Supervisory Project Management Specialist (Health Systems Strengthening)

  • Contractor
  • KAMPALA, Uganda
  • TBD USD / Year
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USAID

USAID/Uganda is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Personal Services Contractor (PSC) – Supervisory Project Management Specialist (Health Systems Strengthening).

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: January 31, 2022

Closing date: March 1, 2022

USAID/Uganda is seeking for qualified individuals to fill the Supervisory Project Management Specialist (Health Systems Strengthening) position located in the USAID/Uganda Office of Health and HIV/AIDS (OHH), Health Systems Strengthening Unit.

The Supervisory USAID Project Management Specialist (Health Systems Strengthening [HSS]) is a senior member of the OHH. The OHH is divided into six divisions: Health Systems Strengthening, Family Health, HIV/AIDS, Strategic Information, Malaria, Global Health Security. The OHH is headed by a U.S. Foreign Service Officer who reports directly to the Mission Director. Managing a budget of over US$275 million in fiscal year 2021 funds, OHH has a significant portfolio in the Mission. The Specialist reports directly to the OHH Chief, with responsibility for providing technical leadership to the

entire USAID/Uganda Mission and to the USG Mission to Uganda as a whole, in the areas of HSS, health legislation and policy, planning, healthcare financing, strategic information, human resources, and logistics and commodities. The Specialist is recognized by the USG and the Government of Uganda (GOU) as an expert in HSS, and serves as a key Advisor to Mission Management, the USG Mission to Uganda, to the GOU, and implementing partners (IPs). The Specialist provides supervision and managerial oversight, and is involved in the planning, design, and implementation and evaluation of all USAID/Uganda HSS activities. The Specialist provides day-to-day technical management and oversight of the HSS portfolio.

The Specialist 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, Embassy leadership, other GOU entities, and with other donors and non-governmental organizations working in the health sector. The Specialist represents USAID and the USG on various high-level governing bodies key to HSS, serves on GOU technical working groups and donor working groups to advance the policy objectives of the USG and to support coordination and harmonization of health activities in Uganda, and provides essential communication and liaison within USAID offices and with other USG agencies. The work includes oversight of 15 professional and support members of the HSS Division, including direct supervision of five of those staff.

The Specialist provides strategic and technical leadership in the design and implementation of USAID/Uganda HHS activities in Uganda. As a senior health advisor for USAID, the Specialist represents USAID and the USG in national and international fora to advise on policies, strategies, and technical issues. The Specialist has an understanding of global health issues, as well as the entire USAID/USG health portfolio, and serves as an Agreement Officer’s Representative/Contracting Officer’s Representative (AOR/COR) or Activity Manager for selected programs/projects/activities. As an AOR/COR, the Specialist monitors program performance and progress, identifies implementation achievements as well as problems in performance, and initiates appropriate actions in consultation with other HSS Division staff, and/or the Office Chief, as appropriate. The Specialist provides supervision to five team members, including AORs/CORs, and provides mentoring and coaching to the entire OHH in the areas of health systems strengthening, health reform, and health-care finance. The Specialist may be assigned to act for the Office Chief and/or Deputy Office Chief in their absence or preoccupation.

  1. EDUCATION

Completion of an advanced degree, or the local equivalent, in medicine, public health, social science, or anthropology is required.

  1. PRIOR WORK EXPERIENCE

A minimum of 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.

Experience must have provided the opportunity for project design, program planning, and/or implementation.

At least 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.

How to apply

The detailed solicitation document Number: 72061722R10003 which provides the full position description, selection criteria, and specific instructions on how to submit an offer is found at: https://ug.usembassy.gov/embassy/jobs/ OR send an email to EXO and HR Specialist at: [email protected]


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