Public Health Specialist - HIV/TB & Opportunistic Infections Lead (All
Interested Applicants / All Sources)
Open Period:10/24/2024 - 11/07/2024
Salary:XAF FCFA39,703,474 /Per Year
Duties
Job holder is a senior TB/HIV and opportunistic infections program specialist
manager and key public health technical advisor to the Associate Director of
Clinical and Laboratory Services and Country Director, serving as the HIV/TB
and Opportunistic Infections Lead in CDC-Cameroon. The incumbent is
comprehensively responsible for programs conducted in the area of
HIV-Tuberculosis (TB/HIV) co-infection and opportunistic infection services.
Addressing TB/HIV is a cross-cutting intervention that is integral to all
HIV/AIDS activities. Job holder’s responsibilities include an active technical
advisory role to the Ministry of Health and implementing partners, day-to-day
program and administrative management, and coordination and collaboration with
other PEPFAR agencies to ensure project implementation addresses program
strategic objectives and U.S. and host government national and international
public health standards and best practices. Both the advisory and managerial
roles require public health technical leadership, results-oriented analysis,
advocacy, and constant and clear communication with the Ministry of Health,
other host government ministries, implementing partners, and non-governmental
organizations (NGOs). Job holder represents CDC-Cameron on TB/HIV co-infection
and opportunistic infection issues at technical, policy and strategic planning
meetings, including meetings with collaborators and donor agencies.
This position is supervised by the Associate Director of Clinical and
Laboratory Services.
Qualifications and Evaluations
Requirements:
All selected candidates must be able to obtain and hold a:
- Security Certificate; or
- Public Trust - background investigation Security Clearance.
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 upon receipt of agency authorization and/or clearances/certifications or
their candidacy may end.
Education Requirements:
Doctor of Public Health (DrPH), Doctor of Medicine (MD) with specialty in
Internal Medicine, or Doctor of Medicine (MD) with Master of Public Health
(MPH), or Doctor of Philosophy, public health or epidemiology (PhD), or a
Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) (European equivalent to a MD)
is required.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: Five (05) years of mid-to-senior level public health
experience developing, implementing and evaluating TB/HIV programs or other
relevant HIV public health programs that involve coordination with an
international agency or implementing partner is required. One additional year
of experience at the managerial level with multiple staff is required.
Language:
- Fluent (speaking, reading, writing) in English.
- Good working knowledge (speaking, reading, writing) in French.
This may be tested.
Job Knowledge:
In order to support the host government and implementing partners in the
development and strengthening of effective services for those who are
co-infected, a cross-cutting professional knowledge foundation in both TB and
TB/HIV activities is required. This would include detailed knowledge of
current TB/HIV infectious disease issues, behavior change, counselling, care,
testing and clinical interventions related to Tuberculosis and HIV treatment
for co-infection. Detailed knowledge of the host government health care system
and structures including familiarity with Ministry of Health policies, program
priorities and regulations is required. Good working knowledge of team
management techniques to plan, organize and direct multi-disciplinary project
teams and activities is required. Good working knowledge of overall
administrative requirements in support of memoranda of understanding and
cooperative agreements is required.
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 accomplish reporting requirements.
Strong managerial skills are required to operate independently with limited
direct supervision of day-to-day activities and to lead results-driven project
teams and workgroups. Ability to analyze, understand and discuss new program
design, management and implementation approaches is required. This includes
the development of evaluation designs, use of reliable and valid instruments,
and methods for data collection, analysis and reports. The incumbent will be
expected to exercise considerable ingenuity and tact in applying PEPFAR
guidelines to TB/HIV and opportunistic infection public health settings, as
the programs are highly complex and can be threatening to stakeholders. The
ability to influence other collaborative organizations engaged in HIV/AIDS
treatment programs to adopt appropriate strategies for improving the programs
for patients with TB/HIV co-infection is an important skill required for this
position. Intermediate user level of Microsoft Word, Excel, and databases is
required. Strong skills in interpretation of program monitoring and evaluation
data are required. This would include the ability to understand and synthesize
numerical data.
Benefits and Other InfoBenefits:Agency Benefits:
The U.S. Mission offers a competitive compensation and benefits package for
local employees.
SALARY: The annual gross salary includes: the Basic Rate, the
Miscellaneous Benefits Allowance, and the End-of-the-Year Bonus. Seniority
Allowance is paid in accordance with local labor law. A Cashier allowance is
paid for eligible positions.
MEDICAL BENEFITS: The U.S. Mission in Yaoundé directly reimburse
eligible employees for covered medical expenses incurred for them and/or
eligible dependents, subject to the stated limits of the Local Compensation
Plan.
LEAVE BENEFITS: Subject to the stated limits and rules of the Local
Compensation Plan, employees are entitled to the following types of leaves:
Annual Leave, Sick Leave, Maternity Leave, Special Leave.
HOLIDAYS: The U.S. Mission in Yaoundé and the Embassy Branch Office in
Douala observe American and Cameroonian public holidays, about 19 holidays per
year.
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