Posts
Position Title:Public Health Specialist (M&E); FSN-10, FP-5
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Organisation: United States Embassy, US Mission in Uganda
Employment Type:Full Time Permanent
WORK HOURS: Full-time; 40 hours/week
Vacancy Announcement Number: 04-2015
Application Deadline:January 20, 2015
BASIC FUNCTION OF POSITION
Working in support of the Ministry of Health (MOH) and implementing
partners and consistent with the PEPFAR, and MOH Monitoring and Evaluation
(M&E) Guidelines, job holder provides technical assistance and participates
in the design and implementation of monitoring and training systems of public
health projects/program at the community, regional and/or national level to
strengthen monitoring systems of HIV/AIDS projects to ensure implementation of
quality, viable and appropriate programs. Job holder designs appropriate, high
quality implementation and strengthening of monitoring systems as defined in
the Country Operational Plan (COP). Incumbent develops and implements the
performance monitoring system and indicators to track and report project
results; provides oversight for project results reporting and management in
conjunction with other staff members; and provides technical assistance
capacity building for local partner organizations. Job holder represents the
agency on monitoring issues at technical, and policy planning meetings at the
community and national level, including meetings with collaborators and donors.
Job holder reports to Monitoring and Evaluation Team Lead.
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED
NOTE: All applicants must address
each selection criterion detailed below with specific and comprehensive
information supporting each item.
1. Education required: A
Bachelor's degree (or host country equivalent) in Public Health, Public Policy,
Social Sciences or equivalent degree with specialization in monitoring and
evaluation is required
2. Work Experience required: A minimum of five years of progressively
responsible, professional-level experience working as an M&E, or Monitoring
specialist in a health/medical research organization, US agency, university or
public health program implementing agency is required.
3. Language Requirement: Level IV (fluency – speaking/reading/writing)
in English is required.
4. Knowledge required: Detailed knowledge of monitoring and
evaluation methodology, data quality assurance, analysis, presentation,
reporting and best practices in data dissemination and data use is required.
Good knowledge of data management processes and tools, including web-based
database systems is required. High level of competency in managing data
information and evaluations on large scale health or HIV/AIDS activities
required. Working knowledge of the objectives and operations of the USG, or the
program activities of other international donor organizations, is required.
Specialist knowledge of USG HIV/AIDS public health programs, strategies,
methods, processes and techniques used to plan, develop, implement and evaluate
results of HIV/AIDS programs is required.
5. Skills and Abilities: Strong
oral and written communications skills are required to develop and maintain
effective, sustainable working relationships with national and international
working partners and to prepare required written reports. Ability to analyze,
understand and discuss new program design, management and implementation
approaches is required. This includes the development of program/project
indicators and monitoring systems, evaluation designs, use of reliable and
valid instruments, field experience in data collection, and methods in data
analysis. The incumbent will be expected to exercise considerable ingenuity and
tact in applying guidelines to unique and different settings, as the work is
highly complex and can be threatening to stakeholders. Considerable innovation
will be required to influence other collaborative organizations engaged in HIV/AIDS
M&E programs to adopt appropriate strategies for monitoring and evaluating
their program activities. Intermediate user level of word processing, very
large spreadsheets and databases is required. Strong skills in interpretation
of program monitoring and evaluation data are required.
SELECTION PROCESS
After an initial application screening, applicants will be invited for oral
interviews. The selected candidate must
pass pre-employment security investigations before beginning work. The initial appointment period is one year,
subject to renewal.
Normally, candidates for employment are hired at the first step of the
designated pay grade. In some instances,
candidates may be hired at a higher step when exceptional qualifications or
previous governmental service and pay level so warrant. The Human Resources Officer will make the
decision with the concurrence of the employing section.
ADDITIONAL SELECTION CRITERIA
1. Management will consider
nepotism/conflict of interest, budget, and visa status in determining
successful candidacy.
2. Current employees serving a
probationary period are not eligible to apply.
3. Current Ordinarily Resident
employees with an Overall Summary Rating of Needs Improvement or Unsatisfactory
on their most recent Employee Performance Report are not eligible to apply.
4. Currently employed U.S. Citizen
EFMs who hold a Family Member Appointment (FMA) are ineligible to apply for
advertised positions within the first 90 calendar days of their appointment.
5. Currently employed NORs hired
under a Personal Services Agreement (PSA) are ineligible to apply for
advertised positions within the first 90 calendar days of their employment
unless currently hired into a position with a When Actually Employed (WAE) work
schedule.
Mode of application:
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 combination of both; i.e.
Sections 1-24 of the UAE along with a listing of the applicants work experience
attached as a separate sheet.
3. A current resume or curriculum
vitae
4. Candidates who claim U.S. 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.
5. Any other documentation (e.g.
essays, 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.
Please use standard file types such as Microsoft Word (.doc) and Adobe
Acrobat (.pdf) and please send all documents in one file attachment.
Telephone: 0414-259-791/5
DEFINITIONS
1. Eligible Family Member
(EFM): An individual related to a U.S.
Government employee in one of the following ways:
·
Spouse or same-sex domestic
partner (as defined in 3 FAM 1610);
·
Child, who is unmarried and under
21 years of age or, regardless of age, is incapable of self-support. The term shall include, in addition to
natural offspring, stepchildren and adopted children and those under legal
guardianship of the employee or the spouse when such children are expected to
be under such legal guardianship until they reach 21 years of age and when
dependent upon and normally residing with the guardian;
·
Parent (including stepparents and
legally adoptive parents) of the employee or of the spouse, when such parent is
at least 51 percent dependent on the employee for support;
·
Sister or brother (including
stepsisters and stepbrothers, or adoptive sisters or brothers) of the employee,
or of the spouse, when such sibling is at least 51 percent dependent on the
employee for support, unmarried, and under 21 years of age, or regardless of
age, incapable of self-support.
2. U.S. Citizen Eligible Family
Member (USEFM): For purposes of
receiving a preference in hiring for a qualified position, an EFM who meets the
following criteria:
·
U.S. Citizen; and,
·
EFM (see above) at least 18 years
old; and,
·
Listed on the travel orders of a
direct-hire Foreign, Civil, or uniformed service member assigned to or
stationed abroad with a USG agency that is under COM authority, or at an office
of the American Institute in Taiwan; and either:
·
Resides at the sponsoring
employee's or uniformed service member's post of assignment abroad or at an
office of the American Institute in Taiwan; or
·
Resides at an Involuntary
Separate Maintenance Allowance (ISMA) location authorized under 3 FAM 3232.2.
3. Appointment Eligible Family
Member (AEFM): EFM (see above) eligible
for a Family Member Appointment for purposes of Mission employment:
·
Is a U.S. citizen; and
·
Spouse or same-sex domestic
partner (as defined in 3 FAM 1610) or a child of the sponsoring employee who is
unmarried and at least 18 years old; and
·
Is listed on the travel orders or
approved Form OF-126, Foreign Service Residence and Dependency Report, of a
sponsoring employee, i.e., a direct-hire Foreign Service, Civil Service, or uniformed
service member who is permanently assigned to or stationed abroad at a U.S.
mission, or at an office of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), and who is
under chief of mission authority; and
·
Is residing at the sponsoring
employee's post of assignment abroad or, as appropriate, office of the American
Institute in Taiwan; and
·
Does not receive a Foreign
Service or Civil Service annuity.
4. Member of Household (MOH): An individual who accompanies a direct-hire
Foreign, Civil, or uniformed service member permanently assigned or stationed
at a U.S. Foreign Service post or establishment abroad, or at an office of the
American Institute in Taiwan. An MOH is:
Not an EFM; and,
Not on the travel orders of the
sponsoring employee; and,
Has been officially declared by
the sponsoring USG employee to the COM as part of his/her household.
A MOH is under COM authority and may include a parent, unmarried partner,
and other relative or adult child who falls outside the Department’s current legal
and statutory definition of family member.
A MOH does not have to be a U.S. Citizen.
5. Not Ordinarily Resident (NOR) – An individual who:
Is not a citizen of the host
country; and,
Does not ordinarily reside (OR,
see below) in the host country; and,
Is not subject to host country
employment and tax laws; and,
Has a U.S. Social Security Number
(SSN).
NOR employees are compensated under a GS or FS salary schedule, not under
the LCP.
6. Ordinarily Resident (OR) – A Foreign National or U.S. citizen who:
Is locally resident; and,
Has legal, permanent resident
status within the host country; and,
Is subject to host country
employment and tax laws.
EFMs without U.S. Social Security Numbers are also OR. All OR employees, including U.S. citizens,
are compensated in accordance with the Local Compensation Plan (LCP).
The U.S. 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.
