Earn over 157m annually as Supervisory USAID Program Management Specialist (Family Healthy) – United States US Embassy, US Mission in Uganda

Organisation: United States US Embassy, US Mission in Uganda
Duty Station: USAID, Office of Health and HIV/AIDS, Kampala, Uganda
Salary Grade: FSN-12 (Ugshs 157, 986,824 to 232,040,958 p.a.
inclusive of allowances).
Vacancy Announcement Number: 2016-61
About US Embassy:
The
United States Embassy in Kampala, Uganda has enjoyed diplomatic relations with
Uganda for over 30 years.  Ambassador
Deborah R. Malac currently heads the U.S Mission to Uganda.  The Mission is composed of several offices
and organizations all working under the auspices of the Embassy and at the
direction of the Ambassador.
Among
the offices operating under the U.S Mission to Uganda are:
  • United States Agency for International
    Development (USAID)
  • Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
  • Peace Corps
Job Summary: The Supervisory USAID Program Management
Specialist (Family Healthy) provides supervision and managerial oversight, and
is involved in the planning, design, implementation and evaluation of all
USAID/Uganda family health activities. Facilitates communication and ensures
collaborative working relationships with high-level decision makers, as well as
technical staff, in the Ministry of Health, Regional Health Bureaus,
USAID/Washington counterparts, with other government entities, and with other
donors and non-governmental organizations working in the health sector. The
Specialist provides supervision to six team members, including AORs/CORs,
mentor and coach the entire HH Office in the areas of family planning,
nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), as well as maternal and child
health issues.  The Specialist may be
assigned to act for the Office Team Lead and/or Deputy Office Team Lead in
their absence or preoccupation.
Key Duties and Responsibilities: 
1. Strategic and
Technical Advisor for Family Health and Ending Preventable Maternal and Child
Deaths (EPCMD) – 55%
  • The Specialist provides policy and strategic
    leadership, in support of the EPCMD and the overall USAID/USG Family
    Health program, with a focus on maternal and child health, family planning,
    nutrition, and WASH including: developing and leading the design of new
    family health activities; participating in inter-sectoral designs and
    program management; assuring activity monitoring and evaluation standards
    are met; providing expert technical and programmatic information and
    assistance as requested by the Ambassador, the USAID/Uganda Mission
    Director or Deputy Mission Director, and the HH Office Director relating
    to the Family Health Division, including content for reporting documents, speeches,
    cables, analyses, and briefing papers; working with various offices in the
    Mission to design and commission studies and research relating to family
    health issues; and, ensuring lessons-learned are compiled and results are
    dissemination to all health partners.
  • As the Family Health Team Lead, the
    Specialist represents USAID/Uganda and the broader USG health community at
    national and international meetings and technical working groups,
    including: leading internal and external meetings on issues related to
    USAID/USG health programs/projects/activities, with emphasis on all
    elements related to family health; represents USAID/USG at relevant
    technical and steering committee meetings, such as the Ugandan National
    Advisory Committee for Health, the Joint Core Coordinating Committee, and
    the MoH Task Force, and serves on HH Health Management teams; maintaining
    an extensive range of senior and mid-level GoU official contacts, such as
    the Minister of Health, senior representatives from other donor agencies
    and NGOs, and senior USAID and USG staff; and, serving as the lead USG
    Family Health Division member to the GoU and IPs, ensuring strategic
    coordination among USG health teams, the GoU, IPs, other partners, and
    regional programs.
  • The Specialist works closely with
    USAID/Washington counterparts, ensuring compliance and constant
    communication with headquarters including: participation in key
    headquarter working groups, calls, and trainings; overseeing the
    development of site visit schedules and effective monitoring plans for the
    family health program; ensuring schedules are carried out routinely and
    that end-use checks occur; and, preparing for VIP visits, including
    preparing briefers, scene setters, arranging for site visits and
    accompanying delegations on visits to USAID programs, and briefing VIPs on
    Uganda, the country’s health challenges and programs, and on USAID and USG
    support.
  • The Specialist provides senior policy,
    strategic, and technical advice and guidance to the Ministry of Health
    (MoH) including: working with senior MoH officials to plan, draft and
    evaluate the GoU health development plan, and other strategic documents
    and policies; and, providing advice and guidance to the MoH Director of
    Planning and Finance in the planning of regional and national (Ugandan)
    annual review meetings.
2.
Program/Project/Activity Management and Monitoring – 25%
  • The Specialist serves as AOR/COR or Activity
    Manager for a variety of programs/projects/activities in the Family Health
    portfolio, and supervises and provides guidance to subordinate staff
    serving as AORs/CORs for additional projects, including: maintaining a
    schedule for and conducting regular site visits to review program
    implementation and meeting with beneficiaries, and based on the
    information collected during such visits, adjusting or recommending
    adjustments to programs/projects/activities as appropriate; reviewing
    annual work plans and performance reports to ensure IPs are in compliance
    with bilateral government agreements, and with performance expectations; ensuring
    IPs are in compliance with all relevant USAID regulations and procedures,
    communicating regularly with IPs regarding USAID rules and regulations as
    well as their obligations to USAID; and, taking a lead role in the
    preparation of the strategic and operational planning processes such as
    the Country Development Cooperation Strategy and USAID Operational Plan,
    as well as participating in the annual PEPFAR Country Operational Plan and
    Malaria Operational Plan.
3. Family Health Division
Budget and Financial Management – 10%
  • The Specialist is responsible for the
    financial management of programs/projects/activities assigned to the
    Family Health Team including: regular budgeting for the Family Health
    program; ensuring that that obligations, expenditures, and budget
    pipelines conform to action plans; ensuring appropriate and timely
    incremental funding of activities; ensuring program activities are in
    compliance with USAID financial regulations, and reporting any financial
    discrepancies to the HH Office Director and Financial Analyst, the Mission
    Controller, and the Office of Acquisition and Assistance; keeping the
    Controller and Financial Analyst informed on the liquidation of advances;
    reviewing and providing administrative approval for assigned activities; and,
    ensuring compliance with Non-Federal Audits (NFAS) and the closure of open
    recommendations, and maintaining monthly project financial management
    tracking systems.
4. Supervision of Family
Health Team Staff – 10%
  • The Specialist provides oversight of work and
    supervision of approximately six Foreign Service National and/or
    expatriate staff and other short-term staff (including AORs/CORs) as
    required, and mentors the entire office in the various elements that make
    up the Family Health team.
  • The Specialist serves as a full supervisor,
    providing supervision, leadership, mentorship, and guidance to the
    professional and assistant-level Family Health Division staff, and
    provides guidance on family health matters to all members of the HH
    Office, including advising the Office Director/Deputy Office Director, as
    well as the Mission Director and Deputy Mission Director.  The Specialist participates with
    considerable weight in selection decisions within the Division, and
    performs the full range of training, evaluation, and other supervisory
    responsibilities expected at the full professional level.
  • Performs other duties as assigned or
    required.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
NOTE:  All
applicants must address each selection criterion detailed below with specific
and comprehensive information supporting each item.
  • The applicants for the US Embassy Supervisory
    USAID Program Management Specialist (Family Healthy) career opportunity should
    hold an advanced degree, or the local equivalent, in economics, social
    science, public health, medicine, management, social science, or
    anthropology is required.  An MPH is
    preferred.
  • At least seven years of progressively
    responsible, professional-level experience in health-sector program
    management, with at least four years of that time in strategy and policy
    development, is required. 
  • Previous experience in project design,
    program planning and budgeting, and/or implementation. 
  • A minimum of two years of experience in
    development-related work or related fields for USAID, other donor
    agencies, GoU organizations, or private-sector institutions which included
    project design, performance monitoring, and/or the analysis and
    interpretation of large amounts of data is desired.  In addition, two to four years of
    previous successful supervisory experience is desired.
  • Comprehensive professional-level knowledge of
    development principles, concepts, and practices, especially as they relate
    to family health issues in Uganda and the region, is required.
  • Mastery of a variety of health development
    areas, including HSS, health care reform, health care financing, health
    information systems, human resources development, logistics systems and
    commodity supply, maternal and child health, and family planning is
    expected. 
  • The Specialist must have a knowledge and
    understanding of the economic political, social, and cultural
    characteristics of Uganda; and, the economic developments, resources, and
    resource constraints, and development prospects and priorities of Uganda
    and the region.
  • The Specialist must have a good knowledge of,
    or the potential to acquire such knowledge of, USG legislation, policy,
    and practice relating to development assistance; USAID programming
    policies, regulations, procedures, and documentation; and, of the
    objectives, methodology, and status of assigned activities. 
  • The Specialist must have knowledge and
    understanding of the organization and respective roles of the different
    branches in the GoU, in order to enhance effective communication, and to
    develop consensus on program/project/activity strategy and implementation
    plans. 
  • The Specialist must have an in-depth
    knowledge of GoU institutions, policy directions, objectives, and
    priorities relating to USAID activities in the sector; and, a sound
    knowledge of the political, economic, social, and cultural characteristics
    and developments in Uganda.
  • Proven ability to plan, organize, manage, and
    evaluate family health program activities is required. 
  • Excellent communication skills, tact, and
    diplomacy are required to establish and develop sustainable working
    relations and a high level of trust with senior and middle-level GoU
    officials, and with public and private organizations, such as primary
    USAID technical contacts in the development area. 
  • Good verbal communication skills are also used
    to explain and interpret GoU attitudes, priorities, and concerns to
    USAID/USG officials, and to negotiate program/project/activity plans and
    resolve implementation issues with appropriate host-country organizations,
    technical advisors, IPs, counterparts, and peers. 
  • Excellent writing skills are required in
    order to prepare regular and ad hoc reports, project documentation, and
    briefing papers. 
  • Analytical ability is required in order to
    interpret public policies, and to assist in the development of revised
    policies, as required; and, to develop and monitor the performance of
    budgets, and the development of periodic work plans. 
  • Skill in program/project/activity
    programming, policies, and plans, and in developing strategies for
    implementation, is desired. 
  • The Specialist must have the ability to work
    effectively in a team environment, and to achieve consensus on policy,
    project, and administrative matters. 
  • Good computer skills are required to manage
    activity goals and achievements, both technical and financial.
  • Language Proficiency: Level IV (fluent) English.  The ability to communicate effectively
    in both written and spoken English is required.  Knowledge of one or more Ugandan
    languages will be highly useful.
How to Apply:
All
those interested in working with the US mission in Kampala should send their
applications and strictly adhere to the following:
  • Download a completed and signed Universal
    Application for Employment as a Locally Employed Staff, Download
    it Here
    .
  • Any additional documentation that supports or
    addresses the requirements listed above (e.g. transcripts, degrees, etc.)
  • Submit Application To:
Human
Resources Office
By
email at KampalaHR@state.gov
NB: Your application will be reviewed if you have
fulfilled all the requirements including submission of standard file types such
as Microsoft Word (.doc) and Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) in a single attachment (No
Zipped files, Links or Multiple Attachments) and should not exceed 10MB. Please
clearly indicate the position number and title you are applying for on the
DS-174 form.
Deadline: 6th July 2016
The
US Mission in Kampala provides equal opportunity and fair and equitable
treatment in employment to all people without regard to race, color religion,
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or sexual orientation.  The Department of
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