Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision(VMMC) Senior Technical Advisor
Location: Maseru, Lesotho
Location type: On Site
Reports to: Country Lead/Program Director
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 seeks a VMMC Senior Technical Advisor to lead PSI’s work under the USAID Sustaining Epidemic Control through Unified Prevention (SECURE) Activity, a five-year initiative focused on providing person-cantered, evidence-based HIV prevention, testing, and treatment services across Lesotho. The project aims to address and close critical HIV prevention and treatment gaps, working in collaboration with the Government of Lesotho and leveraging past successes to advance a sustainable, equitable response to the epidemic. This person will oversee the scale-up of voluntary medical male circumcision services across Lesotho’s ten districts and facilitating the transition of the country VMMC program to Government leadership and management, serving as a key personnel position on a broader consortium.
The Advisor will be responsible for leading successful daily project implementation throughout the project lifecycle from start-up to close-out. Accountable for delivery of all aspects of the projects, including technical implementation, financial and administrative compliance and oversight and supervision VMMC teams of project staff. Oversee project team to ensure that country level implementation is provided with a high standard of excellence, achieving its set goals and targets and within budget. The person will provide high level technical thought leadership and have the managerial capacity to strategically manage risk, monitor finances and ensure each phase of work is started or completed on time. They will be responsible for using evidence to improve project design and implementation.
What You’ll Bring
- Medical/Nursing degree or Master’s degree in related field
- At least 10 years related work experience in public health or related field. Equivalent combination of relevant education and experience may be substituted.
- At least 5 years supervisory experience.
- At least 7 years program management for global health projects in low or middle-income countries.
- At least 5 years in the relevant technical field of the project preferred.
- Proven success in management of complex operations, under specific donor awards and procedures.
- Ability to manage agreements and all required programmatic and financial reporting requirements, including sub-grants management.
- Ability to monitor and assess performance of self, other individuals, and / or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Demonstrated strategic thinking and planning skills, with emphasis on the ability to operationalize and oversee the execution of workplans.
- Strong leadership skills, with a demonstrated ability to collaborate and work across teams and roles. Ability to persuade and motivate people and teams.
- Experience developing capacity of government entities, staff, and other organizations.
- Demonstrated experience in managing government and donor relations.
- Ability to work effectively and sensitively in a cross-cultural context.
- Strong written and oral communication skills.
- Excellent diplomatic skills and proven ability to work effectively with government officials, partners, donors, and stakeholders at high levels.
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.
- Diversity & Inclusion: PSI affirms its commitment to diversity and believes that when people feel respected and included, they can be more honest, collaborative, and successful. Want to be involved in our DEI work at PSI? We have a council made up of PSIers that drive, sustain, and deepen our DEI practices.
- Health & Wellness: In all of our locations, PSI offers a comprehensive benefits package that offers health, financial planning, family care, and flexibility for work life fit. For U.S. based benefits visit www.psi.org/careers to learn more!
- Time Away: We want you to take time away when you need it. PSI offers a competitive leave package. On top of our leave, some PSI offices offer a compressed work week throughout the year, giving you additional work-life flexibility.
- Learning & Development: PSI is committed to your career growth. Through PSI’s job architecture, there are many potential career paths you can follow depending on your skills and interests. Additionally, PSI University, our learning management system, offers hundreds of courses, hosts org-wide trainings, offers Great Manager/Leader trainings, as well as a mentorship program for all staff levels.
- Innovation & Collaboration: With over 53 years of insight, PSI reimagines how to bring quality healthcare closer to those who need it most. Innovation requires stepping out of comfort zones, and our employees are encouraged to think beyond boundaries, collaborate to drive impact, challenge conventions, and pioneer new solutions.
