Duties

Job Overview

• The job holder serves as a Public Health Specialist supporting President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) activities for the implementation, coordination, monitoring and evaluation of assigned public health program activities and studies.
• Job holder plays an essential role in developing annual program strategies, budgets, and drafts regular progress reports related to program activities. Job holder’s duties include technical support, advice and guidance, day-to-day program and administrative management and coordination and collaboration with colleagues of other agencies and public health entities that administer similar public health programs in Kenya. Job holder coordinates funding, report compliance and administrative recordkeeping with the implementing partners to assure projects are conducted in accordance with the implementing agreement and that USG funds are appropriately utilized. The position requires public health technical knowledge, results-oriented analytical skills, advocacy, and constant and clear communication with implementing partners, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and host country ministries responsible for public health HIV testing services programs.

Qualifications and Evaluations

Requirements:

• All selected candidates must be able to obtain and hold a: Police Clearance Certificate
• All selected candidates will be subject to a background investigation and may be subject to a pre-employment medical exam.  
• Selected candidate must be able to begin working within a reasonable period of time [4 weeks] upon receipt of agency authorization and/or clearances/certifications or their candidacy may end.

Education Requirements:

Education

• Master’s degree, or host country equivalent, in public health, nursing, epidemiology, behavioral science, or counseling is required.
• Please address this factor in your ERA application under Education.

Evaluations:

• You will be evaluated against the qualifications and requirements in this vacancy announcement. 
• You may be asked to complete a pre-employment language or skills test.
• You must complete the application form and provide the required documents.  Your application must address all the position qualifications and requirements including education, experience, language, and any knowledge/skills/abilities listed.  If you fail to submit a complete application, then your application may be disqualified for this position. 

Qualifications:

Experience:

• Three years of mid-to-senior level public health experience in developing, implementing, and evaluating public health programs or other relevant public health programs that involve coordination with an international agency or implementing partner is required.
• Please address this factor in your ERA application under Major Duties and Responsibilities.

Language: 

• English: Level 4 - Fluent; speaking/reading/writing, may include the ability to translate
• Kiswahili Level 4 - Fluent; speaking/reading/writing, may include the ability to translate
• Please address this language requirement in your ERA application. 

Job Knowledge:

• Detailed knowledge of current host country public health issues. Knowledge of general program design, implementation, and evaluation is also required. In-depth knowledge of various public health services including prevention, emergency response, care and treatment services, counseling and testing, interventions, behavior change, and treatment is required. Detailed knowledge of the host government health care system and structures, including familiarity with MOH policies, program priorities, and regulations is required. Good working knowledge of team management techniques to plan, organize and direct multi-disciplinary activities is required. Good working knowledge of overall administrative requirements, such as timelines and utilizing systems and databases, and processing requirements; budgeting and fiscal management in support of implementing grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts is required.
• Please address this factor in your ERA application under Major Duties and Responsibilities.

Skills And Abilities:

• Strong oral and written communication skills are required to develop and maintain effective, sustainable working relationships with national and international partners. Ability to analyze, understand and discuss new program design, management and implementation approaches is required. Intermediate user level of word processing, advanced spreadsheets features is required. Numerical skills for data analysis are required.