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Duties

The Office of Global Health and HIV (OGHH) provides management, coordination and strategic guidance for Peace Corps (PC) global health activities and ensures that the Agency and individual posts implement sound, evidence-based health activities. OGHH works closely with the Peace Corps Regional offices, the Office of Programming and Training Support (OPATS), the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, and all other offices to support the agency's priorities of quality growth, innovation, and the Third Goal. This position is primarily to support the Interagency Collaborative for Program Improvement (ICPI), based at OGAC, which brings together experts from PEPFAR's eight interagency partners, including Peace Corps, under one roof to serve as a catalyst for data-driven, objective, and transparent interagency decision-making. ICPI is comprised of staff from a variety of backgrounds, including biostatisticians, epidemiologists, mathematicians, data scientists, medical professionals, public health professionals, business analysts, computer scientists, data engineers, and program experts. The Public Health Analyst performs the following major duties:

Requirements

Qualifications

All qualification requirements must be met by 08/04/2023 (the closing date of this announcement). Qualification claims will be subject to verification. This vacancy is being announced at one grade level: FP-03 Specialized Experience at FP- 03: To be minimally qualified for this position at the FP- 03 level, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower level in the normal line of progression, FP-04 or GS-12 level which is in or directly related to the line of work of the position to be filled and which has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Specialized experience is defined as: experience providing analytical and evaluative support to for the purpose of improving the effectiveness, quality, and efficiency of health related programs; providing substantive capacity building of analytics; and serving as a consultant for evidence-based programs, or issues of a complex nature in terms of their scientific or technical implications. ~AND~ You must meet the required education for this series: 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. Additional information on qualification requirements is outlined in the OPM Qualifications Standards Handbook of General Schedule Positions. It is available for your review on the OPM web site at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/ Please note: Peace Corps employees are employed using the Foreign Personnel (FP) pay scale. The FP pay plan does not follow the same structure as the GS pay plan. In the FP pay plan, as the grade-level numbers decrease the level/pay for the position increases (e.g., the FP-09 is the lowest entry-level pay and the FP-01 is the highest senior-level pay).

Education

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.

A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.

Foreign Education: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html

Contacts

• Address Office of Global Health and HIV 1275 First St. NE Washington, DC 20526 US
• Name: Peace Corps Jobs
• Email: [email protected]