*Job Title:*    Metrics Technical Advisor*Position Type:*
*Location:*    Washington,
DC*Department:*    Research

*Description:*
PSI Research & Metrics (R&M) seeks a Technical Advisor for its Metrics
program. PSI measures a variety of health metrics but relies on the
disability adjusted life year (DALY) averted as its bottom-line measure of
health impact. The Technical Advisor will develop a strategy for
strengthening the metrics program and ensuring that the organization is able
to use DALYs, costing and other tools for decision making. The Technical
Advisor will work with modelers as well as internal and external experts to
develop and refine models, improve data integrity, and supervise a limited
number of staff. Successful candidates will be skilled at explaining metrics
to technical as well as non-technical audiences and motivated by working in
a dynamic, multi-disciplinary setting. This position is based in Washington,
D.C., will require some international travel, and reports to the Director
for Research & Metrics.

PSI Research & Metrics increases the ability of the organization to generate
and use research that is relevant for programs and strategic for social
marketing. For more information, please visit: psi.org/resources/research.

*Responsibilities:*


   - Develop an organizational metrics strategy that ensures the use of
   DALYs and other metrics tools for decision making
   -
   - Oversee the development of new metrics initiatives, including
   integrating country- and intra-country variance into models, improving
   measures of targeting and the contribution of communications and behavior
   change interventions to health impact; integrating metrics with routine data
   collection and behavioral surveys, and creating automated systems for
   generating routine reports
   - Improve PSI's internal capacity to use and report DALYs. Capacity
   building will likely include algorithms to answer the most commonly asked
   questions, workshops, presentations, tool kits, and concept briefs and
   concept papers
   - Lead efforts to use the DALY for evidence-based decision making at the
   policy level
   - Supervise a limited number of R&M staff and consultants; manage key
   partnerships; mentor colleagues within the organization in metrics
   - Work with R&M and other departments to create DALY models for products
   and interventions in PSI's main health areas; produce in-depth analyses to
   inform decision making
   - Integrate the current system for reporting DALYs with a new program
   management system (Lawson) and integrate cost effectiveness analyses with
   Lawson and other accounting records from different sources
   -
   - Participate in interdisciplinary working groups to develop metrics
   tools that are responsive to stakeholder needs
   - Develop partnerships with external institutions and programs working in
   public health in developing countries to meet and share best practices in
   modeling
   - Contribute to the fields of public health, social marketing, and
   metrics by authoring articles and publishing in peer-reviewed journals;
   presenting at conferences and meetings; and documenting lessons learned for
   internal and external stakeholders
   - Provide other technical assistance as needed

*Experience:*


   - PhD in mathematical modeling, economics, statistics, population
   studies, or a related field
   - At least 7 years professional experience in the design, analysis and
   management of complex data
   - Experience in mathematical modeling; experience in tropical disease
   modeling a plus
   - Background in health economics
   - Experience with relational databases
   - Coding experience for implementation of quantitative methods
   -
   - Extensive knowledge of quantitative analysis programs (e.g., SPSS,
   Stata)
   - Demonstrated ability to communicate with technicians and
   non-technicians along a variety of learning curves and needs
   - Highly organized, comfortable working on multiple simultaneous
   projects; great at meeting deadlines
   - An interest in managing other members of the R&M team
   - Ability to travel 15-20% 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 product, ability to speak French, Spanish, or Portuguese, and/or
familiarity with the international donor development community.

Please apply online at: www.psi.org

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