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POSITION TITLE:
Public Health Administrative Management Specialist; FP-4
FSN-11(T)
ORGANISATION:
American Embassy
COUNTRY:Uganda
NUMBER:
071/2013
WORK HOURS:
Full-time; 40 hours/week
"The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC) is an international public health agency engaged
in HIV prevention and care programs and research activities in Uganda.
CDC offers excellent career opportunities for professional growth, training, and
collaboration with other health professionals. The main CDC offices are located
at the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) in Entebbe. CDC is an agency of
the United States Mission in Uganda."
The Centers for Diseases Control is
seeking an individual for the position of Public Health Administrative
Management Specialist.
BASIC FUNCTION OF POSITION
Under the general direction of the
CDC Uganda Deputy Director, the Job Holder (JH) serves as the Public Health
Administrative Management Specialist and oversees the day-to-day management,
administrative and programmatic functions of the Operations Unit in support of
a broad range of PEPFAR and CDC-funded HIV/AIDS program activities that are
implemented by specific program offices, branches or programmatic teams. JH
provides direct supervision and management oversight of a team of
administrative specialist staff working in the areas of human resources,
facilities maintenance, motor pool and other logistics, finance and
procurement.
A copy of the complete position description
listing all duties and responsibilities is available on
http://kampala.usembassy.gov/job_opportunites.html
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED
NOTE: All applicants must
address each selection criterion detailed below with specific and comprehensive
information supporting each item.
1. Education required: Completion of a bachelor’s degree in public
health, public administration, business administration, social work, social
sciences, management or finance is required.
2. Work Experience required: This position requires a total of six
years of experience. Specifically: a) five years of progressively responsible
administrative management experience in a public health field or a
health-related international development organization; and b) an additional one
year of experience at the managerial level that includes direct supervision of
staff.
3. Language required: Level IV
(fluency – speaking/reading/writing in English) is required.
4. Knowledge required: Good knowledge of Agency and applicable inter
agency management operations, to include financial management, human resources,
procurement and contracting (including grants, contracts and/or cooperative
agreement audit and accounting requirements), travel, IT, and other
administrative procedures, regulations, and requirements is required.
Knowledge and understanding of leadership and management strategies and models
is also required.
5. Skills and Abilities required: The ability to assess problems and
develop realistic solutions (how to plan for and administer available resources
of funds, personnel and equipment in the best interest of PEPFAR program
objectives) is required. Excellent inter-personal skills in order to coordinate
with USG and implementing/cooperating partners to ensure mutual cooperation are
required. Ability to plan budget expenditures to meet PEPFAR-program needs is
required. Ability to coordinate and negotiate effectively with host government,
ICASS providers and inter-agency partners is required. Intermediate user level
of word processing, spreadsheets and databases is required. A facility to work
with higher mathematical calculations for purposed of reporting is required.
HOW TO APPLY
Interested candidates for this
position must submit the following for consideration of the application:
1. Universal Application for
Employment as a Locally Employed Staff or Family Member (DS-174).
2. A current resume or
curriculum vitae.
3. Candidates who claim US Veterans
preference must provide a copy of their Form DD-214 with their
application. Candidates who claim conditional US Veterans preference must
submit documentation confirming eligibility for a conditional preference in
hiring with their application.
4. Any other documentation
(e.g. essays, transcripts/certificates, awards) that addresses the
qualification requirements of the position as listed above.
SUBMIT APPLICATION TO
Human Resources Office
By email at KampalaHR@state.gov.
ONLY ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS WILL BE
ACCEPTED AND ONLY SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES WILL BE CONTACTED.
Clearly indicate the position
applied for in the subject area of the email submission.
Please use standard file types such
as Microsoft Word (.doc) and Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) and please send all documents
in one file attachment.
Telephone: 0414-306001/259-791/5
CLOSING DATE FOR THIS
POSITION: November 19, 2013
The US Mission in Kampala
provides equal opportunity and fair and equitable treatment in employment to
all people without regard to race, color religion, sex, national origin, age,
disability, political affiliation, marital status, or sexual orientation.
The Department of State also strives to achieve equal employment opportunity in
all personnel operations through continuing diversity enhancement programs.
The EEO complaint procedure is not
available to individuals who believe they have been denied equal opportunity
based upon marital status or political affiliation. Individuals with such
complaints should avail themselves of the appropriate grievance procedures,
remedies for prohibited personnel practices, and/or courts for relief.
Read more information from the original posting; on the link
below:
http://kampala.usembassy.gov/public_health_administrative_anagement_specialist.html
