Senior Policy Advisor

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The Public Health Institute (PHI) is an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting health, well-being, and quality of life for people throughout California, across the nation and around the world. As one of the largest and most comprehensive public health organizations in the nation, we are at the forefront of research and innovations to improve the efficacy of public health statewide, nationally, and internationally.

PHI was distinguished as one of the top 50 "Best Non-Profit Organizations to Work For" by the Non-Profit Times in a national search.

Job Location:Washington, DC

Telework Eligible:Yes, at least 3 days per week in-person reporting at Washington, DC office.

Remote Eligible:No.

A. Summary Statement:

The Public Health Institute (PHI) is an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting health, well-being, and quality of life for people throughout California, across the nation and around the world. As one of the largest and most comprehensive public health organizations in the nation, we are at the forefront of research and innovations to improve the efficacy of public health statewide, nationally, and internationally.

We are hiring for positions under the Global Health Training, Advisory, Support Contract (GHTASC) in support of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Bureau for Global Health (GH). These roles deliver institutional support services in a wide range of technical areas at the junior, mid-, senior, and expert levels.

The Office of Population and Reproductive Health (PRH) provides strategic direction for, and technical leadership of USAID's population, voluntary family planning and related reproductive health (FP/RH) strategies and the programs and projects to implement these strategies; plays a technical leadership role globally, including with other donors and multilateral organizations on population, voluntary family planning, and reproductive health; and ensures compliance with congressional and Administration priorities, directives, and requirements.

B. Position Summary:

The Senior Policy Advisor will primarily support the Office of Population and Reproductive Health (PRH) as a PHI Institutional Support Contractor (ISC). In this role, you will work with the Office Director for PRH and will focus on ensuring compliance with the U.S. family planning and abortion legislative and policy requirements including providing compliance-related technical assistance and guidance to USAID/Washington, Mission, and implementing partner staff; contributing to PRH's engagement with the inter-agency and multilateral organizations; and coordinating PRH's response to FP/RH-related legislative and Administration policy directives and restrictions.

Employment Type: Full Time

Full salary range for this position is $137,280 to $206,960 per year, with the starting salary determined based on candidate's knowledge, skills, experience, as well as budget availability.

C. Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Serve as key member of GH's cross-Bureau Policy Compliance team.
• Provide technical assistance and support to USAID/Washington and Mission FP/RH programs to assess and ensure compliance with the family planning and abortion legislative and policy requirements.
• Provide mentorship to the current PRH Policy Fellow.
• Coordinate legislative and policy responses and actions for PRH to ensure compliance with congressional and Administration priorities, directives, and restrictions.
• Update training materials and facilitate trainings on family planning and abortion legislative and policy requirements and compliance-related best practices for various audiences, including USAID/Washington and Missions.
• Provide technical leadership in developing strategies and documentation related to policy development, monitoring, and compliance with the S. family planning and abortion legislative and policy requirements for USAID's FP/RH program, and in coordinating with other offices in GH, USAID Missions, and Regional Bureaus in the areas of legislative and policy compliance and monitoring;
• Advise PRH leadership on technical, programmatic, and policy matters related to compliance issues in population, family planning, and reproductive health, including the connections to other health areas and broader development issues.
• Develop talking points, briefing materials, policy memoranda, and analytical reports for review by PRH leadership, for both internal and external use.
• Serve as principal day-to-day point of contact with the Department of State, Office of Population, Refugees and Migration and USAID's Bureau for Planning, Learning, and Resource Management, and multilateral organizations such as UNFPA on matters related to United States Government family planning and abortion legislative and policy requirements; and
• Ability to travel internationally approximately 20% of the time.
• Work at least 3 days per week in-person at Washington, DC office.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

D. Qualification Requirements:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Master's degree with 10 years of relevant experience, bachelor's degree with 12 years of relevant experience, Associate's degree and 14 years of relevant experience, or High School graduate and 16 years of relevant experience.
• US Citizenship or US Permanent Residency with the ability to obtain and maintain a Facility Access clearance is required. For Permanent Residents, this means having resided in the US for at least 3 of the past 5 years.

Other Qualifications:

• In-depth knowledge of family planning/reproductive health as well as experience in multi-sectoral programming.
• Strong leadership skills and demonstrated professional credibility.
• Demonstrated flexibility and openness in responding to changing work priorities and environment.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills. Presentation experience to high-level audiences is required.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to work in teams and working groups.
• Ability and willingness to travel internationally 3-4 times a year for approximately 1-2weeks at a time, approximately 20% of the time.
• Work at least 3 days per week in-person at Washington, DC office.

E. Competencies:

• Innovation: Takes initiative to propose new ideas/approaches and demonstrates ability to find new and better ways to accomplish work.
• Client Service: Communicates with clients, handling any issues politely and efficiently; understands and is available to clients; maintains pleasant and professional image.
• Accountability: Takes ownership of work responsibilities and holds high standards. Keeps commitments and takes appropriate actions to ensure obligations are met. Pursues efficiency and effectiveness and adheres to organization policies and procedures.
• Interpersonal Skills: Works in cooperation with others and communicates effectively with co-workers, supervisors, subordinates, clients, and other outside contacts.
• Continual Learning: Assesses and recognizes own strengths and weaknesses; pursues professional development that is aligned with organizational role, contribution, and goals; proactively shares knowledge with others to foster learning across the organization.

F. Application Information:

Prior to submitting your application, your resume must include relevant paid and non-paid experience showing dates held with month, year and hours worked per week for each position. Please ensure that all relevant experience and education is documented on your resume. There is no limitation to resume length; updates to resumes will not be accepted during the interview and selection process.

FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT (FLSA) STATUS

This position is classified as exempt based on the job duties. However, based on the FTE, salary level of the employee, or federal/state/local laws, the employee may be classified as nonexempt.

EEO Statement

The Public Health Institute is committed to a policy that provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, pregnancy, medical condition including genetic characteristics, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identification and expression, sexual orientation, and to make all employment decisions so as to further this principle of equal employment opportunity. To this end, the PHI will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, pregnancy, medical condition including genetic characteristics, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identification and expression, sexual orientation, and will take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are offered employment and employees are treated during employment without regard to these characteristics.

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ADA Statement:

The Public Health Institute is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation in its services, programs, activities and employment for individuals with disabilities. To request disability accommodation in the application process, contact the Recruitment Team at least 48 hours in advance at Recruitment@phi.org.

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