Role of the Menstrual Hygiene Country Markets Specialist

Reporting to the Menstrual Hygiene Markets Specialist, and coordinating with the Country Fund Portfolio Manager and wider SHF technical team, this role will support the coordination, oversight and advancement of SHFs MH Markets work in the priority countries. These include but are not limited to Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria and, potentially, India.This will also require collaboration with external stakeholders, partners and third-party service providers.

This role will add technical MH Market expertise in the SHF countries of operation and strengthen the delivery of activities and programs. It will enhance the capacity to engage with government partners and other stakeholders from a technical perspective, increase the MH Market understanding for the individual countries and help identify opportunities to expand SHFs work and partnerships.

Specifically, this role will support in the timely and successful delivery of several SHF MH Market programs and activities, including but not limited to:

• SHF’s “MHH Markets support program for SMEs”;
• The roll-out of the MH Market Maturity Framework;
• The provision of technical assistance to national governments;
• The development and adoption of ISO menstrual product standards in LMICs.
• Identification and information gathering for new opportunities, partnerships and MH Market players.
• Representation of SHF at conferences, events and public meetings as well as support with advocacy efforts.
• In addition this role will support the achievement of the broader organizational goals including but not limited to partnerships, resource mobilization, communications, operations and events.
• The role will require official travel, which will take up about 15% of  the assignment.

Requirements

Education

• A Master’s degree in finance, marketing, business administration, economics, international development or another relevant social science discipline.
• A bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, business administration, marketing, international development, or another relevant social science discipline with a combination of two additional years of relevant experience may be accepted in lieu of the master’s degree.

Experience

• Minimum  of five (5) years experience required of relevant professional and technical experience in market-based approaches to MH in the context of emerging markets/low and middle income countries.
• Experience working for a for-profit- or social- menstrual health enterprise, or supporting MH enterprises is required.
• Experience in approaches for market assessments, specifically for menstrual health markets is required.
• Experience in menstrual product standards development is desirable .
• Experience working with governments on policies or regulatory reforms in MH or related women’s health or WASH is desirable.