPowerPoint

-Ability to start working in Madagascar on the 1st of May 2019

The successful candidate will be a strategic thinker who can forge partnerships with government, commercial, and non-government actors to achieve innovative results. The Private Sector Advisor will need to be a problem solver who is able to set and monitor objectives and provide timely coaching and feedback in a sensitive manner. Excellent communication, analytical, organizational, interpersonal, and cross-cultural skills are 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.