USAID Project Management Specialist (Health Promotion), Grade level: FSN-11

Job Announcement

USAID / RWANDA

VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT:  2016 – 035 

NOTE: All Non-Rwandan Citizens must be RESIDING IN COUNTRY and have the required work and/or residency permits to be eligible for consideration.
OPEN TO:             All interested Candidates.
POSITION:    USAID Project Management Specialist (Health Promotion), Grade level: FSN-11
BASIC SALARY:          From FRW 22,009,161 to FRW 37,415,578 per year
OPENING DATE:               July 23, 2016
CLOSING DATE:               August 05, 2016
WORK HOURS:                 Full-time; 40 hours/week.
USAID/Rwanda is seeking an Ordinarily Resident citizen or individual with the required work permit for employment as A.I.D Project Management Specialist (Health Promotion) USAID/Rwanda offers an Equal Employment Opportunity (regardless of age, sex, race, handicaps, national origin, etc.).
BASIC FUNCTION OF POSITION
Job holder is a senior health promotion activity manager and key public health technical advisor to the USAID Health team. S/he will advise the Health and Social Welfare Promotion Team Leader, the Health Office Director, the Mission Director, and the USG inter-agency team on health promotion interventions in Rwanda.  As an expert in health promotion, s/he also plays an important advisory role in developing country-level strategies, policies, and guidelines.  For this position, health promotion includes, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), maternal and child health (MCH), and nutrition.
A copy of the complete position description listing all duties and responsibilities is available at the USAID/Rwanda Website: http://www.usaid.gov/rwanda/partnership-opportunities
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED
NOTE: All applicants must address each selection criteria detailed below with specific and comprehensive information supporting each item.
a.       Education:  (10 Points)
Master’s Degree in public health, health policy, behavioral or social science field is required.
b.       Prior Work Experience:   (10 Points)
A minimum of five years of mid-to-senior level public health experience in developing and implementing WASH and health promotion programs or other relevant public health programs that involve coordination with international agencies, the Government of Rwanda, or implementing partners is required. Demonstrated experience in strategic planning, policy formulation, providing technical leadership, and program management is required.
c.        Language Proficiency:   (10 Points)
Level IV (fluent - speaking/reading/writing English is required.
d.       Job Knowledge:  (20 Points)
Comprehensive understanding of health promotion, including WASH and community-based initiatives, and program design, implementation and evaluation is required. Experience in behavior change methodologies and their application to WASH is highly desirable. Demonstrated ability in building and maintaining close counterpart relationships, both governmental and in the community is highly desirable. Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and effectively in a high performance environment and under tight deadlines is highly desirable. Demonstrated ability to apply policy directives to activity design, implementation and monitoring and evaluation is highly desirable.

1. e.        Skills and Abilities:   (50 Points)

Strong oral and written communications skills are required to develop and maintain effective, sustainable working relationships with national and international working partners. Strong leadership skills are required to lead results-driven project teams and workgroups. Ability to analyze, understand and discuss new program design, management and implementation approaches is required. This includes the development of evaluation designs, use of reliable and valid instruments, and methods for data collection, analysis and reports. The incumbent will be expected to exercise considerable ingenuity and tact in applying guidelines to unique and different settings.  Considerable innovation will be required to influence other collaborative organizations engaged in WASH and nutrition programs to adopt appropriate strategies for their program activities.  Intermediate user level of word processing, spreadsheets and databases is required. Strong skills in interpretation of program monitoring and evaluation data are required.
SELECTION CRITERIA

1. Management will consider nepotism/conflict of interest, budget, and residency status in determining successful candidacy. 
2. Current employees serving a probationary period are not eligible to apply.
3. If the selected applicant does not fill all the position requirements, he/she may be started at training level.

ONLY SHORT-LISTED CANDIDATES WILL BE CONTACTED.
TO APPLY
Interested applicants for this position must submit the following, or the application will not be considered:

1. Application for U.S. Federal Employment (DS-174) from this link: http://www.usaid.gov/rwanda/partnership-opportunities
2. A current resume or curriculum vitae that provides the same information as an DS 174; and
3. Any other documentation (e.g., essays, certificates, awards, and copies of degrees earned) that addresses the qualification requirements of the position as listed above.

SUBMIT APPLICATION TO
E-mail: Kigalihr@usaid.gov
POINT OF CONTACT
Human Resources Office, Tel: 0252 596 400; Ext. 2605
CLOSING DATE FOR THIS POSITION: August 05, 2016 at 12:00 pm
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