Latest Recruitment at the U.S. Mission, 31st August, 2018
The U.S. Mission in Abuja, Nigeria, is seeking to employ eligible and qualified candidates for the position below:
Job Title: Senior Program Specialist (Surveillance)
Announcement Number: Abuja-2018- 059
Location: Abuja
Series/Grade: 0550/ FSN-11 /FS-04
Duration Appointment: Indefinite subject to successful completion of probationary period
The work schedule for this position is: Full time (40 hours per week)
Start date: Candidate must be able to begin working within a reasonable period of time of receipt of agency authorization and/or clearances/certifications or their candidacy may end.
Security Clearance Required: FSN Security Clearance
Duties
- The incumbent under the supervision of the Lead, Epidemiology and Surveillance Team coordinates and manages assigned survey and disease surveillance activities in country.
- These include the design of routine disease surveillance system with the Ministry of Health (MOH), and the conduct of large, complex surveys designed to measure HIV prevalence and other indicator of importance to evaluating the impact of HIV control programs.
- S/he provides technical or managerial oversight include the MOH, national universities, and International NGOs and private sector partners.
- The incumbent will participate in the PEPFAR Strategic Information (SI) Technical Working Group (TWG) to ensure that surveillance systems are meeting the needs of the national HIV/AIDS Program in Nigeria and that PEPFAR Nigeria program priorities are developed.
- Additionally, s/he works in cooperation with GoN staff at all levels of government to apply case-reporting procedures, sentinel surveillance, and populationbased surveillance methodologies to ensure that PEPFAR’s program’s objectives are met.
- S/he plays an active leadership role in the Mission’s PEPFAR Technical Working Groups (TWG) and/or the Multisector Technical Groups.
Qualifications and Evaluations
- Education: Medical Degree (MBBS/BMBch) or Master’s Degree in public health, medicine, epidemiology, or demography is required.
Requirements:
- Experience:Seven (7) years public health experience in the management and development of epidemiological surveillance and /or large scale surveys of HIV/AIDS or other disease programs are required, inclusive of one year of experience at the managerial level is required.
Job Knowledge:
- Must have detailed knowledge of research methods and the collection, analysis and presentation of public health/epidemiologic data in order to plan, design, direct the implementation of and strengthen procedures for collection, analysis and dissemination of HIV/AIDS epidemiological data.
- This includes knowledge of the principles, theories and practices of USG and internationally recognized standards for surveillance and survey regulations and procedures.
- 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 multidisciplinary project teams and activities, as well as good working knowledge of overall administrative requirements in development and support of grants, contracts, memoranda of understanding and cooperative agreements is required.
Evaluations:
- Language: Level IV (fluency) Speaking/Reading/Writing of English is required. Language proficiency will be tested.
Skills and Abilities:
- Strong analytical skills to readily understand and discuss new surveillance program design, management, and implementation approaches are required.
- This include the development of evaluation designs, use of reliable and valid instruments, and methods for data collection, analysis and reports.
- Excellent oral and written communications skills are required to develop and maintain effective, sustainable working relationships with national and international working partners and to prepare substantive and analytical reporting.
- Strong management skills are required to operate independently with limited direct supervision of day-to-day activities and to lead results-driven project teams and workgroups.
- Excellent overall computer skills (keyboarding with both speed and accuracy) and advanced skill levels in use of at least one of the more common epidemiologic data analysis software (EPINFO, STATA, SAS, OR SPSS), as well as excellent numerical skills for manipulating and reporting statistical data is required.
Qualifications:
- All applicants under consideration will be required to pass security certifications.
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)
- The U.S. Mission 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.
Other information
Hiring Preference Selection Process:
- Applicants in the following hiring preference categories are extended a hiring preference in the order listed below. Therefore, it is essential that these applicants accurately describe their status on the application. Failure to do so may result in a determination that the applicant is not eligible for a hiring preference.
Hiring Preference Order:
- AEFM / USEFM who is a preference-eligible U.S. Veteran
- AEFM / USEFM
- FS on LWOP and CS with reemployment rights.
Important:
- Applicants who claim status as a preference-eligible U.S. Veteran must submit a copy of their most recent DD-214 (“Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty”), equivalent documentation, or certification. A “certification” is any written document from the armed forces that certifies the service member is expected to be discharged or released from active duty service in the armed forces under honorable conditions within 120 days after the certification is submitted by the applicant
- The certification letter should be on letterhead of the appropriate military branch of the service and contain:
- The military service dates including the expected discharge or release date; and
- The character of service
- Acceptable documentation must be submitted in order for the preference to be given.
- This level of preference applies to all Foreign Service employees on LWOP and CS with reemployment rights back to their agency or bureau.
For more information (i.e., what is an EFM, USEFM, AEFM, MOH, etc.?) and for additional employment considerations, please visit the following link:
https://careers.state.gov/downloads/files/definitions-for-va
Salary
NGN14,104,381 / USD 55,929.
Job Title: Senior Program Specialist - Health Management Information
Announcement Number: Abuja-2018-060
Location: Abuja
Series/Grade: 0550/ FSN-11 /FS-04
Duration Appointment: Indefinite subject to successful completion of probationary period
The work schedule for this position is: Full time (40 hours per week)
Start date: Candidate must be able to begin working within a reasonable period of time of receipt of agency authorization and/or clearances/certifications or their candidacy may end.
Duties
- Both the advisory and managerial roles requires HMIS technical expertise, results-oriented analysis, clear communication, advocacy, and close collaboration with implementing partners and donors
- Due to high integrated nature of HMIS in all PEPFAR programmatic decision making, the job holder represents the agency on HMIS issues at technical working group, policy and strategic planning meetings, including meetings with collaborators and donor agencies. In addition, s/he manages and supports CDC implementing partners.
- Under the supervision of the Branch Chief/Medical Epidemiologist, the Senior Program Specialist is a team lead position and responsible for Health Management Information Systems (HMIS) strengthening within the context of in-country HIV/AIDS programs supported through the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)
- The incumbent provides technical oversight of the Country Operational Plan and Reporting System (COPRS) operations in country and works at a program management level to collaborate with the Ministry of Health and other HIV/AIDS partners in the development and strengthening of data, information systems and software that will improve data flow from the sub-national to the national level of the host country
- S/he provides the USG team, Ministry of Health, National AIDS Control Agency and other implementing partner’s technical recommendations and expertise in the design, development, improvement, and maintenance of information systems that strengthen health service effectiveness and efficiency
Qualifications and Evaluations
- Education: Medical Degree (MBBS/BMBch) or Master's Degree in one of the following disciplines: Informatics, Information Science, Health Information Management, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Information Systems is required.
Requirements:
- Experience: Seven (7) years of experience in designing, developing, implementing and maintaining health data information systems to support and evaluate health- related program activities is required, inclusive of two years of supervisory experience.
Job Knowledge:
- Must possess comprehensive knowledge of health delivery information systems, health information technology and applications, especially the application of program management and the translation of evaluation data as it pertains to the improvement of program operations, guidelines, and polices. Must have detailed understanding of structure and functions of PEPFAR including detailed knowledge of the agency’s role and function in support of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)
- The incumbent must also have detailed knowledge of HIV/AIDS, STD or TB prevention activities and the host government health care system and structures including familiarity with Nigeria Ministry of Health polices, program priorities and regulations. Good working knowledge of team management techniques to plan, organize, and direct multi-disciplinary project teams and activities is required.
Evaluations
- Language: Level IV (fluency) Speaking/Reading/Writing of English is required. Language proficiency will be tested
Skills and Abilities:
- Ability to analyze, understand and inform new health management information systems, health ICT Program design, management and implementation approaches is required
- This includes application of public health informatics techniques and use of ICTs and methods for data collection, analysis, use, and reporting. Ability to design or modify sophisticated computer applications to meet data collection requirements is required.
- Keyboarding skills (both speed and accuracy), as well as a strong oral and written communications skills are required
- Use of Microsoft Office suite; and statistical programs such as SAS, SPSS, or STATA; SQL programming, understanding of both transactional (OLTP) and analytical (OLAP) data environment related to health including spatial analysis, GIS etc.
Qualifications:
- All applicants under consideration will be required to pass security certifications.
Marketing Statement:
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)
- The U.S. Mission 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.
Other information
Hiring Preference Selection Process:
- Applicants in the following hiring preference categories are extended a hiring preference in the order listed below
- Therefore, it is essential that these applicants accurately describe their status on the application
- Failure to do so may result in a determination that the applicant is not eligible for a hiring preference.
Hiring Preference Order:
- AEFM / USEFM who is a preference-eligible U.S. Veteran*
- AEFM / USEFM
- FS on LWOP and CS with reemployment rights **
Important:
- Applicants who claim status as a preference-eligible U.S. Veteran must submit a copy of their most recent DD-214 (“Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty”), equivalent documentation, or certification. A “certification” is any written document from the armed forces that certifies the service member is expected to be discharged or released from active duty service in the armed forces under honorable conditions within 120 days after the certification is submitted by the applicant
- The certification letter should be on letterhead of the appropriate military branch of the service and contain:
- The military service dates including the expected discharge or release date; and
- The character of service
- Acceptable documentation must be submitted in order for the preference to be given.
- This level of preference applies to all Foreign Service employees on LWOP and CS with reemployment rights back to their agency or bureau.
For more information (i.e., what is an EFM, USEFM, AEFM, MOH, etc.?) and for additional employment considerations, please visit the following link:
https://careers.state.gov/downloads/files/definitions-for-va
Salary
NGN14,104,381 / USD 55,929.
Application Deadline 13th September, 2018.
Note
- Applicants who are invited to take a language or skills test, or who are selected for an interview will be contacted via email. Please provide a valid email address and be sure to check your email regularly during this recruitment process.
- Who May Apply: All Interested / All Sources. FS-5/5 is USD 51,007 / LE is NGN 11,335,349. Actual FS salary determined by Washington D.C.