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Job Description

The USPSC will serve as one of two Deputy Office Directors, and will assist the Health Office Director in the overall management and leadership in office operations, and will also oversee the Health Systems Strengthening, HIV/TB, Social Protection, and Strategic Information Divisions (totaling 24 staff), as well as one Administrative Assistant. The incumbent will have significant decision-making ability and to the extent possible he/she will be given wide latitude in planning and executing agreed work assignments by the Health Office Director. In the absence of the Office Director, he/she will have significant ability to make time-sensitive decisions in consultation with the Front Office, as needed, and may, on occasion serve as Acting Office Director in absence of the Office Director.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION

1. Education: Master’s degree in public health, epidemiology, statistics, research and evaluation, international development or related field is required.

2. Prior Relevant Work Experience: A minimum of ten (10) years of progressively responsible experience working on HIV or other public health programming, preferably with experience in Sub-Saharan African work environments; professional knowledge of a broad range of public health issues, including HIV/AIDS, and knowledge of major health challenges in the region are required. Of these, at least five years of experience managing teams, including three years of experience managing and coordinating programs and developing relationships at high-levels across interagency institutions, or across sectors (both public and private), with hostcountry nationals, bilateral and multilateral donors, and/or NGOs, are required.

18 Feb 2024