● Provide expert technical support for humanitarian health interventions for disaster response to USAID/BHA staff based in the United States and country offices in line with Humanitarian Principles.
● Facilitate and coordinate USG emergency technical response activities with USAID/Global Health and other Bureaus, and the interagency, including HHS/ASPR, OGA, and CDC.
● Actively represent USAID/BHA in humanitarian health discussions and activities, serve as a USG humanitarian health sector resource person, and provide expert technical and organizational leadership in sectoral activity as part of the USAID/BHA Health Team for emergency health interventions.
● Lead technical and strategic thinking for health activities, interventions, and recommendation discussions. Develop sector strategies, guidance, and recommendations (in coordination with other sectors when required) for response and disaster risk reduction; and provide technical support for BHA field offices, other offices within USAID, and to the Health Team’s home office of Technical Program Quality (TPQ). Exercise independent judgment and decision-making related to public health activities in headquarters and in the field.
● Lead discussions on emergency health activities with NGO partners, other donor agencies, the international humanitarian community, and other USAID staff working in the PHN division and humanitarian health sector and attend other meetings, events, and forums such as the Health Cluster.
● Coordinate linkages between USAID/GH and BHA for humanitarian health and develop strategies for transition in BHA supported contexts with and without USAID Missions.
● Provide technical review of proposals submitted by NGO and UN partners for humanitarian health response and disaster risk reduction. Apply new developments in the emergency health sector to BHA programming.
● Lead/coordinate, plan, implement, and evaluate and prioritize emergency health activities to ensure that efforts in assigned program areas are meeting the needs of affected populations and satisfy the goals and objectives of the response program.
● Lead assessment teams and liaise with response actors to determine the capacity of the affected community and ensure that adequate resources are available to the international response effort. Brief host governments, the U.S. Military, U.S. Embassy, and USAID Mission.
● Identify emergency public health risk reduction and prevention measures that could be linked to disaster response activities. Review risk reduction principles and make expert recommendations on course of action.
● Develop various types of country/regional health strategies for field offices, DARTs, and assessment teams. Provide briefings and written reports.
● As needed, provide technical support to TPQ’s Nutrition and WASH Teams related to the complementary nature of these interventions to improve health outcomes in humanitarian settings.
● As needed, be on-call/sign up for and serve on Disaster Assistance Response Teams (DARTs) and serve on Washington-based Response Management Teams (RMTs), which provides services and support to DARTs deployed in response to disasters. The duties on RMTs will vary. (DARTs may require immediate (within 24 hours) deployment overseas for an extended period of time.)
● As needed, may serve on temporary detail within the Bureau to meet operational needs during staff shortages. Duties performed while on a detail will be aligned with the Team’s existing duties and responsibilities as well as directly related to the scope of work provided.
● Minimum Education and Experience: Bachelors degree and eight (8+) Years, Masters and six (6+), Doctorates and four (4+), or High school diploma and twleve (12+) relevant work experience
● Preferred Education and Experience: Master’s degree plus seven (7) years of experience working in emergency relief and humanitarian assistance with three (3) years of relevant experience obtained overseas.
● Recent experience working in a technical capacity for an international nongovernmental organization, public international organization, or USG agency working in humanitarian relief and/or response in health.
● Fluency in critical concepts of emergency/ humanitarian health interventions in humanitarian contexts and ability to develop and guide programming to reflect those standards.
● Understanding of key health issues related to displaced populations, refugees and other vulnerable populations and ability to represent the humanitarian perspective.
● Demonstrated ability to interpret strategy; to analyze, develop and present work results; and to monitor and evaluate implementation of programs.
● Must be able to obtain and maintain a US Government issued Secret clearance for the duration of your employment.
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