Health Science Specialist
JOB DETAIL
These job openings are in the Bureau for Global Health, Office of Infectious Disease, Emerging Threat Division at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
This posting will cover one of the following position:
Outbreak Response Team GHS Advisor
Duties
- Ensure preparedness, detection, and response to infectious diseases in line with WHO’s International Health Regulations.
- Actively participate in planning, designing, developing, implementing, and evaluating response efforts to emerging infectious disease outbreak events.
- Prepare for and participates in dialogue with multilateral, bilateral and Host Country Counterpart Senior Officials and with global multilateral policy and funding institutions to provide expert opinion and advice.
- Prepare reports, briefings, conferences, publications, training, etc. to promote understanding of improved knowledge and methods. Responds to Congressional, NSC and other requirements for wide dissemination.
- Provide advice and recommendations to collaborative efforts that develop solutions to address immediate infectious disease outbreak responses.
- Identify and propose solutions to problems that are of major importance to planning the direction for future international crisis programs and/or operational functions.
Requirements
Conditions of Employment
- United States Citizenship is required.
- Relevant experience (see Qualifications below).
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.
- Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered with the Selective Service.
- You may be required to serve a two-year probationary period if selected.
- Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer is required
- These are Testing Designated Positions (TDPs) under the Agency’s approved Drug-Free Workplace Program. Once applicants are brought onboard, they will be subject to random drug testing.
Qualifications
Basic Requirements:
Bachelor’s or graduate/higher level degree: major study in an academic field related to the medical field, health sciences or allied sciences appropriate to the work of the position. This degree must be from an educational program from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education(external link) at the time the degree was obtained.
To qualify for this position, you must also meet the following requirements below:
Specialized Experience:
GS-13: You need at least one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-12 level in the Federal service. Specialized experience refers to full-time work, while part-time roles are considered on a prorated basis. Qualifying specialized experience includes:
- Managing operations or technical projects/programs to support rapid response activities for an infectious disease response; AND
- Developing strategic internal and executive communications efforts on One Health programs across an organization to ensure broad understanding of goals, projects and initiatives; AND
- Building external relationships and partnerships to promote public health awareness; AND
- Applying One Health principles to infectious disease outbreak response-related project design or management in low-or middle-income countries.
Please note that qualifying specialized work experience may have been gained through a variety of activities, including residence, study, teaching, business or commercial activities, military service, newspaper work, military or civil government activities, missionary or international relief work, or other foreign work experience. Make sure to document your experience thoroughly in your resume.
Experience includes both paid and unpaid activities, such as volunteer work through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work provides training and experience that can translate directly to paid employment. Qualifying experience, including volunteer experience, that aligns with the duties of this position will be considered.
Education
Review the Basic Requirements of this vacancy announcement for education requirements. Unofficial transcripts are required at the point of submission since these positions do have a minimum education requirement.
If you have received your education at a foreign college or university, you may use it to meet the education requirements as long as you can demonstrate that the foreign education is similar to that you would have received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. You must provide such evidence with your application. Find a list of accredited organizations recognized for interpreting foreign education credentials at www.naces.org/members.php.
