You are encouraged to read the entire announcement before you submit your application package. Your application may not receive full consideration if you do not follow the instructions as outlined. This position is located in the Washington, DC Commuting Area in the Bureau for Global Health, Office of HIV/AIDS, Systems and Program Sustainability Division, at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

Duties

Serves as a technical advisor for health systems strengthening and health financing and economics, helping to formulate policy and programming guidance for strategic program planning. Prepares concept papers and background analyses for new activities and drafts, project papers, project evaluation summaries and other project documentation. Provides technical advice, guidance, and support to Missions, Non-Government Organizations and host countries on the design, implementation, and evaluation of health system and health financing projects. Serves as Contracting Officer Representative/Agreement Officer Representative (COR/AOR) as needed; managing and evaluating major centrally managed grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts in health system strengthening. Prepares or coordinates preparation of reports, briefings, conferences, publications, training, and other means of promoting wide understanding of health system strengthening and health financing.

Requirements

• United States Citizenship is required.
• Relevant experience (see Qualifications below).
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security 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.
• 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.

Qualifications

ALL QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS MUST BE MET BY THE CLOSING DATE OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. Your resume must include detailed information as it relates to the responsibilities and specialized experience for this position. Evidence of copying and pasting directly from the vacancy announcement without clearly documenting supplemental information to describe your experience will result in an ineligible rating. This will prevent you from receiving further consideration. Basic Education Requirement: 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 at the time the degree was obtained. Specialized Experience: GS-11: In addition to the basic education requirement, you MUST have one year of specialized experience is required that is equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the GS-09 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) Supporting implementation of health financing or health systems strengthening for HIV/AIDS programs in low- and middle-income countries; b) Developing reports, briefings, or presentations related to health financing or health systems strengthening for HIV/AIDS programs in low- and middle-income countries; AND c) Analyzing health financing data from low- and middle-income countries. OR Education: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position. OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages. Specialized Experience: GS-12: In addition to the basic education requirement, you MUST have one year of specialized experience is required that is equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the GS-11 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) Providing health financing technical guidance to the design, implementation, or monitoring of health financing or health system strengthening for HIV/AIDS programs in low- and middle-income countries; b) Collaborating with governments, donors, non-governmental organizations, and/or other stakeholders to improve health financing or health systems strengthening strategies for HIV/AIDS programs in low- and middle-income countries; AND c) Applying health financing data to health systems and HIV/AIDS planning and programming in low- and middle-income countries. Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, (GS-12 only) you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted. 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 has a positive education requirement, therefore, transcripts are required.

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]