Total Market Approach Senior Advisor John Snow Health Zambia Limited ZAM-Health Project

John Snow Health Zambia Limited

ZAM-Health Project

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title: Total Market Approach Senior Advisor

Department/Unit: Technical, Private Sector Unit

Location: Lusaka, Zambia

Duration: Full-Time position

Reports to: Private Sector Engagement Director

Background:

The USAID Zambia Accessible Markets for Health (ZAM-Health) Activity is a five-year project to expand the availability and accessibility of high-quality health products and services in the private sector, improve health knowledge, and increase the adoption of healthy and health-seeking behaviors. The program will employ private sector approaches such as marketing, social franchising, and partnerships with for-profit entities to achieve these outcomes. USAID ZAM-Health is implemented by John Snow Health Zambia (JSH) in partnership with JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. (JSI), Media 365 and PharmAccess.

Description:

JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. (JSI) seeks a highly qualified Total Market Approach (TMA) Senior Advisor for the USAID ZAM-Health project. The TMA Senior Advisor is responsible for the design and implementation of activities aimed at maximizing the comparative advantage of all market sectors – private-for-profit, not-for-profit, and public. She/he will work in collaboration with ZAM-Health teams, partners, government and public and private stakeholders to improve policies, information sharing, targeting, and supply chain efficiencies to increase equitable, sustainable health care access. This is a full-time position based in Lusaka, Zambia. The position reports to the Private Sector Engagement Director.

Responsibilities:

• Build and ensure long-term relationships with public sector decision-makers, implementing partners, and key PS actors
• Serve as a technical resource to MOH’s technical working groups, ensuring inclusion of private sector and TMA in policies, strategies, and plans
• Track market trends for priority commodities and services and ensure data are shared and used to inform policy and program design and implementation
• Work closely with the Strategic Information Team to assess and monitor market trends, e.g., procurement, distribution/sales, product registration, barriers to entry, retail pricing, etc.  distribution/sales to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the various markets.
• Identify policy issues limiting activities of private sector players in and engage with government agencies to address these issues.
• Work with other project staff to conduct landscape assessment of the retail environmen
• Work collaboratively with team members and relevant stakeholders to develop strategic implementation plan for roll out of products and services
• Stay current with information on new service delivery models and approaches  related to FP/MNCH, HIV/AIDS, and other health products and incorporate into programming and project communications strategies
• Contribute to timely review and completion of project monthly reports.
• Attend project related and task team technical meetings and debriefings.
• Provide inputs to work plan development and monitoring
• Mobilize social and political support at all levels to create and sustain an enabling environment for the delivery of intervention.
• Implement and adhere to JSH’s personnel, financial, operations and fraud management policies.
• Travel to regional offices as needed.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the DCOP – Technical Programs or other senior staff.

Qualifications:

• Master’s degree or higher in public health, business, economics, policy, demography, or related discipline.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience working in global health, health policy, private health sector, market systems, or other relevant private and public sector experience. Specific experience with health sector social marketing preferred.
• This experience should include at least 4 years involved with social marketing of products and/or services; successful practical experience in business or marketing-related field also highly desired.
• Demonstrated thorough understanding of the TMA and marketing principles combined with practical experience and general business acumen.
• Experience working with developing markets, preferably in the Eastern-Southern African region.
• Demonstrated experience successfully engaging with public and private sector partners. Excellent networking, negotiation, and relationship building skills.
• Knowledge of family planning, health systems, market development, supply chain, public-private partnerships, economics, financing, and capacity development, especially in developing countries or emerging markets
• Strong analytical skills, particularly related to market analytics and consumer research.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, and strong interpersonal skills.
• Previous work experience with USAID preferred.