Scale-Up Consultant, Adolescents at Population Services International (PSI)

Job ID: 360 (A360)
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Department: Reproductive Health and Family Planning
Reports to: SFH A360 Project Lead/PSI A360 Project Manager

Join us!

• With the generous support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), PSI is implementing A360, an innovative investment with a consortium of partners including the Society for Family Health/Nigeria (SFH/Nigeria), Triggerise, the Center on the Developing Adolescent from the University of California, Berkeley, and IDEO.org.
• The project is working with adolescents, young people, parents, community members, providers, and policy makers in Ethiopia, Nigeria, and Tanzania to design scalable, cost-effective models aimed at increasing voluntary, modern contraceptive use among adolescent girls aged 15-19. The project is high profile and considered to be both Gates' and CIFF's “flagship” adolescent investments.

Your contribution

• Provide technical expertise in scaling up of programs and interventions, leading the development of strategies to maximize the potential of A360 adolescent sexual and reproductive health programs at scale
• Support A360's team in Nigeria to actively plan for pathways to scaling up of promising interventions
• Advise on needed planning, partnerships and processes to be developed to support effective and efficient program scale-up
• Contribute to supporting the design and diffusion of innovative approaches to program design and implementation
• Provide effective guidance and support to in-country management teams and staff assigned to the project.
• Contribute to the Optimization Phase Report Deliverable

What are we looking for?

• Advanced Degree in Business, Marketing, International Development, Public Health or related subject preferred with at least 5 years of relevant experience, including time spent working in the private sector
• Experience in large-scale program rollout, specifically in healthcare, hospitality, franchising or another similar service area
• Ability to see the big picture and make strategic decisions on program implementation at a large scale while remaining grounded in evidence-based decision making and attuned to program details
• A good balance of creative and innovative thinking coupled with strategic, analytic and practical skills to develop and implement strategies that generate tangible outcomes.
• Must have exceptional results orientation, with a high degree of personal initiative and leadership, in a minimal resource environment
• Skilled in analysis and problem solving with excellent project management skills.
• Evidence of ability to work independently and to lead small groups to consensus.
• Strong English written and oral communication skills.
• Must be eligible to work in Nigeria without sponsorship
• This consultancy will be through August 2018.