Position Title: Advisor, Youth and Gender (Maternity Cover)

Department/Program: Sexual Reproductive Health

Level: TBD 

Reports to: Director, RISE

Based in: Addis Ababa

Required number: One

Duration of contract: 4 (Four) Months 

Remuneration: As per the organization pay scale

Vacancy posted date: July 4, 2024

Application Deadline: July 17, 2024

Who we are?

We’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 Youth and Gender Advisor to support the Roadmap for Integrating Smart Start in Ethiopia (RISE), an innovative adolescent sexual and reproductive health program that is scaled up in partnership with the Ministry of Health. This role will also support the implementation of A360 Gender Strategy across the A360 projects. 

Under the supervision of the Director, RISE the advisor will be responsible for implementation of the youth engagement strategy, which aims to ensure youth voices are meaningfully incorporated into all of PSI’s adolescent work. The advisor will work hand-in-hand with our dozens of Youth Innovation Champions (YICs) who bring youth voices to the work and serve as designers, translators, advocates and more through the portfolio. This role will support the development of a clearly defined measurement framework for the strategy and track progress. This role ensures that the Gender Integration Strategy is implemented across projects to make sure adolescent girls (15-19) have improved health, resources, and agency. This involves supporting the A360 to generate evidence, learning, and global goods which key stakeholders use to adopt and replicate A360’s inspired approaches.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s)

As part of this role, there are Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) we would like to achieve within the timeline.

• Oversee the recruitment of Youth Innovation Champions in the respective regions where SRH programming is implemented. 

• Capacitate young people to actively participate and meaningfully engage in activities and forums that affect their health, rights, and wellbeing. 

• Make sure young people are engaged as a source of change for their own health and wellbeing, and for their communities’ positive development. 

• Support young people to make their voices, ideas, and creativity amplify and contribute to the body of knowledge on Meaningful Adolescent and Youth Engagement (MAYE). 

• Create an enabling environment for young people to lead, actively participate, and meaningfully engaged in activities and forums that affect their health, right, and wellbeing. 

• Support the Smart Start Adaptation processes using Human Centered Design (HCD) along with team members and external collaborators. 

• Promote gender integrations and meaningful adolescent and youth engagement at all levels of projects such as Mothers Neonatal and Child Health (MNCH), Roadmap to Integrate Smart Start in Ethiopia (RISE) and Strengthening Adolescents Health and Quality Improvement (SAHQI). 

• Capacitate staff and implementors with gender integration principles and mechanisms. 

• Organize training on the intersectionality of youth and gender. 

• Work closely with Youth Innovation Champions (YICs), country gender consultant, global Gender consultants, A360 country teams, and Youth and Gender Focal Point Persons. 

The position is based in Addis Ababa, and some travel around Ethiopia to regional offices and project sites may be required. This position will require close coordination and collaboration and with many people—good people skills are a must.

What it takes to succeed

• Excellent communication skills. 

• Awareness of the challenges and opportunities facing young people in Ethiopia. 

• Ability to trust the capacity and expertise of young people to contribute meaningfully. 

• Strong process manager that produces quality products on schedule. 

• Ability to think creatively and critically to identify solutions to problems. 

• 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 manage his/her own time. 

• 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.

• Comfortable with multiple technology communication platforms (Teams, Asana, Twitter, Facebook, Telegram, WhatsApp, etc.) and excited about finding the right tool for the right job. 

Job Requirements

What are we looking for? The basics

• MA/BA Degree in public health, education/teaching, psychology, adolescent development, or related degree. 

• Minimum eight (8) years professional experience with BA or six (6) years professional experience with MA. 

• Experience working directly with young people (under age 24). 

• Background in the health sector, Sexual and Reproductive Health a requirement. 

• Demonstrated ability to work well with teams and young people. 

• Fluent in English and Amharic, other languages are an asset. 

• Excellent written skills in English required. 

How to Apply

Are you intrigued? Apply!

By following our 3 steps application process:

1. Fill out the mandatory application form using THIS LINK. It will only take 5 to 10 minutes.

2. Send your CV and application letter to recruitment@psiet.org clearly mark “Application for Advisor, Youth and Gender (Maternity Cover) Position” in the subject line.

3. Check your email and make sure you receive an automatic response acknowledging receipt of your CV. If you don’t receive the automatic response, check again your subject line and if needed, re-submit your CV and application letter with the correct subject.

Application deadline is July 17, 2024. We’ll call or e-mail you back if there is a good fit on both sides.

PSI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from qualified individuals regardless of race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, or disability.