Health Office Director – Health Office (USAID/Egypt)

Job Description

Vistant is excited to announce a job opportunity on behalf of USAID/Egypt. As part of our commitment to supporting USAID’s mission, we are leveraging our extensive network and expertise to help attract qualified candidates for this position. While Vistant is assisting in candidate outreach, we kindly request that all applications for this role be directed to the USAID Human Resources Office, as indicated below. The following is a condensed version of the job ad. For the complete details and application process, please visit https://www.usaid.gov/vacancy-announcement-ccn12023-health-office-director

1. SOLICITATION NUMBER: CCN1/2023

2. ISSUANCE DATE: 6/13/2023

3. CLOSING DATE AND TIME FOR RECEIPT OF OFFERS: 7/13/2023 at 4:30 pm Cairo time.

4. POINT OF CONTACT: USAID Human Resources Office, email at usaidhr@usaid.gov

5. POSITION TITLE: Health Office Director – Health Office

6. MARKET VALUE: $117,518 – $152,771. This is the gross annual salary before deducting taxes, and is equivalent to GS-15.

7. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: One year with option to renew estimated to start in Jan 2024. “The base period will be from the estimated start date till December 31, 2024”. Based on Agency need, the Contracting Officer may exercise (an) additional option period(s) for 4 additional years for the date(s).

8. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: Cairo, Egypt, with possible travel as stated in the Statement of Duties.

9. ELIGIBLE OFFERORS: Egyptians only.

10. SECURITY LEVEL REQUIRED: Employment Authorization.

Position Description:

The Health Office Director is responsible for strategic management of the health portfolio and leads the program design, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation of the health activities. S/he collaborates with the Ministry of Health and Population, the Ministry of Social Solidarity, development partners, and other key stakeholders at the highest levels and provides expert technical health advice. S/he also works closely with the United States Government (USG) Interagency and USAID Headquarters staff on health issues. The Health Office Director provides technical leadership for the health portfolio and supervises five (5) senior team members and provides oversight for the rest of the ten (10) person team.

The Health Office Director serves as the senior advisor to the Front Office, interagency, and Mission staff with full responsibility for providing technical leadership, guidance and support and will have duties and responsibilities across a range of areas including:

Management and Supervision

• Leads the Health Office, which includes direct supervision for five (5) senior team members in two programmatic areas (Family Planning and Global Health Security).
• Sets staff annual work objectives; conducts staff performance evaluations; reviews and revises position descriptions; manages staffing issues and determines staff assignments; rewards staff; and develops and manages staff training plans.
• Mentors, coaches, and supervises the Health Office in strategy development, activity design, and activity implementation.
• Serves on the Mission’s Senior Staff and makes recommendations for Mission personnel policies, staffing, and morale.
• Identifies gaps in staff knowledge and opportunities for advancing empowerment, professional development, and leadership at all levels.
• Models and promotes a respectful, inclusive, and safe work environment. Promotes diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) principles for USAID colleagues and external partners.

Technical Leadership

• Leads technical programming of health activities, including reproductive health and family planning; infectious diseases, including COVID-19; health systems strengthening; and Global Health Security.
• Ensures implementation of all health activities based on USAID guidelines and best practices to achieve results.
• Provides high-level technical guidance to the office, implementing partners, and Government of Egypt on Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning concepts, processes, design, training, and best practices in the health sector. Supports AOR/CORs in monitoring and evaluating activities across the health portfolio.
• Leads staff through procurement actions in collaboration with the Office of Acquisition and Assistance, the Office of Financial Management, and the Program Office as per Agency guidance.
• Leads coordination between USAID health implementing partners and other technical offices.
• Ensures that activities comply with Congressional requirements for family planning.
• Provides technical direction for the Health Office to modify current activities and/or generate new designs which align with Agency guidelines and program priorities.

Strategic Leadership

• Provides expert technical advice on health programming, strategy, policy, and data surveys to the USAID Mission, U.S. government interagency, and Government of Egypt. 4
• Identifies opportunities for working with new partners, including private sector entities and local organizations, to expand health service delivery channels.
• Formulates the Mission’s Country Development Cooperation Strategy and Performance Management Plan for the health sector. Identifies areas of integration with other technical offices.
• Identifies short and long-range achievable, sustainable strategies and leads the development of USAID Mission strategic plan, results analysis, resource requests, and other strategic planning and reporting documentation for health.
• Leads staff in communicating USAID’s successes and stories in the health sector to diverse audiences, such as through factsheets and social media posts highlighting lessons learned, achievements, and results.
• Leads all reporting processes for the Health Office.

External Coordination

• Leads USAID’s coordination, collaboration, strategic advice, negotiations, and joint planning with the Ministry of Health and Population and the Ministry of Social Solidarity.
• Builds relationships with senior Government of Egypt leaders to represent, advocate for, and problem solve solutions for the U.S. government’s health programs.
• Represents USAID on the interagency Global Health Security team. Leads coordination with other U.S. government agencies working in the health sector. Liaises with USAID’s Bureau for Global Health on budgeting, technical direction, and country strategy.
• Represents USAID/Egypt at technical meetings, implementing partner meetings, seminars, conferences, and public events on health.
• Leads donor relationships in the health sector on behalf of USAID.

Qualifications:

Education: Doctor of Medicine (MD) Degree received from a recognized university in the U.S., Puerto Rico, or Western European equivalent is required.

Prior Work Experience: A minimum of fifteen (15) years of progressively responsible professional experience in public health. At least five years of experience managing teams and ten years of experience managing the technical implementation of health projects; coordination within and outside USG, especially building relationships with the public and private sectors, host country nationals, bilateral and multilateral donors and/or NGOs are required. 6 Language Proficiency: Level IV English reading, writing, and speaking and Level lV Arabic reading, writing, and speaking are required.

Application Instructions:

Eligible Offerors are required to submit the following to the USAID Human Resources Office email at usaidhr@usaid.gov no later than COB of the vacancy deadline noted above:

a. Submit and attach a cover letter detailing how the offeror is qualified for the position.

b. Submit an up-to-date Resume/CV that includes the month, year, and company name of employment for all paid and unpaid employment activities. If a company name and/or work date is not stated clearly, the experience will not be considered.

c. Submit the names of all family members working in the U.S. government and/or USAID Mission. d. List the vacancy number in the email subject line.

About the Organization

PM Consulting Group (PMCG), a Maryland-based firm that specializes in international development, advanced healthcare solutions, and mission support services supports USAID programs globally with in-country surge support to address political, developmental, and reconstruction needs through a five-year Middle East North Africa (MENA) blanket purchase agreement (BPA) to provide administrative, technical, and programmatic staff support services to field-based programs managed by USAID in the MENA region.