Job opening: Health Science Specialist
Salary: $132 368 - 172 075 per year
Published at: Aug 31 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
These job openings are in the Bureau for Global Health (GH), Office of Infectious Disease, Emerging Threat Division in the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
This positing will cover one of the following position:
a. Global Health Security National Security Council Senior Advisor
b. Global Health Security Senior Policy Advisor
Duties
Serves as a technical expert to the Agency in infectious disease outbreak response and Global Health Security program.
Plans, designs, develops, implements, and evaluates response efforts to emerging infectious disease outbreak events to ensure implementation of effective containment measures to end the outbreak as promptly as possible.
Engages in dialogue with multilateral, bilateral and Host Country Counterpart Senior Officials and with global multilateral policy and funding institutions.
Provides effective and succinct written and oral communication on infectious disease outbreak response in support of Global Health Security goals to a variety of technical and policy audiences.
Participates in developing strategies for implementing outbreak response programming, major crisis operations programs and/or operational functions. Develops detailed plans for implementing them and oversees implementation of the goals.
Collaborates, guides, and builds consensus, when possible, in order to recommend solutions to address immediate infectious disease outbreak responses.
Requirements
- United States Citizenship is required.
- Relevant experience (see Qualifications below).
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI security clearance.
- Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered with the Selective Service.
- You may be required to serve a one -year trial period if selected.
- Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer is required
- All candidates selected for these position will be subject to random drug testing once they begin working for the Agency.
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.To qualify for this position, you must meet one of the following requirements:
Specialized Experience:
GS-14: You need at least one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-13 level in the Federal service. Specialized experience refers to full-time work, while part-time roles are considered on a prorated basis. Qualifying specialized experience includes:
implementing elements of One Health programming at the global, regional and national levels in low-and middle-income countries;
coordinating with a wide range of stakeholders on public health, emergency response, or One Health programs including host country governments or private sector organizations, research organizations, academia, international or local Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), civil society, communities, and multilateral organizations working in low or middle-income countries;
working with One Health-related project design or management in low-or middle-income countries; AND
implementing One Health programming in low or middle-income countries overseas using strategy, policy, and planning.
Please note that qualifying specialized work experience may have been gained through a variety of activities, including residence, study, teaching, business or commercial activities, military service, newspaper work, military or civil government activities, missionary or international relief work, or other foreign work experience. Make sure to document your experience thoroughly in your resume.
NOTE: Experience must be documented in your resume. We will only review the first 5 pages of your resume. Any information after 5 pages will not be reviewed.
Experience includes both paid and unpaid activities, such as volunteer work through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work provides training and experience that can translate directly to paid employment. Qualifying experience, including volunteer experience, that aligns with the duties of this position will be considered.
Education
Review the above Basic Requirements section of this vacancy announcement for education requirements. This position has a minimum education requirement; therefore, unofficial transcripts are required at the point of application submission.
If you have received your education at a foreign college or university, you may use it to meet the education requirements as long as you can demonstrate that the foreign education is similar to that you would have received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. You must provide such evidence with your application. Find a list of accredited organizations recognized for interpreting foreign education credentials at www.naces.org/members.php.
Contacts
- Address Bureau for Global Health
1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, DC 20523
US
- Name: USAID HR Help Desk
- Phone: 202-712-1234 X2
- Email: [email protected]
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