The Population Reference Bureau is seeking qualified professionals interested in employment for a number of new project opportunities. These positions will be based in Washington, D.C.

Senior Policy Analyst, International Programs

(June 18, 2008) The Population Reference Bureau (PRB) seeks a Senior Policy Analyst to serve as a staff member of International Programs. The International Programs (IP) mission is to improve the well-being of current and future generations and contribute to positive social change, with an emphasis on the developing world. IP staff serve as a bridge between the research and policy communities by helping to ensure that research results and best practices are understood and used. We believe that information empowers individuals and institutions to make better policy decisions about population and health. The Senior Policy Analyst will work in a team-oriented environment with both technical and management (team leader) responsibilities for content and materials development and country-level, capacity-building activities.

Responsibilities

• Providing technical guidance and editorial input on PRB's materials on international population, health, reproductive health, and gender topics. Tasks include strategic planning, budgeting, review and editing of manuscripts, and coordinating with various PRB staff involved in production and dissemination. (25%)
• Writing new materials on population, health, and gender topics for global audiences. Gather literature, analyze data, identify key audiences and messages, determine format and length, and write text, interpreting research findings, and explaining policy implications. (50%)
• Contributing to other aspects of IP's work, including facilitating policy communication and data use workshops, contributing to audience outreach, participating in USAID or other donor working groups, monitoring and evaluating activities, and responding to ad hoc requests for information and presentations. (15%)
• Participating in new business development. (10%)

Qualifications

• Advanced university degree (Ph.D. or master's) in demography, public health, sociology, or a related field.
• Preference will be given to candidates with at least 10 years' experience working in developing countries with a strong substantive background in family planning, reproductive health, population, or related fields.
• Outstanding English writing skills and oral communication skills are essential; knowledge of French, Spanish, or Arabic would be a plus.
• An ability to work effectively in teams and with professionals at different levels, including with colleagues, partners, and donor organizations, is also highly desirable.
• Experience in the design and implementation of training programs related to family planning and reproductive health or related topics would be very helpful.
• The ability to travel 15 percent to 20 percent of the time is preferred.

Salary and Benefits. Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience. PRB has an excellent benefits package, including generous health, leave, and retirement plans.

Applications. Application deadline is July 9, 2008. Please send cover letter and resume with salary requirements to HR Specialist, Population Reference Bureau, 1875 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 520, Washington, DC 20009, USA;  fax to 202-328-3937; or e-mail jjackson@prb.org. All applicants must have authorization to work in the United States.

Program Assistant, Domestic Program and International Programs

(June 9, 2008) The Program Assistant provides administrative and project support to management and staff in both the International Programs and Domestic Programs departments. Assists in organizing meetings; handling multiple travel arrangements; maintaining participant and contact lists; managing files; and preparing correspondence, photocopies, mail, and faxes. The Program Assistant will also be called upon for substantive support to projects.

• Provides general administrative support, such as formatting and proofreading documents; photocopying; sending local and international faxes; handling general and routine mailings, and distributing mail. Maintains department and project files.
• Arranges logistics for domestic and international meetings by coordinating participant schedules and making travel arrangements. Prepares participant materials by assembling binders, ordering materials, and disseminating agendas. Helps to secure international visas and travel insurance.
• Creates and maintains databases of training participants, consultants, media contacts, and other project partners. Produces mailing labels, merges letters, basic reports, and other database outputs for project managers.
• Serves as principal contact person for applicants to the International Programs Fellow position. Sends out fellowship announcement both through regular mail and e-mail, answers inquiries about the fellowship announcement both through regular mail and e-mail, answers inquiries about the fellowship, collects and organizes applications, and updates and maintains list of contacts.
• Maintains listservs for developing country journalists. Monitors up to eight population, health, and environment news mailing lists and discussion forums and re-posts pertinent messages to media listservs, including the listserv for New & Noteworthy in Nutrition.
• Arranges and sets up conference rooms for meetings, seminars, and training workshops.
• Prepares original correspondence; organizes material for and contributes to administrative reports; edits and proofreads materials; assists with preparation of PowerPoint slides; produces graphics.
• Conducts routine Internet searches for projects.
• Works as a member of the Population, Health, and Environment team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with social sciences background and an interest in population, health, and environment issues preferred, plus related administrative experience.
• Demonstrated proficiency in MS Office required. Knowledge and use of MS Access a plus. Training or experience with data collection and analysis a plus.
• Excellent verbal communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to work independently.
• Excellent writing, grammatical, and proofreading skills.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to perform multiple tasks and prioritize according to staff needs and deadlines.
• Knowledge of French or Spanish language desirable.

Salary and Benefits. Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience. PRB has an excellent benefits package, including generous health, leave, and retirement plans.

Applications. Please send cover letter and resume with salary requirements to HR Specialist, Population Reference Bureau, 1875 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 520, Washington, DC 20009, USA;  fax to 202-328-3937; or e-mail jjackson@prb.org. All applicants must have authorization to work in the United States.

Program Associate, International Programs

(June 5, 2008) PRB seeks an organized multi-tasker to support the work of an important project that focuses on helping policy makers set health priorities. The Program Associate will maintain and manage the content for the project website, and provide project co-ordination and general administrative support. This individual will also contribute to technical content, the production process for selected project efforts, and produce original written material and graphics for the project website.

Responsibilities

• Maintains and manages content on www.dcp2.org through a Content Management System (CMS) (including, but not limited to, approving event listings, uploading and formatting feature stories, uploading news items, approved presentations, fact sheets, and other documents); extracts and analyzes data from Urchin Web Stats software and develops and distributes monthly website statistics report.
• Represents PRB at monthly teleconferences with web partners at the World Bank and web maintenance contractor (iFactory). Acts as liaison with iFactory, as needed.
• Develops and disseminates the quarterly newsletter in Word Works software and circulates among the DCPP mailing list. Produces original written material and graphics for web publication, including fact sheets and slides (for the slide library). Assists in the development and production of training models, case studies, proposals and progress reports, and other project materials. Writes additional website content, as needed.
• Facilitates, manages, and tracks production of project materials with authors, editors, and Rock Creek Creative—an outside design vendor.
• Serves as member of the Africa regional policy team for policy dissemination and development.
• Manages the logistics of DCPP website; serves as the primary media contact; directs media inquiries and maintains the DCPP contacts database.
• Develops and maintains an event and training evaluation system; follows up with country and regional partners, conference speakers, and participants for different project activities via electronic communication, questionnaires, telephone, and letters.
• Creates and maintains database of training participants, consultants, media contacts, and other project partners. Produces mailing labels, merge letters, basic reports, and other database outputs for project managers.
• Performs administrative tasks such as filing, copying, drafting, document formatting, taking minutes, organizing meetings, teleconferences and workshops, liaison with project partners. Assists with communication and follow-up for different project activities and with participants of seminars and project partners via letters, electronic communications, and telephone. Prepares original correspondence; organizes material for, and contributes to administrative reports; edits and proofreads materials. Performs other duties as necessary.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with social sciences background and an interest in global issues preferred plus two to three years providing administrative and research support for a staff of five or more employees.
• Demonstrated proficiency in word processing with knowledge of MS Word, Access, Excel, and PowerPoint required.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Excellent writing, grammatical, organizational, and proofreading skills required.
• Ability to perform multiple tasks and prioritize according to staff needs and deadlines and work independently.
• Knowledge of a foreign language preferred.

Salary and Benefits. Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience. PRB has an excellent benefits package, including generous health, leave, and retirement plans.

Applications. Please send cover letter and resume with salary requirements to HR Specialist, Population Reference Bureau, 1875 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 520, Washington, DC 20009, USA; fax to 202-328-3937; or e-mail jjackson@prb.org. All applicants must have authorization to work in the United States.

Editor, Communications Department

(May 30, 2008) Working closely with the vice president for communications and marketing and with the senior demographic editor, the editor will plan and direct content for PRB's website, covering both U.S. and international population, health, and environment topics. The editor will interact with demographers, health experts, and researchers to collect story ideas and shape news stories; conduct interviews and write at least two articles and other online content per month; and edit articles and reports written by others, ensuring adherence to PRB style for translating technical data and analysis into useful information for policymakers, journalists, researchers, educators, and students. The editor will help develop new editorial products and create targeted media contact lists of reporters to expand PRB's reach around the world, as well as participate in professional organizations and attend meetings or seminars on population topics.

Responsibilities

• Write original news articles and newsletters on U.S. and international population and health issues for publication on PRB's website.
• Edit articles and reports on both U.S. and international population and health issues, including graphics and Population Bulletins.
• Direct and plan content for PRB's website. Canvass PRB departments and external sources (journals, listservs, news reports) for story and content ideas.
• Synthesize existing PRB work into new articles, reports, or policy briefs.
• Work with PRB demographers and other specialists on projects that involve print products or web articles.
• Identify and contact writers in the United States and elsewhere to write articles for PRB's website. Articles focus on issues related to population, global health, and the environment. Commission and edit these articles, ensuring work is reviewed by the relevant people at PRB.

Qualifications. A degree in journalism or social sciences is preferred, as is experience in a population-related organization or social research institution. Five to seven years of writing and editing experience, as well as publications management experience. Strong editorial, writing, planning, management, and interpersonal skills. Knowledge of demography and related fields—including new directions and sources of demographic data and other statistics. Ability to synthesize and present concepts and data to a general audience. Ability to work with graphic designers on selected print publications. Effective use of software and technology for writing and editing. Good research skills—including use of online bibliographic services and databases.

Salary and Benefits. Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience. PRB has an excellent benefits package, including generous health, leave, and retirement plans.

Applications. Please send cover letter and resume, along with two writing samples, and salary requirements to HR Specialist, Population Reference Bureau, 1875 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 520, Washington, DC 20009, USA;  fax to 202-328-3937; or e-mail jjackson@prb.org. All applicants must have authorization to work in the United States.

Senior Policy Adviser

The Population Reference Bureau seeks a Senior Policy Adviser for the ENGAGE Project (Eliminating National Gaps, Advancing Global Equity)—a new global initiative designed to enhance the policy environment for family planning and other reproductive health services in developing countries. The project aims to raise awareness, promote policy dialogue, and accelerate the pace of program and policy reform through a series of innovative policy communication activities.

The Senior Policy Adviser will work in a team-oriented environment with both technical and management (team leader) responsibilities for advocacy tool development and country-level activities.

Responsibilities will include:

The ideal candidate will have an advanced university degree (Ph.D. or Master's) in demography, public health, sociology, economics, or a related field, with a strong substantive background in reproductive health and family planning. Candidates should also have familiarity with the broader impacts of high fertility and maternal mortality and morbidity on national socioeconomic development and efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. Demonstrated experience with "on-the-ground" interventions and the challenges of program implementation required. Understanding of the principles of policy communication and advocacy, data use for improving policies and programs, audience assessment techniques, and strategic planning methodologies are a plus. Excellent English writing skills and oral communication skills are essential; an ability to work in French or Spanish would be desirable. The candidate must be able to travel up to 30 percent of the time to selected countries.

Preference will be given to candidates with a minimum of 10 years job experience. Networking abilities and a proven ability to work collaboratively with professionals at different levels, including colleagues, partners, and donor organizations is also highly desirable.

Salary and Benefits. Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience. PRB has an excellent benefits package, including generous health, leave, and retirement plans.

Applications. Please send cover letter and resume with salary requirements to HR Specialist, Population Reference Bureau, 1875 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 520, Washington, DC 20009, USA;  fax to 202-328-3937; or e-mail jjackson@prb.org. All applicants must have authorization to work in the United States.

Multimedia Specialist

PRB is seeking a highly motivated multimedia specialist (part-time consultant) to create and customize interactive presentations that will be designed for use in developing countries. These interactive presentations will focus on raising the visibility of critical population and maternal heath issues among high-level decisionmakers and leaders.

The multimedia specialist will combine design and technical knowledge to create the interactive presentations using the latest software. The specialist will work with different multimedia features such as text, sound, graphics, digital/analog photographs, 2D/3D modeling, animation, and video. The specialist could be requested to work up design ideas in collaboration with PRB and partner staff, and collaborate with other multimedia specialists, animators, and programmers.

Additional responsibilities will include using software to arrange files in a single presentation (to enable interactivity and navigation through the product content); testing and adjusting the product to deal with technical problems; and producing documentation describing the creation, content, and processes of each file. Depending on the complexity of the product, the authoring of files into a single presentation may require using HTML, CSS, Java, or C++.

Skills and Qualifications. Clean design style, intuitive user interfaces, innovative concepts; experience with interactive/flash-based sites; top-notch Flash & ActionScript/Illustrator/Photoshop/Dreamweaver/After Effects skills; strong skills in Macromedia Director/Authorware; programming a plus; familiarity with DevInfo and other commercial or noncommercial multimedia software desirable; technical expertise balanced by creative thinking; proven ability to learn quickly and work collaboratively as well as independently; ability to meet deadlines; and attention to detail.

Salary. Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Applications. Please send resume and cover letter (noting this position: Multimedia Specialist) and salary requirements to HR Specialist, Population Reference Bureau, 1875 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 520, Washington, DC 20009; fax: 202-328-3937; or e-mail jjackson@prb.org. All applicants must have authorization to work in the United States.

The Population Reference Bureau is an equal opportunity employer.