Job Overview

• The job holder serves as a Supervisory Public Health Specialist (PHS) Deputy Branch Chief supporting Division of Global HIV and Tuberculosis (DGHT)/President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) activities and is responsible for planning, formulating, analyzing, evaluating, and implementing policies for CDC’s public health programs. Develops, oversees, coordinates, and manages new initiatives, special activities, and programs impacting various international public health activities, such as prevention, counseling and testing, and care and treatment, laboratory and health systems strengthening.
• Job holder works closely with partners within area of responsibility to support CDC’s public health programs, monitoring, evaluating and in some cases adapting existing or new innovative strategies to specific situations to ensure that program objectives are met. This leadership role requires extensive knowledge of a wide range of community and clinical interventions related to HIV and TB programs.
• Job holder plays an essential role in developing annual program strategies, activities, work plans, budgets, and monitoring plans (e.g., the Country Operational Plan (COP/Annual Work Plans) and drafts regular progress reports related to program activities. Job holder is an FSN Direct-Hire appointed to perform inherently governmental duties, such as supervision of USDHs and serving in a Project Officer capacity.

Qualifications and Evaluations

Requirements:

EXPERIENCE:  

• Five 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 IP is required.
• An additional one-year managerial experience managing human and financial resources of international projects or programs is required

Education Requirements:

• Master’s degree, or host country equivalent in medicine, public health, laboratory sciences, biology, health policy, is required.

Deadine; 11/19/2024