Health Science Specialist - Washington, United States - U.S. Agency for International Development

U.S. Agency for International Development

Verified Company

Washington, United States

8 hours ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Description

Duties:

Work with local partners, localization policy, and governmenttogovernment (G2G) to support the Office of HIV/AIDS.
Serve as an Agreement Contract/Agreement Officer's Representative or Activity Manager of Office of HIV/AIDS mechanisms designed to support capacity of local partners; Monitor grantee and contractor performance, deliverables, and project milestones.
Plan and design centralized and missionspecific projects relevant to local partner transition and sustainability objectives.
Review data analytics relevant to local partnerships, governmenttogovernments, to prepare and communicate updates to key leaders within Office, Bureau, Agency or Mission.
Serve as a technical advisor on a range of HIV/AIDS activities including the capacity development of local partners to strengthen health systems services.

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 oneyear probationary period.

Qualifications:

Basic Requirements:

Bachelor's or graduate/higher level degree:

major study in an academic field related to the medical field, health sciences or allied sciences appropriate to the work of the position.

This degree must be from an educational program from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education(external link) at the time the degree was obtained.

In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below:

Specialized Experience:

GS-13: In addition to the Education requirement and Selective Placement Factor, you MUST have one year of specialized experience is required that is equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the
GS-12 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 include:

a) Assisting in the development of policy guidelines for local partner transition for HIV/AIDS programming within low and middle-income country settings; and
(b) Assisting with data analytics for assessing program performance for HIV/AIDS programming within low and middle-income country settings; and
(c) Conducting analysis and use of strategic information for sustainability and local partner transition; and
(d) Assisting with procurement designs for transition for HIV/AIDS programming within low and middle-income country settings.

GS-14: In addition to the Education requirement and Selective Placement Factor, you MUST have one year of specialized experience is required that is equivalent in difficulty and responsibility 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 include:

(a) Developing policy guidelines for local partner transition objectives for HIV/AIDS programming within low and middle-income country settings; and
(b) Leading the development of data analytics for assessing program performance for HIV/AIDS programming within low and middle-income country settings; and
(c) Conducting analysis and use of strategic information for sustainability and local partner transition for HIV/AIDS programming within low and middle-income country settings; and
(d) Leading procurement designs and transition to support HIV/AIDS programming within low and middle-income country settings.

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:experience in providing technical and programmatic expertise in capacity strengthening of local organizations, performance monitoring, and implementation of sustainable approaches for HIV/AIDS programming within low
- and middle-income country settings

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