Analyst- Youth and Adolescence – Population Foundation of India (PFI)

Apply by 31st July 22

The Population Foundation of India (PFI) is a national non-government organization at the forefront of policy advocacy and research on population, health and development issues in the country. PFI leads advocacy efforts and works as a think-tank dedicated to promoting and advocating effective formulation and implementation of gender sensitive population, health and development policies, strategies, and programs in the country. Policy advocacy, social and behavior change communication, community action and knowledge management are some of the key strategies that PFI works on to achieve the organization’s goals.

Over the years, PFI has played a catalytic role to address issues relating to gender equality, women empowerment and other social determinants. PFI is committed to serving the economically weak and marginalized sections of society in the high priority districts (HPDs) with poor socio-health-demographic indicators.

Job Description: Analyst- Youth and Adolescence

Responsible to: Programme Lead

Location:            Delhi

Job Function:    Project Management

Purpose: To be responsible for supporting the strategic engagement under Adolescent and Youth programmess of Population Foundation of India

RESPONSIBILITIES

Map key stakeholders in the ecosystem

• Map, create and maintain a repository of  key stakeholders in adolescent health

Support advocacy with key stakeholders 

• Provide support to devise and implement advocacy strategy to ensure political prioritization of adolescent health issues
• Support relationship building with advocacy partners
• Coordination with various stakeholders including relevant government departments

Advocacy engagement

• Support implementation of Adolescent Health and Wellbeing project in Delhi in collaboration with the Population Foundation team

Knowledge hub (KH)

• Identify potential clients in education or development sector for Educately and build professional relationship with identified decision makers of the education sector, educationists or teachers.
• Drive regular engagement (through different mediums) with enrolments to build retention and ensure course completions.
• Tie up and engage with schools/ institutions/orgnisaiotn for driving enrolments on Educately

Other activities

• Support in organizing meetings, workshops, dissemination meetings, post-meeting follow up.
• Work with the knowledge management team in developing advocacy materials and knowledge products on adolescent health and well-being
• Help develop project implementation plans and ensure compliance with milestones and deadlines
• Support team in preparing annual donor reporting
• Any other work mutually discussed and agreed upon with the supervisor
• Coordinate contracts, vendor management, etc.

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

• Meet deadlines for deliverables
• Timely reporting
• Ensure completion of project deliverables as per project timelines.
• Coordination with departments / agencies / stakeholders
• Provide support in coordination with senior officials and policymakers
• Provide support to facilitate meetings, training, events, etc.
• Draft donor reports, progress reports and other project-related documents.
• Identify potential partners for KH
• Presenting Educately to key decision makers for partnerships
• Tie up and engage with schools/group of institution

COMPETENCIES 

Working together: 
Is a team player and works closely within the team as well as with cross-functional teams.

Communication Skills: 
Excellent written and verbal skills to network

Responsiveness: 
Understands the demands of organization needs and can identify and respond to urgent tasks

Willingness to Learn: 
Continuously works towards improving professional competence by acquiring new skills

Focused: 

• Is goal-oriented and takes initiative in identifying alternate methods to ensure high-quality results.

Adaptability and Initiative: 
Quickly adapts to organizational demands and is open to take new challenges

REQUIRED SKILLS

• Masters’ Degree in Social work or equivalent qualification with minimum 3 years of experience.
• At least 2-3 years of experience in advocacy programmes in the development sector.
• Experience in SRH/adolescent development domain will be preferred.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English and Hindi
• Understanding of Government health systems at national and state levels

How to apply

Please send your updated CV with a covering letter describing your suitability for the position to hrpfi@populationfoundation.in 31st July, 2022. Please mention the position “Analyst- Youth and Adolescence ” in the subject line of your e-mail. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.