We are looking for dynamic candidates with significant technical experience and expertise in social and behavior change communication (SBCC) for the position of SBC Technical Advisor. The position will focus on innovation, thought leadership and implementation of SBC, and cut across health areas, supporting countries in achieving desired improvements in health and development outcomes, including increasing demand for family planning (FP) and satisfaction with modern contraception; ending preventable child and maternal deaths (EPCMD); achieving and maintaining an AIDS-Free Generation (AFG); and achieving a malaria-free world.
The SBC Technical Advisor should have significant experience with and knowledge of evidence-based SBC theory and strategy; current global best practices in SBC; use of rigorous monitoring and evaluation techniques to create real-time feedback loops; and be consistently looking for ways to innovate and test new approaches to change behavior. Our ideal candidate has experience with consumer and market research, and human centered design. This position will be based in Washington, D.C. with 25% travel.
- Provide technical leadership in SBC design, implementation and monitoring and evaluation
- Support the evolution of PSI’s SBC approach across a range of country and regional programs and liaise with PSI’s technical teams to ensure integrated SBC approaches across PSI
- Work to integrate SBC and human-centered design approaches into PSI’s program design process
- Facilitate workshops around and build capacity of PSI’s program design process across health areas
- Work closely with knowledge management staff to ensure user-friendly and wide dissemination of lessons learned in SBC and program design
- Develop appropriate tools for SBC design, implementation and other technical components as necessary
- Provide effective short term technical assistance in SBC and program design to PSI’s country offices as required
- Work with global technical and country office teams to test and determine best strategies, including human-centered design, to uncover target audience insights and translate them into quality program design
- Develop, present and share PSI’s work in SBC globally and at national level to donors, relevant government agencies and others to create a public good from PSI’s learnings
- You have 5+ years’ experience in the design and/or implementation of SBC programs across health areas
- You have designed, implemented and evaluated SBC programs with demonstrated health impact
- You have experience providing SBC technical direction to projects, strategically designing programs, and determining effective ways to measure and evaluate implementation and impact
- You have demonstrated thought leadership in the field of SBC and are comfortable writing about and presenting your work
- You have used multi-disciplinary approaches to design and implement SBC programs or brought inter-disciplinary teams together to take on a challenge
- You have experience engaging beneficiaries in intervention design and development
- You are willing to travel approximately 25% during the life of the program
- You have experience working with USAID, Gates Foundation, DfID and other international donors
- Excellent written and oral communications skills
- At least 5 years of experience living or working in a developing country is highly preferred
- Fluency in English required, French fluency a plus