Public Health Specialist (Surveillance & Response)

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U.S. Mission Vietnam – U.S. Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City

VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER: HCMALL 15/54

OPEN TO: All Interested Candidates / All Sources

POSITION: Public Health Specialist (Surveillance & Response)

OPENING DATE: August 25, 2016

CLOSING DATE: September 08, 2016

WORK HOURS: Full-time, 40 hours/week

ANNUAL SALARY: Ordinarily Resident (OR): FSN-10; US$19,808.00 (Starting salary)
Not-Ordinarily Resident (NOR): FP-05 (steps 5 through 14)*; US$58,032.00 (Starting Salary)
*Final grade/step for NORs will be determined by Washington

ALL ORDINARILY RESIDENT (OR) APPLICANTS (See Appendix A for definition) MUST HAVE THE REQUIRED RESIDENCY PERMIT TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR CONSIDERATION.

The U.S. Mission Vietnam – U.S. Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City is seeking eligible and qualified applicants for the position of Public Health Specialist (Surveillance & Response).

NOTE: Due to the high volume of applications received, we will only contact applicants who are qualified and will be invited for further testing and/or interview. Thank you for your understanding

BASIC FUNCTIONS OF THE POSITION

Incumbent, under the supervision of the Team Lead for Surveillance and Response, serves as the Public Health Specialist for Surveillance and Response at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) office at the U.S. Consulate in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), Viet Nam. In this capacity, the incumbent will provide significant technical and program
management leadership with advancing Viet Nam to achieve the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) targets for disease surveillance and response. Incumbent also serves as a subject-matter expert, and technical advisor in all efforts undertaken by CDC-Viet Nam to advance implementation in the aspects of indicator-based surveillance, event-based surveillance and how they support early warning and response to public health threats. Incumbent works in collaboration with relevant technical personnel at CDC -Hanoi and -HCMC, as well as other technical officers within the USG interagency, including the Department of Defense/Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to coordinate, facilitate, mentor, and/or directly provide capacity development support in strengthening systems for surveillance and response, concentrating primarily on efforts in the southern provinces best supported from CDC-HCMC. The incumbent has direct responsibility for routine liaison with the USG Inter-Agency, other bilateral and multi-lateral partners, especially, but not limited to, the World Health Organization in Viet Nam, the Food and Agricultural Organization, USAID and DTRA across all activities pertaining to infectious disease surveillance and response. The incumbent plays an important technical advisory role to the Ministry of Health (MOH) and implementing
partners for day-to-day program and administrative management, coordination and collaboration activities with other incountry U.S. agencies to ensure that U.S. Government programming addresses Vietnamese Government priorities. The incumbent also represents CDC Viet Nam on surveillance and response issues at technical, policy and strategic planning
meetings, as well as in meetings with collaborators and donor agencies.

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED

Applicants must address each required qualification listed below with specific and comprehensive information supporting each item. Failure to do so may result in a determination that the applicant is not qualified.

1. EDUCATION: A minimum of Master’s degree in public health, biological sciences or laboratory sciences, or international equivalent is required.

2. EXPERIENCE: Must have at least three years’ experience working with projects or programs supporting public health surveillance and response systems in Viet Nam is required. Also, a minimum of two years’ experience in developing, implementing and evaluating health programs and coordination with international agencies or implementing partners.

3. LANGUAGE: Level 4 (Fluent) Speaking/Reading/Writing of English is required (this will be tested). Level 4 (Fluent) Speaking/Reading/Writing of Vietnamese is required.

4. SKILLS AND ABILITIES: Must have 1) good program management and systems analytical skills; 2) good managerial skills to operate independently with limited direct supervision of day-to-day activities and to lead results-driven project teams and workgroups; 3) ability to analyze, understand and discuss data, program and systems design and revision,
and management and implementation approaches; and 4) strong skills in the interpretation of program monitoring and evaluation data including the ability to understand and synthesize numerical data. Must be able to communicate issues and developments between the CDC team and partners within MOH and other technical, development and implementing partners, both orally and in writing to maintain effective, sustainable working relationships with national and international working partners and to accomplish reporting requirements.

5. JOB KNOWLEDGE: Must have 1) a professional knowledge foundation in public health and the role of laboratory and information systems with strengthening infectious disease detection and response in order to support the host Government and implementing partners in the development and strengthening of effective disease detection and response systems; 2) a thorough understanding of current best practices in event- and indicator-based surveillance
for public health action; and 3) a good working knowledge of program management techniques to plan, organize and direct complex activities with multiple stakeholders.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: The complete position description listing all of the duties and responsibilities may be obtained on our website http://hochiminh.usconsulate.gov/jobs.html

SELECTION PROCESS

When qualified, applicants who are U.S. Citizen Eligible Family Members (USEFMs) and/or preference-eligible U.S. Veterans are given a preference in hiring. Therefore, it is essential that these applicants make themselves known as having a hiring preference and specifically address the required qualifications above in their application.

HIRING PREFERENCE ORDER:
(1) USEFM who is ALSO a preference-eligible U.S. Veteran
(2) USEFM OR a preference-eligible U.S. Veteran
(3) FS on LWOP

ADDITIONAL SELECTION CRITERIA

1. Management may consider the following when determining successful candidacy: nepotism, conflicts of interest,
budget, and residency status.
2. Current OR employees serving a probationary period are not eligible to apply. Current OR employees with an Overall Summary Rating of Needs Improvement or Unsatisfactory on their most recent Employee Performance Report (EPR) are not eligible to apply.
3. Current NOR employees hired on a Family Member Appointment (FMA) or a Personal Service Agreement (PSA) are
not eligible to apply within the first 90 calendar days of their employment, unless they have a When Actually Employed (WAE) work schedule.
4. The candidate must be able to obtain and hold the Mission’s security clearance.
5. Candidates who are EFMs, USEFMs, AEFMs, or MOHs must have at least one year remaining on their sponsor’s tour
of duty to be considered eligible to apply for this position.

ADDITIONAL SELECTION CRITERIA

Please see post eligibility & qualification requirements on the Management Office bulletin board/intranet (Sharepoint) or on the Consulate website http://hochiminh.usconsulate.gov/jobs.html.

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. Current Ordinarily Resident employees with an Overall Summary Rating of Needs Improvement or Unsatisfactory on their most recent Employee Performance Report are not eligible to apply.

4. Currently employed U.S. Citizen EFMs who hold a Family Member Appointment (FMA) are ineligible to apply for
advertised positions within the first 90 calendar days of their employment.

5. Currently employed Not Ordinarily Residents (NORs) hired under a Personal Services Agreement (PSA) are ineligible to apply for advertised positions within the first 90 calendar days of their employment unless currently hired into a position with a When Actually Employed (WAE) work schedule.

6. The candidate must be able to obtain and hold U.S. Mission Regional Security Office (RSO) and Health Unit clearances.

HOW TO APPLY

Applicants must submit the following documents to be considered:

1. Universal Application for Employment (UAE) (Form DS-174), which is available on our website
http://hochiminh.usconsulate.gov/jobs.html

2. Any additional documentation that supports or addresses the requirements listed above (e.g. transcripts, degrees, etc.)

IMPORTANT: Applicants claiming a U.S. Veteran’s preference must submit written documentation confirming eligibility (e.g., Member Copy 4 of Form DD-214, Letter from the Veteran’s Administration, or certification documenting eligibility under the VOW Act with an expected discharge no later than 120 days after the certification is submitted) by the closing date of the vacancy announcement. If the written documentation confirming eligibility is not received in the HR office by the closing date of the vacancy announcement, the U.S. Veteran’s preference will not be considered in the application process. Specific criteria for receiving a U.S. Veteran’s preference may be found in HR/OE’s Family Member Employment Policy (FMEP).

WHERE TO APPLY:

Management Office
E-mail Address: HoChiMinhCityHR@state.gov

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY: The U.S. Mission provides equal opportunity and fair and equitable treatment
in employment to all people without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, political affiliation, marital status, or sexual orientation. The Department of State also strives to achieve equal employment opportunity in all personnel operations through continuing diversity enhancement programs. The EEO complaint procedure is not available to individuals who believe they have been denied equal opportunity based upon marital status or political affiliation.Individuals with such complaints should avail themselves of the appropriate grievance procedures, remedies for prohibited personnel practices, and/or courts for relief.

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