Opportunity in Washington, DC
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has contracted through CAMRIS International partnered with IAP World Services Inc, (IAPWS), to recruit and hire qualified individuals for the following position:
Title: Population Health Environment Technical Advisor
Bureau for Global Health
United States Agency for International Development
Application Deadline: Open until filled
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
The Global Health Bureau/Office of Population and Reproductive Health (GH/PRH) seeks a Population Health Environment (PHE) Technical Advisor. The PHE Technical Advisor provides technical guidance and management oversight to population, health, environment (PHE) activities within GH/PRH programs. PHE activities are designed to enhance understanding of the linkages between population and natural resource dynamics and to improve the delivery of family planning and reproductive health information and services to underserved communities in biologically significant areas where population growth threatens biodiversity or endangered species. The PHE Technical Advisor provides expertise to support and improve ongoing activities, serves as the Office’s technical expert on population, health, and environment issues, and promotes further adoption of the PHE approach by USAID Missions and Bureaus.
The current portfolio includes activities implemented by the University of Rhode Island’s Coastal Resources Center (the BALANCED project), World Wildlife Fund (the PHE Alliance project), the Woodrow Wilson Center (the HELPS project), and discrete activities within larger GH/PRH projects such as the Population Reference Bureau’s IDEA Project, FHI’s Progress project, Public Health International’s Global Health Fellows Program, and the University of North Carolina’s Measure/Evaluation project. At present, PHE field activities are being implemented in the Philippines, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, Nepal, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Uganda.
The position is located at USAID/Washington in the Policy, Evaluation, and Communication Division, one of four divisions in the Office of Population and Reproductive Health. The Division supports improved collection, analysis, and use of data in policymaking and program planning; and promotes policies, behavior change, and community norms that result in improved reproductive health outcomes. The Division's portfolio comprises 12 projects with a combined annual budget of approximately $100 million. The Division has a staff of nineteen, of which the PHE advisor is one. The PHE Advisor will report to the AOTR (Agreement Officer’s Technical Representative) for the PHE projects (BALANCED, PHE Alliance, and HELPS).
1. Oversee current USAID/PRH funded PHE portfolio
• Provide technical and management oversight of cooperative agreements with the University of Rhode Island Coastal Resources Center, World Wildlife Fund, and Woodrow Wilson Center.
• Participate in the management of the USAID, MacArthur Foundation and Packard Foundation “Lake Victoria Basin Population, Health and Environment Partnership,” coordinating USAID-funded PHE activities, providing PHE technical input to proposals, workplans, and monitoring and evaluation plans, and maintaining close communication with Packard and MacArthur Foundation staff.
• Provide input on project technical activities, review and submit work plans for approval, meet regularly with project grantees, and conduct annual management reviews.
• Prepare and present project accomplishments as part of annual PRH results review and workplan presentations.
• Participate in the design of follow-on PHE projects.
2. Serve as USAID’s expert technical advisor on population-health-environment (PHE) issues
• Provide expert technical advice and leadership to PRH, the Global Health Bureau, other USAID/Washington units, and USAID Missions on PHE issues.
• Coordinate with other PRH Agreement Officers Technical Representatives/Technical Advisors on PHE activities being implemented by their projects.
• Ensure the open communication and exchange of PHE findings, best practices, and information across the PRH office, GH Bureau, field missions, and PHE programs.
• Provide expert technical advice to USAID Missions in designing, implementing, or evaluating PHE issues.
• Promote USAID’s PHE activities to external audiences.
CERTIFICATIONS, LICENSE, PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS OR OTHER
EXPERTISE REQUIRED. The contractor must have:
• Master’s Degree in Public Health or Environmental Studies
• Demonstrated technical expertise, leadership, and passion for the implementation of Population, Health, Environment (PHE) interventions, with a strong preference for experience with PHE in a developing country context.
• 3-5 years demonstrated experience working with developing country family planning and/or biodiversity conservation/natural resource management programs
• Knowledge of and experience with USAID and other key organizations active in the PHE field
• Strong project management skills including monitoring, evaluation and program design
• Demonstrated ability to develop strategies and priorities
• Good collaboration and team participation skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Strong organizational skills and ability to multi-task
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally several times a year, for up to three weeks per trip
• Language proficiency in French or Portuguese a plus
• U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain secret security clearance required.
This is an opportunity for employment or a contract, but we reserve the right to make no selection or award.
CAMRIS International and IAP World Services Inc. offer competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits. Please submit your resume online at www.camris.com.
CAMRIS and IAP are Equal Opportunity Employers EOE M/F/D/V
Title: Population Health Environment Technical Advisor
Bureau for Global Health
United States Agency for International Development
Application Deadline: Open until filled
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
The Global Health Bureau/Office of Population and Reproductive Health (GH/PRH) seeks a Population Health Environment (PHE) Technical Advisor. The PHE Technical Advisor provides technical guidance and management oversight to population, health, environment (PHE) activities within GH/PRH programs. PHE activities are designed to enhance understanding of the linkages between population and natural resource dynamics and to improve the delivery of family planning and reproductive health information and services to underserved communities in biologically significant areas where population growth threatens biodiversity or endangered species. The PHE Technical Advisor provides expertise to support and improve ongoing activities, serves as the Office’s technical expert on population, health, and environment issues, and promotes further adoption of the PHE approach by USAID Missions and Bureaus.
The current portfolio includes activities implemented by the University of Rhode Island’s Coastal Resources Center (the BALANCED project), World Wildlife Fund (the PHE Alliance project), the Woodrow Wilson Center (the HELPS project), and discrete activities within larger GH/PRH projects such as the Population Reference Bureau’s IDEA Project, FHI’s Progress project, Public Health International’s Global Health Fellows Program, and the University of North Carolina’s Measure/Evaluation project. At present, PHE field activities are being implemented in the Philippines, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, Nepal, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Uganda.
The position is located at USAID/Washington in the Policy, Evaluation, and Communication Division, one of four divisions in the Office of Population and Reproductive Health. The Division supports improved collection, analysis, and use of data in policymaking and program planning; and promotes policies, behavior change, and community norms that result in improved reproductive health outcomes. The Division's portfolio comprises 12 projects with a combined annual budget of approximately $100 million. The Division has a staff of nineteen, of which the PHE advisor is one. The PHE Advisor will report to the AOTR (Agreement Officer’s Technical Representative) for the PHE projects (BALANCED, PHE Alliance, and HELPS).
1. Oversee current USAID/PRH funded PHE portfolio
• Provide technical and management oversight of cooperative agreements with the University of Rhode Island Coastal Resources Center, World Wildlife Fund, and Woodrow Wilson Center.
• Participate in the management of the USAID, MacArthur Foundation and Packard Foundation “Lake Victoria Basin Population, Health and Environment Partnership,” coordinating USAID-funded PHE activities, providing PHE technical input to proposals, workplans, and monitoring and evaluation plans, and maintaining close communication with Packard and MacArthur Foundation staff.
• Provide input on project technical activities, review and submit work plans for approval, meet regularly with project grantees, and conduct annual management reviews.
• Prepare and present project accomplishments as part of annual PRH results review and workplan presentations.
• Participate in the design of follow-on PHE projects.
2. Serve as USAID’s expert technical advisor on population-health-environment (PHE) issues
• Provide expert technical advice and leadership to PRH, the Global Health Bureau, other USAID/Washington units, and USAID Missions on PHE issues.
• Coordinate with other PRH Agreement Officers Technical Representatives/Technical Advisors on PHE activities being implemented by their projects.
• Ensure the open communication and exchange of PHE findings, best practices, and information across the PRH office, GH Bureau, field missions, and PHE programs.
• Provide expert technical advice to USAID Missions in designing, implementing, or evaluating PHE issues.
• Promote USAID’s PHE activities to external audiences.
CERTIFICATIONS, LICENSE, PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS OR OTHER
EXPERTISE REQUIRED. The contractor must have:
• Master’s Degree in Public Health or Environmental Studies
• Demonstrated technical expertise, leadership, and passion for the implementation of Population, Health, Environment (PHE) interventions, with a strong preference for experience with PHE in a developing country context.
• 3-5 years demonstrated experience working with developing country family planning and/or biodiversity conservation/natural resource management programs
• Knowledge of and experience with USAID and other key organizations active in the PHE field
• Strong project management skills including monitoring, evaluation and program design
• Demonstrated ability to develop strategies and priorities
• Good collaboration and team participation skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Strong organizational skills and ability to multi-task
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally several times a year, for up to three weeks per trip
• Language proficiency in French or Portuguese a plus
• U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain secret security clearance required.
This is an opportunity for employment or a contract, but we reserve the right to make no selection or award.
CAMRIS International and IAP World Services Inc. offer competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits. Please submit your resume online at www.camris.com.
CAMRIS and IAP are Equal Opportunity Employers EOE M/F/D/V
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