Senior Technical Advisor I

Overview

Senior Advisor I, Technical

Location : PSI approved East Coast US State or any country in which PSI operates

Location type : Remote Eligible - Location subject to manager approval

Reports to : Global Infectious Diseases Lead

If you are unsure if you are in an eligible location, please visit our Career page for more details.

Welcome to PSI!

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, break taboos, set trends, and develop innovative solutions to complex global health challenges.

Do you want to join PSI to help make it easier for all people to lead healthier lives and plan the families they desire? Read on!

Join us!

PSI is seeking a Senior Technical Advisor to work closely with the Global Infectious Disease Lead / Project Director on the CIFF-funded portfolio of projects aimed at introducing and scaling PrEP. This includes advancing the rapid rollout of lenacapavir and expanding access to simplified HIV testing approaches, including HIV self-testing. These initiatives focus on supporting governments and partners to enhance efficiency and integration of HIV prevention programs, leveraging innovations like HIVST and to strengthen linkages between HIV testing and prevention and treatment services. In addition to this portfolio, the Senior Technical Advisor will contribute to other key workstreams within the infectious disease team and play an active role in ongoing and new resource mobilization efforts.

Responsibilities

What You'll Do

• Technical : Manage the development of the project's technical activities and strategy, lead the design and implementation of quantitative and qualitative analyses to address key evidence gaps and enable injectable PrEP scale-up. This may include developing HIV testing and linkage strategies, identifying priority geographies and populations, optimizing delivery models, conducting cost and impact analyses (including use of HIVST for facility- and community-based delivery), and assessing health systems and policy implications. Provide remote and in-country technical assistance to build the capacity of network members to deliver results in line with PSI and global best practices and the department's technical strategy. Prepare clear, compelling presentations to communicate analyses, findings, and recommendations to internal stakeholders, partners, and donors. Stay current on HIV prevention and testing developments, including implementation science, program design, and emerging evidence, and contribute to knowledge-sharing across the team.
• Representation : Engage with donors and represent PSI in external forums. Convey PSI's work in written and verbal form. Coordinate regular and ad hoc reporting to donors and partners, ensuring timely, accurate, and high-quality updates.
• Thought Leadership / Knowledge Management : Strengthen cross-team collaboration by supporting monthly prevention team meetings and coordination with related areas such as HIV testing, pediatrics, and other program teams. Engage externally to represent PSI and demonstrate technical expertise, capacity and experience in a specific technical area. Develop new tools / frameworks or content for publications (e.g. blogs, manuscripts, etc.) that demonstrate PSI's technical expertise and experience in a specific technical area.
• Fundraising : Contribute to new business development by writing or reviewing proposals, as well as identifying new funding opportunities. May lead large and / or complex bids.
• Program Management : Manage technical workstreams - track and oversee country and project progress to ensure alignment with agreed deliverables, timelines, and milestones.
• People Management : May manage people; provide coaching and mentoring to staff. Support the Global Infectious Disease Lead and CIFF Project Director in cultivating a collaborative, inclusive team culture that engages and supports all members.
• Embodies PSI’s values : Measurement, Pragmatism, Honesty, Trust, Collaboration, and Commitment.
• Travel : 10-25% international travel

Time percentages listed above are not exact. They are estimates and may change. This is not an exhaustive list of all tasks that may be required. PSI reserves the right to revise job profiles at any time based on changes to the required job responsibilities.

Qualifications

What You'll Bring

We know that a long list of requirements may be discouraging, but don’t let imposter syndrome or the confidence gap get in the way of you applying — we’d love to hear from you.

Why Work at PSI?

PSI's work is about enabling families to live happy and healthy lives—we think this should apply to our employees, too.

Salary Ranges :

PSI is committed to pay equity and transparency. Actual base salary will be determined by qualifications, experience, internal equity, market analysis, and other factors. Hiring above the mid-point is not typical to allow for future growth.

Salary ranges by location :

About PSI

Did you know we have over 3,000 PSIers across 40 countries? We are diverse and motivated to get things done in tough situations.

Interested in Learning More?

Equal Opportunity

PSI is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds and walks of life.

References may be required. Background checks will be conducted. US-based applicants must be authorized to work in the United States; PSI will not sponsor work visas for this position. Reasonable accommodation requests : newhiresupport@psi.org or (202) 785-0072.

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