Market Advisor II

Overview

MARKET ADVISOR ll
Based in: Harare, Zimbabwe
25-30% international travel
Reports to: PSI Director of HIV/TB
Duration of contract: 4 years, renewable contingent upon funding

Who we are
PSI is a network of locally rooted, globally connected organizations working to achieve consumer-powered healthcare — people-centered health systems that ensure quality, affordable care wherever and whenever it is needed. Our origins in sexual and reproductive health have grown into a broader mission. Today, we work with the public and private sectors as well as local communities, prioritizing people’s voice and choice and developing solutions to meet their essential health needs. Over the past five decades, we have helped push boundaries to break taboos, set trends, and develop innovative solutions to complex global health challenges.

Join us!
PSI anticipates playing a key technical role on an anticipated global health project. Over the life of the project, PSI will design and deploy solutions to overcome market barriers that limit access to critical commodities, including availability and affordability challenges impacting diagnostic and treatment products.

PSI is seeking a Market Advisor to support the design and execution of market assessments, analysis, market shaping solutions, demand forecasting, quantification strategies, and the establishment of a monitoring and evaluation framework.

Salary
For candidates approved to be hired directly through the local PSI office, pay and benefits will be commensurate with the role and practices of the local office, including payment in local currency.

Responsibilities

Your contributions

• Technical: Contribute to the design, development and implementation and monitoring of project technical activities and strategy, including leading development and implementation of discrete workstreams. Lead development and implementation of project workplans with limited supervision. Support report writing and development of technical guidance. 45% of Time
• Program Management: Provide inputs into development project work planning, budgeting, reporting. 15% of Time
• Representation: Represent PSI on the project internally and externally. Represent the project at relevant technical fora, including partnership forum and technical working group meetings, conferences, webinars and other events. 10% of Time
• Thought Leadership / Knowledge Management: Contribute to the development and implementation of the project’s thought leadership and knowledge management agenda, including the development and internal and external dissemination of market shaping technical and programmatic briefs, webinars, reports, and manuscripts. 15% of Time
• Fundraising: Contributes to new business development by writing or reviewing proposals. May serve as lead writer on a medium bid or pieces of a larger bid. 5% of Time
• Strengthening capacity and skills transfer: Provide coaching and mentoring to counterpart staff employed by the prime partner to transfer skills. 10% of Time

Time percentages listed above are not exact. They are estimates and may change. This is also not an exhaustive list of all tasks that an incumbent is expected to perform but is instead a summary of the primary responsibilities and requirements of the job. The incumbent may be asked to perform duties not included above. PSI reserves the right to revise job profiles at any time based on changes to the required job responsibilities.

Qualifications

What are we looking for?

• Bachelor's Degree (or international equivalent) in a related field.
• Master’s degree (or international equivalent) in a related field (e.g., MPH, MSc, MPP, MPA, MBA) preferred.
• At least 7 years of related experience in leading market activities for global health. Equivalent combination of related education and experience may be substituted.
• Demonstrate in-depth technical knowledge and experience in healthcare market shaping activities in low and middle income countries.
• Proven track record in leading comprehensive market assessments, analyzing pricing structures, and identifying market access barriers.
• Posses a strong background in supply chain assessments, supply chain optimization strategies.
• Demonstrated experience in assessing the effectiveness of market shaping strategies, leading continuous improvement efforts, and documenting lessons learned.
• Ability to share knowledge internally and externally with communities of practice.
• Demonstrated ability to develop strategies, policy standards, protocols and guidelines with minimal oversight and direction.
• Ability to develop and maintain relationships with internal and external colleagues. Able to work as a member of a team and independently.
• Ability to lead development of technical approach for proposals with oversight.
• Demonstrate flexibility and adaptability.
• Demonstrate emotional intelligence and ability to collaborate with colleagues.
• Proficiency in Microsoft 365. Familiarity with a quantitative or qualitative data analysis program preferred.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written. Proficiency in a relevant language other than English preferred.
• Cultural Humility and respect.

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.

References will be required. The successful candidate will be required to pass a background check. For domestic positions: Must be authorized to work in the United States. N.B. PSI will not consider work visa sponsorship for this position.

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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