USAID/Uganda is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Personal Services Contractor (PSC) – Project Management Specialist (Health).
ELIGIBLE OFFERORS:“Cooperating Country National” shall mean the individual engaged to serve in the Cooperating Country under this contract.
“Cooperating Country” shall mean the foreign country in or for which services are to be rendered hereunder.
Opening date: June 15, 2023
Closing date: July 14, 2023
USAID/Uganda is seeking for qualified individuals to fill the Project Management Specialist (Health) position.
This senior position ensures that the Mission has the necessary management and technical expertise to handle and successfully implement health programs and activities in USAID/Uganda’s portfolio by serving as the Project Management Specialist (Health) - (PMS (Health)/Specialist)/Deputy Family Health (FH) Unit Leader in the FH Unit.
The PMS (Health) provides support to the FH Unit Leader in directing and guiding the strategic, programmatic, technical, and financial directions of this technically complex and challenging portfolio; provides technical and programmatic leadership in the areas of maternal, newborn, and child health, reproductive health, family planning, nutrition, national surveys, and health systems (commodities and logistics, human resources, financing etc.) as it relates to these areas; works closely with the HIV/TB, the PMI Unit, the GHSA Unit, and the HSS Unit on cross-cutting issues and projects such as developing health systems, strengthening laboratories, integrating service delivery, responding to COVID and other pandemic priorities, and increasing private sector initiatives, and the Education team on linkages between education and health; provides technical guidance to other offices in the mission on topics such as health in Northern Uganda, relationships to livelihoods and food programs, epidemic preparedness and response and other related issues; together with the FH Unit Leader, actively participates as a USAID/Uganda representative in central-level Government of Uganda/Ministry of Health (GOU/MOH) policy, advocacy, planning and monitoring activities as well as donor and Implementing Partner (IP) coordination and technical meetings; represents the FH Unit in health global alliances like the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunizations (GAVI) and the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), and will also participate in relevant GOU Technical Working Groups; serves as acting FH Unit Leader during the absence of the FH Unit Leader, including attendance and participation in OHH and Mission meetings.
The PMS (Health) reports to the Supervisory Project Management Specialist (FH Unit Leader) and has supervisory responsibilities.
Master’s in public health, social or behavioral sciences, health, or other related fields is required.
--Minimum of seven (7) years of work experience in health/public health, and/or in health/public health organizations, of which:
--At least five (5) years of experience in programming and managing public health programs with donor, international, NGO/CSO and/or GOU organizations.
This vacancy is archived.