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Job Vacancies Population Services International (PSI)
Position: Researcher, Washington
Closing Date: Monday, 27 September 2010
Location: United States of America (the) – Washington, DC

Population Services International (PSI) is the world’s leading non-profit social marketing organization, with a mission to measurably improve the health of poor and vulnerable people in the developing world by influencing their behavior, principally through social marketing of family planning and health products and services, and health communications. PSI has programs in more than 60 countries and works in malaria, HIV, reproductive health, child survival, and tuberculosis. PSI’s core values are a belief in markets and market mechanisms to contribute to sustained improvements in the lives of the poor; results and a strong focus on measurement; speed and efficiency with a predisposition to action and an aversion to bureaucracy; decentralization and empowering our staff at the local level; and a long term commitment to the people we serve. For more information, please visit www.psi.org

PSI Research & Metrics (R&M) seeks a Researcher to implement new initiatives, improve quantitative data quality, conduct data analysis, and build capacity of its global team. Preference will be given to candidates with an excellent understanding of quantitative methods and an ability to explain them to technical as well as non-technical audiences. The position is based in Washington, D.C., will require some travel, and reports to the Deputy Director, New Initiatives & Capacity Building.

PSI Research & Metrics aims to improve the performance of PSI interventions through multi-disciplinary research and modeling on populations and markets. For more information, please visit: www.psi.org/research

RESPONSIBILITIES:
Duties include, but are not limited to:
•Launch new marketing research strategies, including measuring a total market approach (TMA), integrating multi-round surveys and mapping studies, testing behavioral models, improving data quality, pricing studies and other experimental designs, and routinely evaluating the impact of PSI’s interventions
•Provide technical support to global R&M team on quantitative research, including study design, data analysis and report writing, population size estimates, and the customization of existing monitoring and evaluation tools
•Assist with the integration of health impact measurement and data collected through multi-round behavioral surveys; develop tools to collect utilization measurements (wastage, adherence, compliance, discontinuation) in multi-round surveys or from other data sources
•Participate in interdisciplinary working groups to develop measurement tools that are responsive to stakeholder needs
•Deliver trainings in PSI’s research methods and competencies
•Create and update R&M training Tool Kits as necessary
•Document lessons learned and deliver presentations to internal and external stakeholders
•Present at conferences and meetings
•Write working papers and publish in peer-reviewed journals

QUALIFICATIONS:
•PhD or Master’s degree with 3 years of relevant experience in public health, statistics, economics, population studies, or a related field
•Extensive knowledge of quantitative analysis programs (e.g., SPSS, STATA)
•Ability to develop research training tools and materials for a variety of contexts, learning curves and needs
•Demonstrated ability to work independently and manage own projects
•Highly organized, comfortable working on multiple simultaneous projects; great at meeting deadlines
•Demonstrated ability to communicate with individuals along a variety of learning curves and needs
•Ability to travel up to 30% of the time internationally
•Excellent written, verbal and inter-personal communication skills

Preference will be given to candidates with work experience in low and middle income countries, knowledge of public health issues and social marketing products, ability to speak French, Spanish, or Portuguese, and/or familiarity with the international donor development community.

How to apply
Please apply online at 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.
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