TITLE: RESEARCH ADVISOR, MYANMAR
DEPARTMENT: ASIA
DATE: APRIL 2008 (post through October 13, 2008)
Population Services International (PSI) is the world’s leading non-profit social marketing organization, operating in more than 60 developing countries. PSI creates demand for essential health products and services by using private sector marketing techniques and innovative communications campaigns. On the supply side, PSI works with the commercial sector to increase the availability of these products and services at prices that are affordable to low-income populations. With a bottom-line orientation that is rare among non-profits, PSI markets products and services for family planning, maternal and child health, and the prevention of AIDS, malaria and other diseases. For more information, please visit: www.psi.org.
PSI/Myanmar seeks a Technical Advisor to provide leadership in the area of Research and Metrics.
The Technical Advisor will be responsible for providing oversight and capacity building to the Research and Metrics department. This position will be based in Rangoon, Myanmar.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Provide technical assistance in research design for six health areas including study designs, questionnaire development, analysis and dissemination;
- Train country-level researchers and build capacity to design studies, oversee data collection, and analyze results;
- Design quantitative studies to segment populations, monitor social marketing and franchising activities and to evaluate intervention effectiveness;
- Design qualitative studies to develop communication concepts, and pretest communication strategies;
- Write reports and deliver presentations to internal and external stakeholders; and
- Publish research findings.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- PHD in public health, behavioral sciences, population studies, psychology, communication, or a related field plus at least three years of professional experience;
- Experience in design, analysis, dissemination, and management of behavioral research pertaining to reproductive health, HIV/AIDS, malaria or maternal/child health;
- Experience with specific methodologies and analyses: behavioral studies, multivariate analysis, path modeling, GIS, tracking surveys, mapping studies, multi-item scaling;
- Management of multiple studies and teams; and
- Ability to design, develop and implement operations research and population-based surveys.
The successful candidate will have extensive knowledge of a statistical analysis program, experience of designing different types of qualitative studies and ability to train, manage and develop capacity within country-level staff.
APPLY ONLINE at http://www.psi.org. No calls or emails, please.
PSI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from qualified individuals regardless of race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation or disability.
