Supervisory Public Health Specialist Prevention Team Lead

Vacancy Announcement: KIGALI-2024-038

The Embassy of the United States of America in Kigali is recruiting for a Supervisory Public Health Specialist Prevention Team Lead. The position is open to All Interested Candidates/All Sources and available to start immediately.

Duties:

• The job holder serves as a Supervisory Public Health Specialist (PHS) Team Lead supporting Division of Global HIV and Tuberculosis (DHGT), President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), and program activities.
• The job holder is responsible for planning, formulating, analyzing, evaluating, and implementing policies for CDC’s public health programs. Develops, oversees, coordinates, and manages new initiatives, special activities, and programs impacting various international public health activities such as prevention, counseling and testing, and care and treatment.
• The job holder works closely with partners within area of responsibility to support CDC’s public health programs, monitoring, evaluating and in some cases adapting existing or new innovative strategies to specific situations to ensure that program objectives are met. This leadership role requires extensive knowledge of a wide range of community and clinical interventions related to prevention programs.
• The job holder plays an essential role in developing annual program strategies, activities, work plans, budgets, and monitoring plans (e.g., the Country Operational Plan (COP/Annual Work Plans) and drafts regular progress reports related to program activities.

Qualifications and Evaluations

Requirements:

• All selected candidates must be able to obtain and hold a Public Trust security clearance. 
• All selected candidates will be subject to a background investigation and may be subject to a pre-employment medical exam.  
• Selected candidate must be able to begin working within a reasonable period of time (MONTH) upon receipt of agency authorization and/or clearances/certifications or their candidacy may end.

Education Requirements:

• Doctor of Public Health (DrPH), Doctor of Medicine (MD) or host country equivalent degree in medicine, epidemiology, psychology, behavioral science.

Evaluations:

• You will be evaluated against the qualifications and requirements in this vacancy announcement. 
• You may be asked to complete a pre-employment language or skills test.
• You must complete the application form and provide the required documents.  Your application must address all the position qualifications and requirements including education, experience, language, and any knowledge/skills/abilities listed.  If you fail to submit a complete application, then your application may be disqualified for this position.

Qualifications:

Experience:

Four (4) years of mid-to-senior level public health experience in developing, implementing, and evaluating public health programs or other relevant public health programs that involve coordination with an international agency or IP is required.

Language: 

Fluency in English; speaking/reading/writing, may include the ability to translate is required.

Comprehensive knowledge of current public health issues, disease detection, prevention and treatment activities, community engagement, behavioral change, especially in the international public health setting, is required. In-depth knowledge of the range of programs, policies, regulations, and precedents applicable to the development and administration of national and international public health programs is required. Detailed knowledge of the host government's health care system and structures, including familiarity with Ministry of Health (MoH) policies, programs, priorities, and regulations, is required. Good working knowledge of team management techniques to plan, organize, and direct multidisciplinary project teams and activities is required. Must be conversant with survey design, questionnaire development, and data management programs.

Please address this factor in your ERA application under Major Duties and Responsibilities.

Skills And Abilities:

Strong oral and written communications skills are required to develop and maintain effective and sustainable working relationships with national and international partners. Strong leadership skills are required to lead results-driven project teams and workgroups. Ability to analyze, understand, and discuss new program design, management, and implementation approaches is required. This includes the development of evaluation designs, the use of reliable and valid instruments, and methods for data collection, analysis, and reports. Ability to provide critical advice and assistance in overcoming barriers to program delivery and application due to economic, cultural, or political challenges. Intermediate level skill in the use of word processing software, spreadsheets, and databases is required. Strong skills in the interpretation of program monitoring and evaluation data are required.

All applications must be submitted via Electronic Recruitment Application (ERA) by November 5, 2024.

Full announcement and application procedures are available on https://rw.usembassy.gov/embassy/jobs/

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Please note that e-mailed applications are not accepted. Only applications submitted through our Electronic Recruitment Application will be considered.