Supervisory Public Health Advisor - Washington D.C., United States - USAJobs

Description

• Manage a multi-billion dollar procurement and supply chain for HIV commodities on behalf of USG agencies engaged in PEPFAR including procuring and distributing pharmaceuticals and other commodities for HIV prevention, care, and treatment services.
• Provide technical support and leadership to the field and partner countries to strengthen their ability to forecast, procure, store, distribute, and account for quality health products needed to address the HIV epidemic.
• Coordinate the preparation of obligation and expenditure schedules, special studies, and reports. Maintaining the status of operations and funds to identify actual or potential issues and trends that could impact the management control of funds.
• Supervise employees at the GS-14 level or below, including performing human resource management, establishing guidelines and performance expectations and evaluations. Advance the goals of equal opportunity employment.
• Enhance and coordinate effective working relationships across sectorial and organizational lines, including with GHSD, CDC, and other USG agency supply chain technical leads.
  
  Requirements
  
  Conditions of Employment
  • United States Citizenship is required.
  • Relevant experience (see Qualifications below).
  • Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance.
  • Males born after 12/31/1959, must be registered with the Selective Service.
  • You may be required to serve a one-year probationary period.
  • You may be required to serve a one-year supervisory probationary period
  • Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer is required.
    
    Qualifications
    
    Specialized Experience:
    GS-14: You MUST have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-13 level in the Federal service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. Examples of qualifying specialized experience at the next lower level for this position includes:(a) leading a team responsible for developing, managing and monitoring a global health commodity supply chain; (b) providing intellectual leadership and focus to initiate dialogue on developing, managing and monitoring a global health commodity supply chain.
    
    SELECTIVE PLACEMENT FACTOR: This position includes a Selective Placement Factor (skill, knowledge, ability or other worker characteristic basic to - and essential for - satisfactory performance of the job). Selective Placements Factors are a prerequisite to appointment and represent minimum requirements for a position. Applicants who do not meet it are ineligible for further consideration. The selective placement factor for this position is: Do you have demonstrated technical-level expertise in developing, managing and monitoring a global health commodity supply chain in low-to-middle income countries? NOTE: Experience must be documented in your resume.
    
    Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, relevant to the duties of the position to be filled, including volunteer experience.
    
    CTAP/ICTAP candidates will be referred to the selecting official if they are found well qualified. Well-qualified means an eligible employee who possesses the knowledge, skills, and abilities which clearly exceed the minimum requirements of the position. A well-qualified employee must meet the qualification and eligibility requirements of the position, including any medical qualifications, suitability, and minimum education and experience requirements, meet all selective factors (where applicable); meet quality ranking factors and are assigned to the Silver Category or higher Category; be physically qualified with reasonable accommodation to perform the essential duties of the position; meet any special qualifying U.S. OPM-approved conditions; AND be able to satisfactorily perform the duties of the position upon entry without additional training.
    
    A well-qualified candidate will not necessarily meet the definition of highly or best qualified when evaluated against other candidates who apply for a particular position. In the absence of selective and quality ranking factors, selecting officials will document the job-related reason(s) for qualification determinations.
    
    Education
    
    This position does not have a positive education requirement, therefore, transcripts are not required.
    
    Additional information
    
    USAID is an independent Federal Government agency that receives overall foreign policy guidance from the Secretary of State. With headquarters in the District of Columbia, we operate in more than 100 countries worldwide, playing an active and critical role in the promotion of U.S. foreign policy interests. When crisis strikes, when rights are repressed, when hunger, disease, and poverty rob people of opportunity, USAID acts on behalf of the American people to help expand the reach of prosperity and dignity to the world's most vulnerable people. USAID employees and contractors must commit to maintaining a workplace free of sexual misconduct, including harassment, exploitation, and abuse, and adhere to USAID's Counter-Trafficking in Persons Code of Conduct. For information on the effort to counter all forms of human trafficking, including the procurement of commercial sex acts and the use of forced labor, visit For more information about USAID, visit
    
    These are Testing Designated Positions (TDP's) under the Agency's approved Drug-Free Work Place Program. All applicants selected for this position will be subject to random drug testing once they begin working for the Agency.
    
    Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer is required.
    
    Moving and relocation expenses are not authorized.
    
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    Reasonable Accommodation Policy:
    USAID is committed to equal employment opportunity; therefore, reasonable accommodations are available to applicants and employees with disabilities. If you need an accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the Reasonable Accommodation Division in the Office of Civil Rights at Reasonable accommodation decisions are made on a case-by-case basis. To learn more about the Reasonable Accommodation Division, please visit our website at: is the Government's policy not to deny employment simply because an individual has been unemployed or has had financial difficulties that have arisen through no fault of the individual. USAID will use information about an individual's employment experience only to determine their qualifications and assess their relative level of knowledge, skills, and abilities. Although an individual's conduct may be relevant in any employment decision, including behavior during periods of unemployment or evidence of dishonesty in handling financial matters, financial difficulty that has arisen through no fault of the individual will generally not be the basis of an unfavorable suitability or fitness determination.