Public Health Specialist-Maternal Child Health/PMTCT Team Lead

Public Health Specialist-Maternal Child Health/PMTCT Team Lead; FP- 3; FSN-12

 U. S. Mission, Uganda
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
RE-ADVERTISED
Number: 036/2013      Date: 11/22/2013

OPEN TO:    All Qualified Candidates
POSITION:                       Public Health Specialist-Maternal Child Health/PMTCT Team Lead; FP- 3; FSN-12
OPENING DATE:   November 25, 2013
CLOSING DATE:   December 08, 2013
WORK HOURS:     Full-time; 40 hours/week

ALL ORDINARILY RESIDENT (OR) APPLICANTS MUST HAVE THE REQUIRED WORK AND/OR RESIDENCY PERMITS TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR CONSIDERATION.  
"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is an international public health agency engaged in HIV prevention and care programs and research activities in Uganda.  CDC offers excellent career opportunities for professional growth, training, and collaboration with other health professionals. The main CDC offices are located at the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) in Entebbe. CDC is an agency of the United States Mission in Uganda."
The Centers for Diseases Control is seeking an individual for the position of Public Health Specialist- Maternal Child Health/PMTCT Team Lead.

BASIC FUNCTION OF POSITION
The Maternal Child Health/PMTCT Team Lead Public Health Specialist works under the direction of the Health Services Branch Chief serving as the sole public health technical expert and agency point of contact for all activities and programmatic aspects of MCH within the CDC-Uganda office and the region. The primary responsibility of the position is to provide technical assistance and training support for maternal health components for the Maternal and Child Health Integrated Program (MCHIP) and to oversee the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) program. 
Position is responsible for the day-to-day program and administrative management, design, implementation, coordination, and evaluation of the MCH and PMTCT prevention program activities and studies, including coordination and collaboration with other USG agencies that implement or support PEPFAR programs in Uganda. Job holder serves as a MCH and PMTCT program public health specialist advisor to Uganda Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education, partners and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) as well as contractors and implementing partners of MCH prevention program activities and studies. Job holder will be required to coordinate funding, reporting, and administration with the extramural team to ensure projects are conducted according to guidelines, and USG funds are appropriately utilized.
This management role requires public health technical leadership, results-oriented analysis, advocacy, and constant and clear communication with implementing partners, which include the Ministry of Health (MOH), other governmental organizations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs).  Job holder represents CDC/Uganda on MCH and PMTCT issues at technical, policy and strategic planning meetings, including meetings with collaborators and donor agencies.      
A copy of the complete position description listing all duties and responsibilities is available onhttp://kampala.usembassy.gov/job_opportunites.html 
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED
NOTE:  All applicants must address each selection criterion detailed below with specific and comprehensive information supporting each item.
1. Education required: Completion of a bachelor of medicine and bachelor of surgery and a master’s of medicine degree in obstetrics and gynecology, public health or pediatrics is required.
2. Work Experience required: Five years of mid-to-senior level public health experience in developing, implementing and evaluating MCH Prevention or other public health programs that involve coordination with an international agency or implementing partner is required. One additional year of managerial responsibility with multiple staffing reporting is required.   
3. Language required:  Level IV English ability (fluent written, spoken and reading).
4.  Knowledge required:  Comprehensive knowledge of current MCH/PMTCT issues, prevention activities, community engagement, counseling and interventions, behavior change, testing, and treatment, particularly in antenatal settings, is required.  An in-depth knowledge of the range of MCH& PMTCT programs, policies, regulations and precedents applicable to development and administration of national/international public health program is required. Detailed knowledge of the host government health care system and structures including familiarity with MOH policies, program priorities and regulations is required.  In-depth specialist knowledge of USG HIV/AIDS public health programs, strategies, methods, processes and techniques used to plan, develop, implement and evaluate results of prevention programs is required. Good working knowledge of team management techniques to plan, organize and direct multi-disciplinary project teams and activities is required.  Must be conversant with survey design and questionnaire development and with data management programs, such as Epi Info, SPSS, SAS, etc.  Good working knowledge of overall administrative requirements, budgeting and fiscal management in support of contracts/cooperative agreements/grants/purchase requisitions is required.
5.  Skills and Abilities required:  Excellent oral and written communications skills to develop and maintain effective working relationships with national and international health partners are required.  Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills for establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with a wide variety of collaborating partners. The incumbent must have sound judgment and excellent analytical skills to independently resolve problems, overcome barriers to program implementation, and make appropriate decisions and recommendations related to program policy and implementation. Intermediate user level of word processing spreadsheets and databases is required.  Numerical skills for data analysis are required. Keyboarding skills that include speed and accuracy are required.

SELECTION PROCESS

When equally qualified, US Citizen Eligible Family Members (USEFMs) and U.S. Veterans are given preference.  Therefore, it is essential that the candidate specifically address the required qualifications above in the application.

ADDITIONAL SELECTION CRITERIA

1.  Management will consider nepotism/conflict of interest, budget, and visa status in determining successful candidacy.

2.  Current employees serving a probationary period are not eligible to apply.

3.  Current Ordinarily Resident employees with an Overall Summary Rating of Needs Improvement or Unsatisfactory on their most recent Employee Performance Report are not eligible to apply.

4.   Currently employed US Citizen EFMs who hold a Family Member Appointment (FMA) are ineligible to apply for advertised positions within the first 90 calendar days of their appointment.

5.   Currently employed NORs hired under a Personal Services Agreement (PSA) are ineligible to apply for advertised positions within the first 90 calendar days of their employment unless currently hired into a position with a When Actually Employed (WAE) work schedule.

HOW TO APPLY

Interested candidates for this position must submit the following for consideration of the application:

1.  Universal Application for Employment as a Locally Employed Staff or Family Member (DS-174).

2.  A current resume or curriculum vitae.

3. Candidates who claim US Veterans preference must provide a copy of their Form DD-214 with their application.  Candidates who claim conditional US Veterans preference must submit documentation confirming eligibility for a conditional preference in hiring with their application.

4.  Any other documentation (e.g. essays, transcripts/certificates, awards) that addresses the qualification requirements of the position as listed above.

SUBMIT APPLICATION TO
Human Resources Office
By email at KampalaHR@state.gov.  
ONLY ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED AND ONLY SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES WILL BE CONTACTED.
• Clearly indicate the position applied for in the subject area of the email submission.
• Use standard file types such as Microsoft Word (.doc) and Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) and send all documents in one file attachment.
•   Applicants not contacted within 30 days should consider their application unsuccessful.
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Telephone:  0414-306001/259-791/5

DEFINITIONS

1.  Eligible Family Member (EFM):  An individual related to a US Government employee in one of the following ways:
• Spouse or same-sex domestic partner (as defined in 3 FAM 1610); 
• Child, who is unmarried and under 21 years of age or, regardless of age, is incapable of self-support.  The term shall include, in addition to natural offspring, stepchildren and adopted children and those under legal guardianship of the employee or the spouse when such children are expected to be under such legal guardianship until they reach 21 years of age and when dependent upon and normally residing with the guardian; 
• Parent (including stepparents and legally adoptive parents) of the employee or of the spouse, when such parent is at least 51 percent dependent on the employee for support;
• Sister or brother (including stepsisters and stepbrothers, or adoptive sisters or brothers) of the employee, or of the spouse, when such sibling is at least 51 percent dependent on the employee for support, unmarried, and under 21 years of age, or regardless of age, incapable of self-support.

2.  US Citizen Eligible Family Member (USEFM):  For purposes of receiving a preference in hiring for a qualified position, an EFM who meets the following criteria:
• US Citizen; and,
• EFM (see above) at least 18 years old; and,
• Listed on the travel orders of a direct-hire Foreign, Civil, or uniformed service member assigned to or stationed abroad with a USG agency that is under COM authority, or at an office of the American Institute in Taiwan; and either:

1. Resides at the sponsoring employee's or uniformed service member's post of assignment abroad or at an office of the American Institute in Taiwan; or
2. Resides at an Involuntary Separate Maintenance Allowance (ISMA) location authorized under 3 FAM 3232.2.
3.  Appointment Eligible Family Member (AEFM):  EFM (see above) eligible for a Family Member Appointment for purposes of Mission employment:  
• Is a U.S. citizen; and
Spouse or same-sex domestic partner (as defined in 3 FAM 1610) or a child of the sponsoring employee who is unmarried and at least 18 years old; and
Is listed on the travel orders or approved Form OF-126, Foreign Service Residence and Dependency Report, of a sponsoring employee, i.e., a direct-hire Foreign Service, Civil Service, or uniformed service member who is permanently assigned to or stationed abroad at a U.S. mission, or at an office of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), and who is under chief of mission authority; and
Is residing at the sponsoring employee's post of assignment abroad or, as appropriate, office of the American Institute in Taiwan.
Does not receive a Foreign Service or Civil Service annuity 
4.  Member of Household (MOH):  An individual who accompanies a  direct-hire Foreign, Civil, or uniformed service member permanently assigned or stationed at a U.S. Foreign Service post or establishment abroad, or at an office of the American Institute in Taiwan.  An MOH is:
• Not an EFM; and,
• Not on the travel orders of the sponsoring employee; and,
• Has been officially declared by the sponsoring USG employee to the COM as part of his/her household.

A MOH is under COM authority and may include a parent, unmarried partner, other relative or adult child who falls outside the Department’s current legal and statutory definition of family member.  A MOH does not have to be a US Citizen.
4. Not Ordinarily Resident (NOR) – An individual who:
• Is not a citizen of the host country; and,
• Does not ordinarily reside (OR, see below) in the host country; and,
• Is not subject to host country employment and tax laws; and,
• Has a US Social Security Number (SSN). 

NOR employees are compensated under a GS or FS salary schedule, not under the LCP.
5. Ordinarily Resident (OR) – A Foreign National or US citizen who:
• Is locally resident; and,
• Has legal, permanent resident status within the host country; and, 
• Is subject to host country employment and tax laws. 

EFMs without US Social Security Numbers are also OR.  All OR employees, including US citizens, are compensated in accordance with the Local Compensation Plan (LCP).

CLOSING DATE FOR THIS POSITION:  December 08, 2013