{"id":217,"date":"2008-07-21T16:12:42","date_gmt":"2008-07-21T21:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mchtulane.wordpress.com\/?p=217"},"modified":"2008-07-21T16:12:42","modified_gmt":"2008-07-21T21:12:42","slug":"psi-regional-researcher-asia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thatscourtney.space\/blueprint\/psi-regional-researcher-asia\/","title":{"rendered":"PSI Regional Researcher, Asia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>TITLE:\u00a0 REGIONAL RESEARCHER, ASIA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>DEPARTMENT:\u00a0 RESEARCH<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>DATE: JULY 2008 (open through September 21, 2008)<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Population Services International (PSI) is the world&#8217;s leading non-profit social marketing organization, operating in more than 60 low and middle income countries.\u00a0 PSI creates demand for essential health products and services by using private sector marketing techniques and mass media and community and clinic- based communications campaigns. On the supply side, PSI works with the private, non-profit and public sectors 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.\u00a0 PSI Research &amp; Metrics aims to improve the performance of PSI interventions through multi-disciplinary research, monitoring and evaluation on populations and markets.\u00a0 For more information, please visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.psi.org\/research\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.psi.org\/research<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>PSI seeks a regional researcher for Eastern Europe and Asia to be based in one of the existing PSI platforms. The regional researcher would start as soon as possible and provide technical assistance and support to 6 PSI programs in India, Pakistan, Russia, Romania, Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan) and Nepal. The regional researcher reports to the Deputy Director of Research and Metrics.<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\">RESPONSIBILITIES<\/span><\/strong>:\u00a0 The regional researcher will work closely with the PSI\/country offices, country- level researchers and PSI\/Washington, DC to:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Manage and implement      research activities, including study designs, questionnaire development,      sampling frames, analysis and dissemination;<\/li>\n<li>Train country-level      researchers and build their capacity to design studies, oversee data      collection, analyze and interpret results;<\/li>\n<li>Design quantitative studies      to segment populations, monitor social marketing activities over time, and      evaluate intervention effectiveness;<\/li>\n<li>Design qualitative      studies to create multidimensional scales, develop communication concepts,      and pretest communication strategies;<\/li>\n<li>Analyze data, write social      marketing research reports, and deliver presentations to internal and      external stakeholders;<\/li>\n<li>Develop research      studies that result in actionable insight for programming;<\/li>\n<li>Build capacity to interpret      research findings and utilize data to guide program decisions and activities;<\/li>\n<li>Develop training      materials and research toolkits; and<\/li>\n<li>Publish research      findings in peer reviewed journals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\">QUALIFICATIONS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>PhD in public      health, behavioral sciences, population studies, psychology, communication      or a related field;<\/li>\n<li>Additional four years      professional experience in the design, analysis and management of      behavioral research pertaining to more than one health area\/service (HIV,      family planning, \u00a0malaria and\/or social franchising);<\/li>\n<li>Experience designing      different types of qualitative studies and analyzing qualitative data;<\/li>\n<li>Demonstrated ability      to conduct research with populations at higher risk for HIV, including sex      workers, men who have sex with men and injecting drug users;<\/li>\n<li>Experience      conducting or designing surveys that utilize respondent driven sampling      and\/or time-location sampling;<\/li>\n<li>Experience designing      household surveys among populations residing in low income or rural areas;<\/li>\n<li>Ability to develop      research training tools and materials for a variety of contexts, learning      curves and needs;<\/li>\n<li>Extensive knowledge      of a statistical analysis program (SPSS or STATA) and multivariate      analysis;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Management of multiple      research studies and developing capacity of country-level research staff;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Ability to travel up      to 30% of the time internationally; and<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Excellent written,      verbal and inter-personal communication skills.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Preference will be given to candidates with work experience in low and middle income countries, knowledge of public health issues and social marketing products, experience working in Asia, familiarity with GIS and product coverage surveys, and\/or familiarity with the international donor development community.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em> <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Please apply online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.psi.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.psi.org<\/a>.\u00a0 No calls or emails please.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>PSI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from qualified individuals regardless of race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation or disability.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PSI seeks a regional researcher for Eastern Europe and Asia to be based in one of the existing PSI platforms. 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