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US Citizen Careers – PEPFAR Country Coordinator at U.S. Department of State
Job Title: PEPFAR Country Coordinator
Organization: U.S.
Department of State
Department of State
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
Uganda
Salary Range: $102,646.00 to
$133,444.00 / Per Year
$133,444.00 / Per Year
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opportunities to become responsible leaders.
Job Summary: The Coordinator
leads the U.S. PEPFAR interagency team in the designated country in the
conception, formulation, and recommendation of initiatives in response to the
epidemic profile in the designated country. The Coordinator has responsibility
for a PEPFAR program that is appropriate for the local context, and will
contribute to epidemic control and to a sustainable national HIV/AIDS response.
The Coordinator ensures coordination and linkage of U.S. government bilateral
assistance with those of the host country, other bilateral donors, particularly
the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, non-governmental
organizations, and international multilateral organizations engaged in the
fight against the global HIV/AIDS epidemic. The Coordinator also evaluates the
relative need, local conditions, and capability of the designated country to
develop or improve its infrastructure and programs necessary to provide or
strengthen the quality, availability and sustainability of HIV/AIDS treatment,
prevention and care services. The Coordinator ensures outreach to and
engagement of civil society and private-sector partners, including advocacy
groups, faith- and community-based organizations, and businesses in the
HIV/AIDS response, and encourages the engagement of these groups by all U.S.
government agencies responding to the epidemic in-country.
leads the U.S. PEPFAR interagency team in the designated country in the
conception, formulation, and recommendation of initiatives in response to the
epidemic profile in the designated country. The Coordinator has responsibility
for a PEPFAR program that is appropriate for the local context, and will
contribute to epidemic control and to a sustainable national HIV/AIDS response.
The Coordinator ensures coordination and linkage of U.S. government bilateral
assistance with those of the host country, other bilateral donors, particularly
the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, non-governmental
organizations, and international multilateral organizations engaged in the
fight against the global HIV/AIDS epidemic. The Coordinator also evaluates the
relative need, local conditions, and capability of the designated country to
develop or improve its infrastructure and programs necessary to provide or
strengthen the quality, availability and sustainability of HIV/AIDS treatment,
prevention and care services. The Coordinator ensures outreach to and
engagement of civil society and private-sector partners, including advocacy
groups, faith- and community-based organizations, and businesses in the
HIV/AIDS response, and encourages the engagement of these groups by all U.S.
government agencies responding to the epidemic in-country.
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:
Responsibilities:
- The incumbent is responsible for advancing
the PEPFAR’s teams progress towards to sustainable control of the HIV
epidemic and, ultimately, achieving an AIDS-free generation; - Ensure that the PEPFAR program fits within
the strategies and regulations of the partner country government and
aligns with international policies and recommendations; - The jobholder will be responsible for
ensuring accountability, transparency and impact for the U.S. Government
resources directed to controlling the HIV/AIDS epidemic in country; - Communicate U.S. Government policy and
technical direction to implementing agency leadership; - Coordinate and facilitate the interagency
approach to PEPFAR within the U.S. Government; - Coordinate and facilitate with PEPFAR
implementing agencies on the restructuring, reorienting and recasting of
immediate and long range goals, objectives, plans and schedules to meet
substantial changes in policy, legislation, program authority and/or
funding, and facilitate discussion with the interagency team regarding
determinations of projects to be initiated, ended or refocused; - Develop annual country operational plans (COPs);
- Oversee changes in interagency
organizational structure; - Lead the interagency process in-country in
long range planning in connection with prospective changes in USG funding,
policies, and programs; - Provide expert guidance and advice to
Direct Hire (DH) officers and to Locally Employed (LE) staff who perform
reporting and analytical work and provide administrative support; - Establish appropriate controls to ensure
the integrity—financial, technical, and operational—of all HIV/AIDS
prevention, treatment, and care programs implemented pursuant to PEPFAR; - Decide, in coordination with the U.S.
Embassy leadership and PEPFAR implementing agencies, how best to direct
the funds allocated to the country for successful program impact, fully
understanding the current levels of expenditure and pipeline, develop
budgets, and ensure continued flow of funds necessary to implement the
program; - Provide leadership and guidance to other
U.S. Government interagency leaders in-country who implement and monitor the
PEPFAR program portfolio; - Ensure the use of data collection and
knowledge-based program management in regard to all aspects
(implementation, technology, costing) of treatment, prevention and care
strategies; - Keenly analyze the unique operational
context of the PEPFAR program in the designated country and coordinate the
interagency process to establish a vision and strategy for responding to
this context within the guidelines of the S/GAC policy and U.S. diplomatic
priorities.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
Experience:
- The ideal candidate must hold a Master’s
degree or higher in a relevant professional discipline such as Public
Policy, Public Health, Business Administration or other related subjects. - The applicants must have a minimum of ten
years of senior experience managing HIV/AIDS, health, or other development
programs. Of the ten years, at least eight years must be managing and
implementing HIV/AIDS programs or working with large complex international
or domestic programs. - This position requires a highly qualified
and experienced individual with exceptional interpersonal and
communication skills, the ability to foster team work, the capacity for
strategic thinking, and an understanding of the technical and policy
requirements to achieve the PEPFAR goals in the Country. - The incumbent must be familiar with and be
able to work well in an overseas environment and with a wide range of
governmental and non-governmental counterparts. - Ability to work with partner government to
strengthen capacities to lead the response to the epidemic and other
health demands; - Ability to track large amounts of data and
manage complex interagency planning, reporting, and performance processes; - Ability to empower PEPFAR team members to
apply available resources and expertise to addressing the local epidemic; - Ability to integrate and coordinate
HIV/AIDS programs with broader global health and development programs to
maximize impact on health systems; - Ability to mediate interagency conflicts
and facilitate decisions on complex technical, programmatic, strategic and
financial issues; - Capacity to promote sustainable country
programs; - Capacity to expand prevention, care and
treatment in both concentrated and generalized epidemics; - Strong interpersonal, teamwork,
facilitation and negotiation skills; - Strong managerial skills;
- Strong oral and written communication
skills; - Strong analytical skills;
- Strong capacity to multi-task, including
managing, prioritizing and fulfilling competing demands in real time; - Cross-cultural sensitivity and awareness;
- Availability and willingness to work
outside the regular 40-hour workweek when required/necessary; - Willingness to travel to work sites and
other offices as/when requested. - Level IV English ability (fluent) is
required. Successful applicants must also consistently meet a high
standard for English, both written (overall structure as well as grammar,
spelling and punctuation) and spoken (overall structure as well as
delivery, clarity and succinctness). - Be a U.S. citizen and available for
worldwide service. - Be able to obtain a Top Secret Security
Clearance. - Be able to obtain an appropriate Foreign
Service Medical Clearance. - Be able to obtain a favorable Suitability
Review Panel determination. - Be at least 20 years old and at least 21
years old to be appointed.
How to Apply:
All applicants who wish to join the U.S. Department of Education in the
aforementioned capacity should click on the link below.
aforementioned capacity should click on the link below.
Deadline: 24th
August, 2016
August, 2016
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