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 (GH), Office of HIV/AIDS, Prevention, Care and Treatment Division, at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

Duties

Serves as an expert providing technical leadership in HIV prevention, care, and treatment focused on children, adolescents, pregnant/lactating persons, and families. Generates policy recommendations on interventions and provides technical support. Provides direct technical support to USAID Missions and Bureaus to ensure that HIV treatment programs are effective, efficient, and sustainable, with effective working relationships with relevant stakeholders. Advises USAID missions on technical developments in HIV clinical service delivery, focused on integrated child and family-centered services, including case finding, linkage/adherence support, and ensuring durable viral suppression. Synthesizes and shares up-to-date research findings and best practices to improve HIV programs for children, adolescents, and families; develops recommendations/materials for OHA, Agency, and PEPFAR leadership on relevant strategies and investments. Develops recommendations and materials for OHA and Agency leadership on strategies and investments focused on children, adolescents, pregnant/lactating persons, and families. Supports grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts designed to implement, monitor and evaluate HIV programs, including serving as a Contracting/ Agreement Officer’s Representative (COR/AOR) as needed.

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.
• This position requires you to submit a Public Financial Disclosure Report (OGE 278) or a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE450) upon entry, and annually thereafter.

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-14: In addition to the basic education requirement, you MUST have one year of specialized experience 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) Serving as a technical lead for pediatric/adolescent HIV care and treatment and prevention of vertical HIV transmission programs in low-to-middle income countries; b) Developing and implementing strategic direction and guidance for HIV treatment and/or community-based health programs in low-to-middle income countries with a focus on children, adolescents, pregnant and lactating persons, and families; AND c) Analyzing key programmatic data and research findings and best practices around HIV prevention, care and treatment in low-to-middle income countries. Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, 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]