Service Objective:

The GHS Technical Advisor for Surveillance and Epidemiology funded by the CDC Division of Global Health Protection (DGHP) will support CDC Namibia.

Support will primarily be focused on improving the accurate and rapid collection, interpretation, identification and dissemination of information of emerging and reemerging diseases in accordance with the overall operational objectives of the CDC Global Health Security Agenda within the Division of Global Health Protection (DGHP) and in accordance with the International Health Regulations of 2005 (IHR). In addition to supporting DGHP Namibia program activities involving surveillance and epidemiology and providing technical input into the analysis, interpretation, and use of surveillance data for policy making, the contractor will support the CDC Namibia surveillance team in training public health leaders in the use of epidemiological surveillance. Training services will include providing mentorship services to four senior level selectees for the existing CDC funded Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program (FELTP) on related surveillance projects. This service position requires working closely with CDC funded Government partners, including the Namibia Ministry of Health (MOH) and the related public health institutes to implement projects supporting the development of surveillance systems.

Task Requirements

The contractor will provide overall expert support to CDC Namibia and the Government of Namibia for surveillance and epidemiologic activities in alignment with the CDC.DGHP Global Health Security activities focused on enhancing and building the epidemiologic and surveillance capacity of the government’s workforce and systems to detect, characterize and transparently report emerging biological threats at the earliest possible moment. In performance of this task order, the contractor shall:

· Assess the current capacity for surveillance in Namibia in collaboration with the CDC Namibia Surveillance and Lab teams and the government of Namibia.

· Prepare and submit a Summary Assessment report which includes identifying areas and recommendations for improvements and general steps to move forward on enhancements.

· Develop a strategic work plan for surveillance capacity strengthening, working in collaboration with CDC Namibia Surveillance and Lab team and corresponding experts at the Namibia MOH.

· Collaborate with the CDC Namibia in supporting the MOH’s efforts to

o Develop and expand sentinel surveillance for high-priority disease syndromes,

o Improve the event detection surveillance system for outbreak detection to, incorporate information streams from laboratories, clinicians, clinical care facilities, the media, communities and other sources,

o Develop standard operating procedures and reporting mechanisms for the surveillance system,

o Develop systems for the analysis, interpretation, and use of surveillance data for public health policy making, and

o Identify specific requirements for an information management system and assist in the recruitment and oversight of information systems advisors.

· Provide technical guidance to CDC Namibia in monitoring the progress and quality of program activities, providing additional technical support as needed.

· Assist CDC Namibia in developing and providing teaching workshops for Namibia Government staff and mentoring fellows in the Field Epidemiology Training Program in surveillance related projects.

· Coordinate and facilitate meetings sponsored by DGHP, Namibia, writing progress reports, and assistance in providing development recommendations for funding applications.

Task Deliverables:

· Review of plans, designs and implementation plans, analysis of outputs and outcomes, training needs assessments and training materials.

Minimum Qualifications and/or Certifications:

· Doctorate level degree (MD or PhD) with post-graduate training in field epidemiology

· Master’s level degree in epidemiology

· Five years post-graduate work in public health, public programs or related area

· At least three years international experience with progressive responsibility in Surveillance, Epidemiology

· Ability to effectively communicate in English on a daily basis with various groups (Speaking, Reading and Writing)**.**

· Interested candidates should email their cover letter and CV to TaNisha Harris @ resumes@ctsglobalusa.com

To satisfy the overall objectives of CDC India and international collaboration responsibilities, the contractor will provide technical assistance, consultation and support services to the EBOLA response and recovery efforts in India for epidemiologic and laboratory information system/programs and data management methods for clinical and diagnostic data.

Based in New Delhi and each will be assigned to provide data management support for one of three highly affected areas (New Delhi, Amritsar, Ludhiana); (Lucknow, Patna, Jaipur); (Mumbai Indore, and Bhopal)

Task Requirements:

Participate as a member of the international EBOLA response team and assist

CDC in their efforts to provide overall expert technical support to the host

country government laboratory and epidemiologic data activities being

supported through collaborative EBOLA response and recovery efforts by CDC.

the government and international partners. This may include development of

strategies to improve the quality of data.

· Collaborate closely with CDC and the in-country response team, coordinating

laboratory and epidemiologic data management activities with detection,

prevention, care and treatment program areas.

· Analyze data from assessments conducted in priority areas and work with team

leads to incorporate appropriate activities/strategies into work plans; activities will

be related to EBOLA surveillance, suspected EBOLA case investigation, care

and monitoring, EBOLA outbreak investigation and response

planning/implementation, epidemiological data analysis, and routine

immunization services.

· Maintain and manage an up-to-date and accurate database that is used for

describing the outbreak and doing epidemiological data analysis.

· Work closely with government and other CDC lab partners and epidemiologists

to improve data quality.

· Maintain and run SAS program(s) to clean and merge data. Manage and

analyze data for risk assessments.

· Work with team leads to track progress towards implementing specific priority

country work plans.

· Conduct periodic analyses of current epidemiologic data related to EBOLA,

outbreaks, and surveillance and priority areas.

· Provide technical assistance as needed to CDC India in other areas of data

management (EQA) programs, studies, etc.

· Coordinate, facilitating and participate in meetings sponsored by CDC Country

Office and international Ebola Response partners.

Task Deliverables:

· Review of plans, designs and implementation plans, analysis of outputs and outcomes, training needs assessments and training materials.

Minimum Qualifications and/or Certifications:

· Master’s Level Degree in Public Health Sciences or related field

· Minimum 4 years’ experience, with progressive responsibility in working with epidemiology and laboratory information systems and providing data management solutions

· Three years of experience in coordinating multi-agency public health programs at regional, national, sub national, local levels, international experience preferred

· Experience in International public health, disease surveillance (active and passive), and Outbreak and case investigations

· Working knowledge of SAS, SPSS, Excel, Microsoft Access

· Excellent communication and writing skills. Experience in development of strategic documents, briefing documents, and reports.

· Level IV speaking and writing proficiency in English

· Language proficiency in Hindi and Marathi preferred ,

· Interested candidates should email their cover letter and CV to TaNisha Harris @ resumes@ctsglobalusa.com

Service Objective:

The contractor will provide assistance to CDC India in their subject matter expert role to the India government emergency/incident management system during the EBOLA EOC activation and emergency response operation. In this role the contractor will work closely with the emergency management development team leaders, the international task force leaders, host government team leaders, and in-country emergency management specialists to coordinate support activities designed to improve emergency management capacity in India.

Task Requirements

· Participates in the CDC India Country Team emergency/incident management response as subject matter expert during the EBOLA EOC activation and response operation in India to support the efforts of the USG team in providing support to the India government to address and contain the disease outbreak.

· Works closely with the Government of India’s emergency management leaders, the international task force leaders, and in-country emergency management specialists to coordinate support activities designed to improve emergency management capacity in India.

· Assesses India’s public health emergency management programs for compliance with established public health and emergency management standards and provides expert consultation the Government of India and other partners for improving and demonstrating such compliance.

· Represents the emergency management capacity development function at public health emergency management meetings. Establishes and maintains strong and effective working relationships with the Government of India, and program personnel from international agencies to facilitate awareness and support for emergency planning, preparedness, response, recovery and mitigation.

· Facilitates, mentors, and/or provides public health emergency management capacity development support directly to the India government and Ministry of Health for activities that include, but are not limited to:

o Emergency operations management and administration

o Emergency management system policy development and implementation to support work in-country (e.g., strategic planning for overall country work, transition planning from response to longer term capacity development)

o Emergency management operational, planning, logistical, and financial functions

o Public information/emergency risk communications

o Situational awareness activities

o Safety and risk management functions

o Liaison coordination

o Emergency management system training considerations

· Collaborate with CDC India in assisting the India government in the coordination of the identification of emergency management support needs across India and potential sources for meeting those needs.

· Provides input to planning activities such as the Incident Action Plan (IAP) and status reports such as Situation Reports (SITREPs). Reviews IAP’s, recommends emergency management goals and objectives, identifies response capability limitations, and recommends proposed tactics for coordinating response activities.

· Provides weekly detailed updates on India’s progress towards improving emergency management capacity to the CDC Director and the DGHP India Lead. Updates are compiled and sent to CDC Atlanta to notify CDC leadership of concerns and highlights of India’s progress in emergency management capacity development.

· Participates in the weekly Emergency Management Coordination Call which allows CDC Atlanta based staff to respond to and support the CDC India office during the emergency.

· Prepares input for response reports, slides, and other materials as required.

Task Deliverables:

· Review of plans, designs and implementation plans, analysis of outputs and outcomes, training needs assessments and training materials.

Minimum Qualifications and/or Certifications

· Medical Degree

· Experience in senior advisory positions. Specific skills include the ability to communicate clearly, effectively and succinctly, to work cooperatively in a team environment and support different working styles, to quickly and effectively resolve problems and make recommendations.

· Knowledge of emergency management principles, response operations, public health practices, and the fundamentals of establishing a national level emergency management system or a Ministry of Health emergency operations center.

· Skills associated with establishing an organization for response planning, conducting response management, providing logistical support, tracking resources, and coordinating policies and operations in a national level or a Ministry of Health emergency operations center. These skills are used to assist the host government in a response to a public health emergency event.

o Ability to connect the use of the emergency management physical space, identified as an emergency operations center (EOC), with the management systems used to conduct or coordinate emergency operations through the use of emergency management functional staff.

· Specific knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience with:

o EOC and emergency response management, EOC administration, and event/emergency management system policies, protocols, and procedures.

o Outbreak response planning and operations, gaining situational awareness, and managing outbreak information.

o Resource management, logistic support, and finance considerations.

o Evaluating a response environment and the options for dealing with it; experience in developing action plans (engaging in a planning function).

o Initiating and monitoring a response (engaging in an operational function).

o Making decisions about how to respond (engaging in a management function).

o Acquiring resources to respond and an awareness of how to track resources (engaging in a logistical function and an administrative function).

o Reporting activities to someone with authority either to seek direction or to account for their activities (engaging in a policy function).

· Familiarity with:

o Risk communications, environmental infection control communications, and the general flow of communication information.

o Coordinating international cooperation and liaison support, and mobilizing international support for public health emergencies.

o Coordinating medical services that include infrastructure, human resources, specimen transport, patient evacuation and care, medical equipment, and medical supplies.

· Skills/experience in project management, data analysis, organizational development.

· Experience in developing and maintaining working relationships with a broad range of individuals, public health systems, sectors and agencies.

· Language proficiency in Hindi preferred

· Level IV speaking and writing proficiency in English

· Interested candidates should email their cover letter and CV to TaNisha Harris @ resumes@ctsglobalusa.com

Service Objective:

The contractor serves as a subject matter expert for public health emergency management capacity development and providing technical expertise, support and training in the implementation of emergency management (EM) activities to the CDC, primarily to the India Government and health care workers at the local levels to continue to rapidly detect and respond to the EBOLA outbreak. The contractor coordinates closely with the CDC EBOLA response team on all activities.

Task Requirements

· Provides technical assistance to host government response and health care staff (primarily at the local levels) to meet established public health and emergency management standards to effectively respond and contain the EBOLA epidemic.

· Host government develops, provides and coordinates emergency management capacity development training for central and local level host country staff to build and improve health emergency preparedness, response, recovery and mitigation at the central and local levels. Activities include, but are not limited to:

o Emergency operations management, planning, logistics, administration tasks

o Public information/emergency risk communications

o Preparedness, Response and Situational awareness activities

o Safety and risk management functions

o Liaison coordination

· Assists CDC in the identification, tracking of progress, and provision of ongoing recommendations to enhance country’s incident management structure.

· Provides technical expertise on development of emergency management capacity at public health emergency management meetings.

· Provides input to the Incident Action Plan (IAP) and status reports (e.g. the Situation Reports- SITREPs. Reviews IAP’s, identifies response capability limitations, and recommends proposed tactics for coordinating response activities.

· Prepares input for response reports, slides, and other materials as required.

Task Deliverables:

· Review of plans, designs and implementation plans, analysis of outputs and outcomes, training needs assessments and training materials

Minimum Qualifications and/or Certifications:

· Master degree, plus 2 years of experience in emergency management or related area; or Bachelor degree, plus 3 years of experience in emergency management or related area;

· Specific knowledge, skills, abilities and past experience with:

o Emergency management principles, response operations, and the fundamentals of establishing and implementing an emergency management and response effort, or developing, providing TA to a foreign government /Ministry of Health Emergency Operations Center.

o EOC and emergency response management, EOC administration, and event/emergency management system policies, protocols, and procedures. ‘Outbreak response planning and operations, gaining situational awareness, and managing outbreak information.

o Resource management, logistic support, and finance considerations.

o Evaluating a response environment and experience in engaging in planning and developing action plans; and in initiating and monitoring a response.

o Acquiring resources to respond and an awareness of how to track resources

o Reporting activities to someone with authority either to seek direction or to account for their activities.

· Familiarity with:

o Risk communications, environmental infection control communications, and the general flow of communication information.

o Coordinating medical services that include infrastructure, human resources, specimen transport, patient evacuation and care, medical equipment, and medical supplies.

· Demonstrated experience in developing and providing effective training

· Excellent writing skills and experience in development of strategic documents, briefing documents, protocols, survey tools, and reports.

· Language proficiency in Hindi preferred

· Level IV speaking and writing proficiency in English

Interested candidates should email their cover letter and CV to TaNisha Harris @ resumes@ctsglobalusa.com

Job title:Operational Security Adviser (Stabilisation Unit)

Location: London, with overseas travel

Type of contract: Permanent

Security clearance requirement: Current UK Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV) desirable

Salary: £53,950 per year

Application deadline: 08 March 2017

Our business:

Crown Agents provides security advice, deployments, administrative, and other support services to the UK Stabilisation Unit (SU). The SU is a cross-government unit supporting UK government efforts to tackle instability overseas. It is physically located in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, King Charles Street, London SW1, which would be the principal place of work for this role. See www.stabilisationunit.gov.uk for more information on the SU.

This role:

We are looking for an Operational Security Adviser to join our security team. The team currently consists of two other Operational Security Advisers and a Security Desk Officer. A projected increase in workload means that we need to expand the team.

The role involves advising the SU on security arrangements for its overseas deployees, as it serves the rest of Government (particularly DFID, MOD and FCO) in its efforts to tackle instability overseas. Tasks include:

• Provide specialist security advice and support to SU activities and deployments to fragile and conflict affected environments, from planning and development through to operational delivery

• Produce risk assessments and draft submissions that can be used to inform both risk owners and deploying staff on the risks and mitigations associated with deployments to specific, often high-threat, locations

• Self-deploy, as necessary, to conduct security assessments and fact-finding in fragile and hostile environments

• Complete comprehensive written reports with clear recommendations for the mitigation of assessed threats and risks

• Deliver pre-deployment and post-deployment briefs for Stabilisation Unit deployees

• Provide security support as necessary to deployed staff, including the provision of additional advice and the staffing (where appropriate) of approvals for high risk travel in mission

• Initiate and manage information and threat warnings to deployed Stabilisation Unit staff, potentially within compressed timelines

• Provide out of hours security advice and support to the Senior Leadership Team

• Be prepared to deploy at short notice in a crisis response deployment that requires integrated security advice / management

• Assess security threats and trends affecting SU deployees

• Undertake any other advisory duties as directed by the Senior Operational Security Advisor

  Qualifications, skills and experience:

• Extensive experience of operating in hostile environments overseas

• Track record of providing security and safety advice for personnel and infrastructure against a spectrum of threats

• Experience in producing written risk assessments under time pressure that reflect the realities faced by deployed staff

• A broad understanding of international security issues, current affairs

• A proven track record of support to deployed staff in a dynamic, operationally-focused environment

• High quality written and verbal communication skills; unambiguous and succinct when dealing with complex ideas

• The intellectual rigour and proven ability to synthesise information from multiple sources to provide effective security advice and assessments

• Comfortable working to tight deadlines without sacrificing accuracy, and able to respond effectively to short notice assignments under pressure

• Able to anticipate operational safety requirements based on imperfect information and indicators – happy to embrace uncertainty and work with ambiguity

• Able to work both independently and as a team member

• A proven track record in briefing policy and operational requirements to senior management, staff and other parties concisely and effectively

• Able to be authoritative when necessary; withstanding challenge whilst sustaining effective working relationships across Whitehall and the security community

• Previous Whitehall / HMG experience would be an advantage

• A working knowledge of relevant Health and Safety legislation would be an advantage

• Experience in the preparation and delivery of security & safety training would be an advantage

Please go to the below link for the Job Description and application instructions:http://www.crownagents.com/jobs/permanent-vacancies/detail/operational-security-adviser-su

Scope of Work:

The contractor shall provide technical assistance, conduct program evaluations and advise CDC CRO, regional partners, and MoH officials regarding methods of improving and expanding intervention activities, capacity building activities and health systems strengthening activities, such that:

• Ministries of Health and regional partners are able to plan, effectively manage, and evaluate HIV programs.
• Assigned partner government capacity to lead the HIV response is strengthened.
• Regional health systems, their capacity, and their impact are strengthened.

Responsibilities/Duties:

1. Provides program officer oversight and technical assistance to the Caribbean Health Leadership Institute (CHLI) at the University of the West Indies and to the Caribbean Community Secretariat (CARICOM) Pan-Caribbean Partnership against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP).
2. Provides technical assistance to Caribbean partner agencies on administrative matters to ensure that PEPFAR funded grants and cooperative agreements are making progress towards successful achievement of goals, objectives and targets.
3. Provides technical assistance in preparing documents for management oversight visits, partnership meetings, and strategic planning exercises, as well as Funding Opportunity Announcements, Annual Program Statements, and other CRO needs.
4. Provides technical assistance to Caribbean PEPFAR funded grants and Cooperative Agreements recipients; reviews cooperative agreement applications from partner agencies for technical soundness and appropriateness of budget requests.
5. Provides technical assistance to implementing partners in the development of work plans; identifies and reports any problem areas to the CDC CRO Director and Deputy Director; recommends strategies and actions for solutions.

Task Deliverables:

· Review of plans, designs and implementation plans, analysis of outputs and outcomes, training needs assessments and training materials.

Minimum Qualifications and/or Certifications:

· Master’s degree or higher in public health, international development, or related field. With five (5) years post graduate work in public health

· Experience working on in global health/development programs with at least 3-5 years’ experience in an international or resource challenged setting, preferably with an emphasis on HIV. Demonstrated broad technical knowledge and experience in program analysis and planning.

· Minimum three (3) years’ progressively responsible experience that includes project management. With federal grants and budget processes and cycles.

· Ability to travel

· Superior technical skills and experience, knowledge and understanding of CDC and Ministry of Health business practices, PEPFAR guidance and directives, development principles and approaches, as well as situational assessment and interpretation skills.

· At least three (3) years of experience working within the Caribbean region’s political and healthy systems; knowledge of regions health priorities.

Interested candidates should email their cover letter and CV to TaNisha Harris @ resumes@ctsglobalusa.com f

Summary of the role

Who is The Department for International Development?

The Department for International Development (DFID) leads the UK’s fight against global poverty, delivering aid to those in need all over the world. Since 1997, our passionate team has helped more than 250 million people lift themselves from poverty and 40 million more children to attend primary school. But there is still much to do.

We work with national and international partners from two UK headquarters in London and Glasgow (East Kilbride) and a network of offices around the world. Wherever they’re based, all DFID staff is united by a single goal: to tackle poverty and improve the lives of people in developing countries.

We offer a diverse range of challenging roles, and each provides an exciting career path and the chance to work at the heart of international development both in the UK and overseas.

Do you want to change people’s lives? To know, when you go to work each day that you are making a difference? Then read on to see how….

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced individual to work across DFID South Sudan teams to support our programme and operational delivery. DFID South Sudan has an allocated budget of £156m in 2018/19, making it one of the largest programmes in East and Central Africa, but in a high risk environment and with some of the greatest delivery challenges of any DFID programme You will be a member of the Business Support Unit and working closely with colleagues in the Operational Excellence and Policy teams as well as the programme teams (Essential Services team and Humanitarian and Livelihoods team). This is a cross-cutting role and you will be expected to support teams on inducting new staff, organising programme field visits, supporting the programme leads on the programme forum and capacity building work, as well as supporting teams on fraud case management.

We are looking for an experienced individual with a wide range of experience including operational and programme management support, and an excellent knowledge of DFID's systems and processes.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

The Operational and Programme Support Officer will:

(i) Support to programme teams on fraud cases management and help track trends;

(ii) Support to programme teams on travel risk assessment production, co-ordinating DFID’s field visit planning and maintaining the field visit tracker;

(iii) Support to teams on the induction of new staff and provide admin and logistics support to DFID South Sudan visitors;

(iv) Support on DFID pipeline issues and liaise with FCO corporate services team on estate and corporate issues;

(v) Support in maintaining the status of our programme management trackers on business cases, annual reviews, project completion reviews and contracts;

(vi) Support on DFID South Sudan Communications;

(vii) Provide Head of Office secretariat support for the Heads of Cooperations (HoCs) and manage the mailing list

Successful candidates will have:

Essential criteria:

The Operational and Programme Support Officer will be self-motivated with the ability to take a proactive approach to work, exercising sound decision making. Strong experience of operational and programme management support, ideally in a fragile and conflict-affected environment. The ability to work well with others and build good working relationships with staff of all levels of the organisation. They will be adaptable and capable of dealing with a varied workload, managing prioritisation and working to tight deadlines. They should also have excellent written and communications skills.

Core UK civil service competences

Candidates should be able to clearly demonstrate in their application examples of the following competencies:

1. Collaborating and partnering

2. Managing a quality survive

3. Delivering at Pace

Details of the above UK Civil service competencies are available at http://www.civilservice.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Civil-Service-Competency-Framework-July-2012.pdf

Important – HOW TO APPLY

• The candidate must complete the application form onhttps://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/dfid-south-sudan/about/recruitmentand send it to theAfricaHRHubRecruit@DFID.GOV.UKwith a copy of their most recent CV and Covering letter**. Please quote the following reference number when applying “SS0118”. Failure to do so may result in your application not being viewed.**

• Closing date of applications is midnight on 31 July 2018. Applications shown as being received after this time will not be accepted.

Place of Performance: Caribbean region, primarily Jamaica (Mandeville, Lucea and Duncans Health Centres and Kingston)

Period of Performance : Sept 30, 2018 – Sept 29, 2019 with a 1 yr option extension

Service Objective: HIV/AIDS Prevention, Care and Treatment**

A. 1 Task Requirements:

Program, Partner and External Stakeholder Coordination

A.1.1 Support the CDC Caribbean Regional Office (CRO) Prevention, Care and Treatment (PCT) team in the implementation of PCT activities to support the prevention care and treatment program primarily in Jamaica and assisting the country to reach their UNAIDS 90 90 90 treatment targets by ensuring that the CDC CRO sites achieve their Monitoring and Evaluation, and Reporting (MER) target indicators.

A.1.2 Coordinate activities with implementing partners (grantees), external stakeholders, USG interagency PCT staff and CDC to generate work plans and corresponding budgets, training programs, evaluation plans, and content for meetings, workshops and conferences.

Project Management/Administration

A.1.3 Coordinate and take the lead for Site Improvement Through Monitoring System (SIMS) assessment at the CDC CRO support sites in Jamaica. Generate and upload report in Epidemiology Information (EPI Info). Provide feedback to sites and follow up on corrective actions.

A.1.4 Highlight any problems identified with prevention cooperative agreement to Senior Management in a timely fashion

A.1.5 In coordination with CDC CRO technical and grants management staff, review PCT implementing partner renewal applications, conduct technical reviews on the application, review and advise on requests for extensions, and funding for technical and budget soundness and make recommendations to CDC-CRO management on proposals.

A.1.6 In coordination with CDC CRO management staff, provide support to PCT grantees in the development of budgets related to cooperative agreements for implementation of approved activities following awards. Monitor PCT partners to make sure they are aware of all reporting requirements to include interim progress reports, continuation applications, supplemental applications, and financial

reports.

A.1.7 Maintain electronic files and records specific to PCT partner cooperative agreement activities and actions.

Technical Assistance

A.1.8 Ensure CDC CRO PCT work are conducted according to WHO and CDC standards. Support grantees with CDC work at established sites.

A.1.9 Assist with the technical design, planning, implementation and evaluation of a technical assistance (TA) strategies related to HIV PCT at the CDC CRO supported sites (primarily in Jamaica). This includes strategies to implement WHO’s Treat All recommendation to increase the number of persons on treatment, increase viral suppression and reducing the rate of HIV transmission.

A.1.10 Work closely with the Lab team to ensure that CDC CRO PCT supported sites in Jamaica have adequate and appropriate laboratory services to support the PCT activities.

A.1.11 Work closely with Strategic information team to ensure that CDC CRO PCT supported sites in Jamaica strengthen their data management systems to support the monitoring and evaluation of PCT activities.

A.1.12 Participate in the Regional Operational Plan (ROP) planning process and playing a leading role in the CDC PCT section for Jamaica and potentially Barbados (shall Barbados Coag continue to be funded).

A.1.13 Guide the implementing partner during their quarterly reporting and provide technical assistance with their Data for Accountability Transparency and Impact (DATIM) submissions.

A.1.14 Assist CDC team in the generation and presentation of project reports, publications and presentations where necessary, to include Performance, Oversight, Accountability, Review Team (POART) presentations.

A.1.15 Provides content expertise to the CDC CRO team especially the PCT team in prevention care and support including Lost to Follow Up (LTFU), adherence and retention strategies. This includes participation in the development or refinement of materials including technical guidance, clinical guidelines, standard operating procedures and other clinical tools.

A.1.16 Provides technical support to CDC CRO supported sites in Jamaica in the design and implementation of HIV prevention, care and treatment (PCT) programs, including review of progress and challenges, assistance in development of training materials and other tools, and provision of onsite mentorship.

On site support

A.1.17 The contractor will travel to provide on-site technical and administrative support to the CDC CRO supported treatment sites in Jamaica. Travel would also include to CDC HQ to work with PCT staff and receive briefings on new HIV related prevention care and treatment strategies and guidelines. Trips would include participation in CRO face-to-face meetings, PEPFAR interagency meetings, regional partner’s meeting in the Caribbean region (Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Barbados), to CDC HQ in Atlanta, GA, DC for ROP planning with OGAC and PEPFAR interagency team and other locations where HIV working meetings and trainings are offered. Local travel within Jamaica will be an average of three days per week and international travel should not exceed more than 10 trips in a year.

A.2 Task Deliverables:

The contractor will be required to participate in weekly CRO team meetings via conference call/ in person held on Thursday mornings of each week, regular meetings with PCT implementing partners, and PCT team meetings, and periodically may be asked to participate in quarterly or semiannual face- to-face team meetings that would be held in Jamaica, in the Caribbean or USA. Additional meetings will be scheduled as needed to review and assess project statuses, and to meet with implementing partners in person for TA, training, performance reviews, etc. Services will be conducted and completed within program established timelines. No unresolved Contract Discrepancy Reports (CDR) for any individual service during any individual calendar month will remain. If any CDR remains, the contractor has to notify Employer.

A.3 Minimum Qualifications and/or Certifications:

· Master’s in Public Health

· At least 2 years working with CDC and PEPFAR in the Caribbean region

· Minium 5 years of experience managing public health programs, with some experience to include work in Jamaica

· Knowledge and experience in project evaluation

· Knowledge of HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment needs, challenges and innovations

A.4 Travel Amount $ 21,002 (Overall estimated travel cost)

Eight (8) trips of in country (Jamaica) travel for an estimated 3 days each One (1) trip to Guyana, One (1) trips to Atlanta, GA; One (1) trip to Washington, DC ;One (1) trip to Trinidad ,Two (2) trips to Barbados

Please send you CV and cover letter to resumes@massgencis.com

MassGenics formerly CTS Global is seeking Public health workers in the Ukraine. You must have experience in the region and be abreast to PEPFAR and CDC. We are seeking financial to laboratory skills. Also, public health workers from HIV to Gender and Violence.

We are looking to having an impact on the following areas…
o Key laboratory leaders in public health laboratory management
o Ukrainian AIDS Global Fund grant
o Ukrainian health workers trained on how to best use their data to get answers to pressing health issues

Please send CV and cover letter to TaNisha.Harris@massgenics.com

Title: Resident Advisor (Epidemiologist) – Ukraine Field Epidemiology Training Program

Period of Performance September 24,2018 – December 31, 2018

with four (4) 12-month Option Periods beginning 1/1/2019

Place of Performance Kiev, Ukraine

Service Objective:

The objective of the FETP Resident Advisor is to develop a cadre of Ministry of Health (MOH) field epidemiologists so that they are available for strengthening surveillance and outbreak response throughout the country. The FETP RA service will train and mentor MOH staff to improve disease surveillance, detection, and response to outbreaks by providing classroom training in applied epidemiology and leading applied activities and field investigations to prevent, respond

and contain disease threats, and to accomplish the project goals and objectives.

A. 1 Task Requirements:

A.1.1 Serve as technical advisor for the development and implementation of an overall integrated field epidemiology training program to build evidence-based public health systems in coordination with MOH officials

A.1.2 Work with technical staff at CDC and the Ministry of Health to develop and implement a training plan for field epidemiology for public health professional at the basic, intermediate and advanced levels as appropriate.

A.1.3 Travel to field (local sites within the country) to conduct training and assist with participants’ investigations and field work.

A.1.5 Travel within country to CDC Atlanta or other location, as appropriate, to attend CDC Required trainings and meetings related to CDC IT systems or FETP specific.

A.1.6 Liaise with Ministry of Health to identify participants for the field epidemiology trainings

A.1.7 Work with MOH to convene a Steering Committee to oversee program implementation and management.

A.1.8 Coordinate with CDC in Atlanta and in country to ensure logistical support for the didactic and field trainings of selected participants is in place.

A.1.9 Conduct the planned field epidemiology trainings together with Ministry of Health, CDC

A.1.10 Mentor and supervise MOH participants of the FETP programs.

A.1.11 Orientate MOH supervisors and mentors of the FETP programs participants about the expectations for their roles in relation to the FETP.

A.1.12 Guide participants in preparing their presentations for dissemination of their findings and recommendations.

A.1.13 Assist trainees to develop adequate and timely field investigations in response to acute public health problems such as epidemic outbreaks, clusters of disease cases, and case investigations.

A.1.14 Advise MOH in the identification and acquisition of opportunities for participant projects, and sources of funding that help secure annual budgets for the adequate development of an institutionalized FETP.

A.1.15 Assist mentors and participants in the FETP-Intermediate program with the design and implementation of applied epidemiological research projects

A.1.16 Assist with the selection and training of graduates as mentors for future participants.

A.1.17 Coordinate the organization and facilitation of stakeholder and dissemination meetings in country.

A.1.18 Participate in disease surveillance and outbreak investigation and response activities of the Ministry of Health together with graduates and participants.

A.1.19 Work with MOH to integrate basic and intermediate field epidemiology curriculum into an in- service program for MOH staff.

A.1.20 Provide technical assistance to the MOH.

A.1.21 Liaison between CDC, the MOH, regional, and international public health networks to coordinate GHS activities in the country.

A.1.22 Participate in periodic Steering Committee meetings to guide program implementation and activities

A.1.23 Participate in Periodic (monthly or as otherwise agreed upon) calls with country support staff in headquarters (CDC-Atlanta).

A.1.24 Provide periodic written reports to CDC, the MOH, and funding partners that provide updates project activities and progress.

Minimum Qualifications and/or Certifications:

• Masters level professional degree in academic fields related to health or allied sciences in human or veterinary medicine, or zoonotic biology.

• Graduate from a Field Epidemiology Training Program (FETP), Epidemic Intellegance Service (EIS),

or European Programme for Interventional Epidemiology Training (EPIET) OR at least two years’

experience in one of the previously mentioned programs and 2 years of experience working in the

field as a practicing epidemiologist.

• Knowledge of WHO standards and policies such as the Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response

strategy (IDSR) and International Health Regulations.

• Extensive knowledge and understanding of the functionality of surveillance systems at national, sub national, local and community levels of the health systems in country.

• Experience in preparing and facilitating trainings for in-service public health workforce development initiatives.

• Experience in coordinating multi-agency public health programs at regional, national, sub national, local levels.

• Experience with teaching education strategies

▪ These include:

▪ Problem based education techniques

▪ Instructional design

▪ Teaching epidemiology and public health statistics

▪ Public health management and program design

Able to effectively conduct communication and advocacy in public health evident by prior publications

Please submit a CV and cover letter to tanisha.harris@massgenics.com

Title: Program Operations Assistant

Period of Performance: 09/21/2018 – 09/20/2019

Number of Option Years: None

Place of Performance: Egypt

Service Objective:

The primary responsibility for the Program Operations Assistant is to provide ongoing support to

the US CDC Egypt office, prepare routine administrative and management reports, assist in technical

scientific reports, support travelers, and other duties as assigned. The Program Operations

Assistant will coordinate activities with the COR, US CDC Egypt Office Country Director, and Deputy

Director. The service will require excellent time management skills and the ability to prioritize

work in addition to excellent written and verbal skills. The Program Operations Assistant will

require strong organizational skills.

A.1 Task Requirement

A.1.1 Work with US CDC EGYPT CDC’s office to facilitate the administrative tasks and daily

requests. Assist in all administrative work inclusive of but not limited to:

a. Weekly preparation of transportation requests thru the Embassy MyServices or e-mails to the

Embassy transportation office; handle travel preparations for US CDC EGYPT personnel thru the

Embassy E2 system and the Embassy Travel Agency, Carlsonwagon Lite

b. Weekly performance of accounting tasks such as completing Embassy financial documents and

coordinate with the Financial Management Office (FMO) within the Embassy to ensure documents are

submitted correctly and reimbursement for travelers, local travel reimbursement, etc. and reviewing

monthly COAST accounts obtained from the FMO office to ensure funds are available

c. Drafting Weekly Embassy reports - such as USDH accountability (which is sent every Tuesday,

information includes who is in country, TDY or permanent staff, dates, pets, and other information

may be added information is sent to the Embassy’s Management office administrative staff

d. Weekly reviews and updates the CDC Egypt Office’s equipment inventory; informing the Embassy,

CDC HQ, the property custodian, ITSO East Africa Technical Advisor, and conducts inventory check

and update the inventory list (which includes property name, serial number, barcode number if

applicable, who it is assigned to, disposition, and disposition date)

e. Weekly reviews and maintains adequate office supplies for the CDC Egypt office. Anticipates

needed supplies, prepare purchase requests for needed supplies; places and expedites orders for

supplies; verifies receipt of supplies; prepares vouchers for reimbursement and ensuring

appropriate approvals are obtained, submitted to US

Embassy for reimbursement, and other inventory related activities. Follow up with services providers e.g. Internet Company, Phone Central Company, Office Stationary Suppliers, Printing Companies, etc. may be required

f. Weekly ensures that all scans, faxes, e-mails and electronically filed documents at the request

of the CDC Egypt office, COR, or CDC HQ are completed

g. Weekly prepares all correspondence to the US Embassy or USAID using a CDC or Embassy e-mail

address

A.1.2 Track the eCC and TDY lists weekly. Assist in travel preparations for the TDYers including

hotel reservation, expeditor and transportation during their stay at Egypt. A weekly eCC/TDYer list

report is to be submitted identifying all actions taken/involved in the process as follows:

a. eCC information is sent by the CDC Egypt Country Director or other Embassy staff who will serve

as the control officer for the TDYers. Information from the eCC will be used to send an e-mail

request to the Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM). This e-mail is to request permission for the traveler

come into Egypt; information provided to the Embassy includes name of traveler, nationality, dates

of travel, location of travel within Egypt and reason for travel; additional information may be

asked by the DCM prior to approval

b. Once approval is obtained CDC Egypt office has an excel TDY spreadsheet that tracks TDYers, the

above information is to be added as well as other information from the eCC and information that is

obtained from the traveler (such as type of clearance, local phone number, phone IEIM, last RSO

briefing, etc...) Since Egypt is a high risk, high treat country RSO briefings is a requirement

every 6 months. Additional information may be added to the spreadsheet at the request of the

Embassy, CDC Egypt or CDC HQ for security concerns; The Embassy requires requests to come by an

Embassy or CDC e- mail address for security reasons

c. Once approval is granted an e-mail is sent to the traveler and the control officer. The e- mail

is used to inform the traveler if there is a need for a RSO briefing, a copy of the most recent RSO

restrictions, obtaining missing information for the excel TDY spreadsheet, it provides information

on who is the TDY’ers control officer, when and where to meet them, and asks if any additional

assistance will be needed by the CDC Egypt office (hotel, transportation, expeditor, etc.)

d. The assistant will keep in contact with guests by mail or by phone; answers and directs inquiries

and provides information to the control officer in case there are US Direct Hire (USDH) recalls

during the traveler’s stay

A.1.3 Daily assist the CDC Egypt office and CDC HQ as needed, by liaising with the US Embassy on

matters related to or involving budget, the financial management office (FMO), the government

shipping office (GSO), motor pool (MP) correspondence, etc. Summarize in an e- mail to the COR

monthly activities/interactions that have occurred (who, what, when, outcome).

A. 1.4 Prepare CDC program reports and enters information into the CDC and US Embassy databases as

requested by the US CDC Egypt Country Director, CDC HQ or COR. Program reports include:

a. CDC’s DGHP/GDD M&E report; this report is a multi-worksheet excel document that collects

information from all offices on their activities; the assistant will assist the CDC Egypt office

and CDC HQ in reviewing input from the SME’s, technical staff, and other staff (medical epi and

informatics) working for the CDC Egypt office; this report will be reviewed and approved by the COR

for submission to CDC DGHP

b. Work with SMEs, CDC Egypt staff and CDC HQ staff, and other partners as identified in C.1 to

ensure proper clearance is obtained for publications and other documents. Draft a weekly report

summarizing these activities providing status of efforts.

c. At the instruction of the CDC Egypt office and CDC HQ staff, the assistant will assist with

transition plan documents and databases, collating information for final review and submission by

CDC staff as the requested of the CDC DGHP leadership; This is to be submitted in report form and

is expected to be no more than 1-2 documents monthly and approximately 5 pages in length

A.2 Task Deliverables: Are required and will be detailed later

A.3 Minimum Qualifications and/or Certifications:

• Bachelor’s degree.

• Experience working with US CDC Egypt and US Embassy or NAMRU-3

• Minimum of 4 years’ prior work experience in Administration position related to public health activities in Egypt.

• Fluency in Arabic and English required

• Minimum of 3 years prior work experience in public health office

• Course work in Project Management

• Knowledge of management systems and procedures and US CDC Egypt activities

• Knowledge of US Embassy systems and reporting including eCountry Clearance (eCC), myservices,

Purchasing and Supply system (ILMS), Embassy travel (E2), etc.

• Working level Proficiency in MS Office (MS Excel and MS PowerPoint, in particular)

A.4 Travel

Only local travel from Egypt Office/duty station to Embassy if USG vehicle is not available, and

hot spot recharging stores. Multiple monthly trips, up to 15 trips per month

Please respond with the job title in the message along with your CV and cover letter to tanisha.harris@massgenics.com

Period of Performance: 09/21/2018 – 09/20/2019

Number of Option Years: None

Place of Performance: Egypt

Service Objective:

Provide expert medical epidemiology services by liaising between CDC and the MoHP and other partners associated with CoAgs identified in C.1.; serve as a CDC Supported FETP mentor with the MoHP trainees; oversee data analysis and publication preparation for the Damanhour site and other sites within Egypt’s 27+ governates/regions and cities associate with a CoAg. Assist in writing protocols, proposals, manuscripts and posters. Collaborate with the MoHP, WHO EMRO, other CDC offices on behalf of the US CDC Egypt office and CDC HQ regarding research and non-research projects. Conduct project management activities to include assisting with Ethics committee requirements, collaborating in strategic planning for the program and its future projects, and presenting data at national and international conferences. This service will require work be performed both independently and on a team in an interdisciplinary environment at different levels of the organization. As such, excellent communication skills are necessary.

B.1 Task Requirement

B.1.1 Oversee activities related to a variety of surveillance projects platform in Egypt inclusive of the following: Assisting the CDC Country Office in providing support to partners identified in including epidemiology related activities, collaborating with the Principal Investigator or Investigators for all MoHP programs funded by the US CDC Egypt Country office and help coordinate the activities of other personnel associated with a CoAg identified in C.1. for the purposes of these studies; Assist the CDC office in recommending to the MoHP appropriate surveillance projects, and associated training for staff associated with surveillance projects; Provide quarterly report reporting/summarizing activities associated with the performance of this task thru the CDC M&E Excel spreadsheet.

B.1.2 Facilitate collaboration between the Ministry of Health and Population’s (MoHP) Health Directorate offices in governorates, the MoHP’s activities funded by the US CDC Egypt country office including FETP by mentoring/assisting the FETP trainees, and other activities funded by organizations. On quarterly basis report activities conducted under this task using the CDC developed M&E Excel spreadsheet.

B.1.3 Assist the US CDC Egypt office and the MoHP to ensure that personnel recruited for these collaborative studies are properly trained for their respective projects, including recruitment of parents/guardians and their children for study enrollment, obtaining written informed consent, and all other matters outlined in the associated protocols; and assist the MoHP in public health activities, educate and assist MoHP personnel on emerging disease and epi topics, assist in the review of collected de-identified historical data and biological specimens and to review progress and problems with study. A monthly report summarizing number samples collected by syndrome, number tested, test results by syndrome, and other relative information should be provided for.

B.1.4 Provide a monthly written progress report of activities for training, consultation conducted, data analysis and status of publications. This information will be included in the monthly M&E reporting so that CDC Egypt office can report quarterly to CDC DGHP. Information requested for the M&E report is mainly a drop-down menu (type of partner working with, type of interaction – lab, epi, etc.., and other standardized information) additional information will have to be input such as the date, the person, name of group working with, etc.

B.1.5 Ensure publication clearance and acknowledge the collaboration with and acknowledgement of CDC for any official or printed reports or presentations related to activities conducted through this contract; this includes working with both CDC Egypt office, CDC HQ, and other partners.

B.1.6 Provide a report updating scientific information obtained from epidemiological and laboratory data from Egypt health care facilities for the CDC Egypt Office as requested, at a minimum the reports should include number of samples collected, tested and syndrome/pathogen specific positive, any emerging disease information with a summary of the situation and recommendations, and any issues that need to be addressed.

A**.2 Task Deliverables:** Are required and will be detailed later

B.3 Minimum Qualifications and/or Certifications:

• Medical Degree for Senior Medical Epidemiologist

• Minimum of 15 years Epidemiologic training/experience

• Minimum of 10 years experience working in the MoHP’s Damanhur surveillance center of excellence

platform in a leadership position

• Minimum of 15 years previous experience in project management for large public health programs

such as Damanhur or similar projects with CDC, NAMRU-3, and the MoHP in Egypt

• Minimum of 4 years of experience as a FETP advisor and/or, trainer for Ministries of Health, and/or CDC

• Has knowledge of the Egypt MoHP financial, administration management, and scientific activities

• Has published/presented on public health related syndromes, outbreaks, etc.

• Certified and experienced Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) trainer

• Minimum of 15 years of experience collaboration with US government agencies

• Minimum of 15 years of experience working for Egypt MoHP

B.4 Travel

• 52 trips to Egyptian Governrates for an estimated 2 days each.

Please respond with the position title in the subject and CV to tanisha.harris@massgenics.com

Domestic Administrative Support

Period of Performance: 09/21/2018 – 09/20/2019

Number of Option Years: None

Place of Performance: Egypt

Service Objective:

Assist the MoHP or other partners in their design, development, update and implementation of data collection tools; data management, analysis, and reporting; and assisting the host country in updates and maintenance of electronic (digital) systems, in support of public health infectious disease surveillance and research in Egypt and other countries identified in CoAGs for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region where U.S. CDC projects are conducted. The information Technologist and Database Management position requires good communication skills and the ability to work both independently with interdisciplinary colleagues at different levels of an organization.

C.1 Task Requirement

C.1.1 Advise epidemiologists, laboratory scientist, and other technical staff to update, develop, and maintain the public health infectious disease surveillance and/or research database systems of the MoHP. Duties include:

a. Recommend utilization of software programs such as Microsoft Access, Visual C, Visual Basic C,

and other data packages in the performance of daily activities.

b. Recommend Open Net Visual Basic and .NET and QM interfaces to be used on digital data collection

tools (e.g., PDAs & Smartphone and Tablets Machines, etc.) in English and Arabic.

c. Advise on the creation of new features and data modules to surveillance and research questionnaire applications on the digital data collection tools (e.g., smart devices).

d. Aid in the training, deployment, and troubleshooting for the use of the digital data collection tools in the public health surveillance and research sites.

e. Make recommendations on the improvement and management of the flow of data from public health surveillance and research sites using SQL and MS Access application systems and tools.

f. Report monthly activities; this report should include who, what, where, when, issues identified, recommendations, and further actions.

C.1.2 Consult with IT personnel from MoHP and other organizations identified in related CoAGs identified in C.1. to assist in the management and processing of database systems being transferred from public health surveillance and research study sites and assist in database validation/completion identified in relation to CoAgs identified herein. Activities include:

a. Oversee the written database validation criteria to reduce the level of error within datasets.

b. Provide recommendations on and review final database security, backup, and recovery plan.

c. Provide troubleshooting for evolving problems involving the input, retrieval or modification of database information, and the general operation and maintenance of data systems;

d. Provide training, assistance, and guidance to partners who use the database systems in administrative and technical areas including data transfer processes, analytics, data entry practices, data manipulation, and troubleshooting.

e. Consult with IT personnel from Ministries of Health and other organizations identified in related CoAGs herein in the resolution of problems, recommendations of database modifications, and system upgrades or enhancements.

f. Assist investigators with de-identified data on statistical analysis of large, complex databases using programming-based software environments such as Epi-Info, SPSS, STATA, MS Access, SAS, and R to develop and process reports used to determine public health surveillance and research study results.

g. Recommend the design of tables, forms, queries and macros for new database projects.

h. Report monthly activities; this report should include who, what, where, when, issues identified, recommendations, and further actions.

C.1.3 Assist in the preparation of reports, grants, and manuscripts, including summarizing data in various formats (tables, graphics, posters, abstracts, oral and written reports and presentations).

C. 1.4 Update monitoring and evaluating activities quarterly according to the CDC DGHP M&E Excel spreadsheet.

C.1.5 Troubleshoot problems involving the input and Interface with IT personnel at MoHP, and other partners associated with CoAgs identified in C.1. in the resolution of problems: Provide a quarterly report on conduct of this task. Quarterly report should at a minimum address who the interaction was with, what was discussed, date, why/issues, and recommendations for further actions.

C.2 Task Deliverables: Are required and will be detailed later

C.3 Minimum Qualifications and/or Certifications:

• Minimum of 15 years of experience working in public health surveillance projects and computer science or information technology in collaboration with U.S. CDC Egypt office and Egyptian or international partners

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in developing databases, programming PDA’s, and data analysis

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in designing Visual Basic and .NET and QM interfaces or equivalent to be used on digital data collection tools (e.g., PDAs, Smartphones, and Tablet Machines)

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in effectively using data analysis programs such as Epi info, SPSS, SAS, R, or other advanced data analysis programs;

• Minimum of 15 years of experience in providing technical support to strengthen the data management and improve data quality and providing advice/support to principle investigators for harmonized data management system (in terms of content, frequency, and data exchange format) in Arabic countries for ministries of health, CDC, and other partners;

• Fluency in oral and written English and Arabic;

C.4 Travel Amount

• 52 site visit trips to Cairo or other Egyptian Governates

• 2 trips to the continents of North America, Africa or Europe to meet with CDC staff for an estimated 7

• 2 trips to US or Europe to meet with CDC HQ

• 4 trips to EMRO and/or N. Africa

Please responded with the position title in the subject and with an update CV to tanisha.harris@massgenics.com

YOU MUST BE A US CITIZEN OR A FOREIGN NATIONAL LIVING IN THE UNTIED STATES 3 OF THE LAST 5 YEARS.

Data Advisor

Place of Performance: Pretoria, South Africa

Embassy Access and Security Level: Level 5

Service Objectives:

PEPFAR relies heavily on the use of data for decision-making, partner monitoring and program improvement. The primary objective of this position is to support CDC/DGHT-South Africa’s program staff in utilizing, triangulating, and visualizing data to improve the program with the goal of achieving HIV epidemic control through the existing CoAgs listed in Section C.1.

Specific objectives include:

· Provide technical assistance to identified Division of Global HIV and TB (DGHT) branches within CDC South Africa (CDC SA) to implement data integration and visualization best practices for high priority projects in accordance with South African Government (SAG) national guidelines and PEPFAR goals and principles.

· Assist identified CDC SA DGHT branch staff with understanding data needs, strengths and weaknesses and provide ongoing guidance and support for data utilization.

· Assist CDC SA DGHT branch staff with analysis and presentations for key office deliverables (e.g., Country Operational Plan (COP), Partnership Framework Implementation Plan (PFIP) Management Committee Meetings).

· Serve as the administrator of the District Profile web portal—a protected online database with dashboards of PEPFAR SA and National Department of Health (NDOH) data for measuring achievement and facilitating implementing partner management.

B.1 Task Requirements (Description of Tasks):

B.1.1 - Oversee the District Profile work plan and track progress of ongoing activities and requests for additional features.

B.1.2 - As District Profile Administrator, manage users, develop and maintain dashboards and implement

data quality assurance measures within current information platforms.

B.1.3 - Serve as the District Profile point of contact for PEPFAR South Africa, the South African Government, (Interagency Collaborative for Program Improvement) ICPI and the third-party contractor. Provide PEPFAR and stakeholder users with active mentorship on the portal to foster proficiency and independence using the system.

B.1.4 - Work with the Strategic Information Branch and other team members for access to relevant and up-to-date District Profile datasets (e.g., District Health Information System [DHIS], Expenditure Analysis, Payment Management System (PMS), Site Improvement Through Monitoring System (SIMS), Human Resources Inventory Database (HRID), District Implementation Plan (DIP).

B.1.5 - Attend and promote the use of the District Profiles in relevant meetings with internal and external stakeholders (e.g., National Department of Health (NDOH) work stream meetings, CDC branch meetings). Work with stakeholders at these meetings to ensure that the District Profiles are meeting their needs.

B.1.6 - Align NDOH and PEPFAR data and standardize data source documents to ensure consistency and accuracy across branches and agencies.

B.1.7 - Attend District Implementation Plan (DIP) meetings and work with NDOH counterparts to integrate best practices in data use into the process.

B.1.8 - Provide trainings to DGHT/SA staff to improve Excel and data visualization skills throughout the office. Focus on building capacity within the Strategic Information Monitoring and Evaluation Team.

B.1.9 - Contribute to branch meetings, technical working groups and work stream meetings.

Task Deliverables:

The expected deliverables under this task order are: Deliverables/Reports Task Requirement

· Annually Progress report, (12 reports) to include detailed description of activities, meetings attended, deliverables provided.

· Monthly progress report, due by the 5th workday following the end of the month Annual progress report due 10 days after the end of the year (1 report)

Minimum Qualifications and/or Certifications:

· Post graduate degree in public health

· A minimum of five (5) years of relevant public health experience in data management, monitoring and evaluation and HIV/AIDS program implementation.

· International experience working with Ministries/Departments of Health, a strong preference for prior work experience working with South Africa’s National Department of Health and their District Implementation Plan (DIP) program.

· Experience in analyzing data from PEPFAR information systems including DATIM, Expenditure Analysis, and SIMS.

· Experience in conceiving and updating online portals for data visualization and dissemination.

Travel Amount (Only applies to performance of Task Order):

1 Trip to South Africa an estimated 10 Days

1 Trip International to Atlanta or Washington DC an estimated 5 Days

4 Trip SIMS visit an estimated 5 days

Interested candidates should email their cover letter and CV to TaNisha Harris @ resumes@massgenics.com

Vacancy Announcement

Department for International Development

Juba - South Sudan

POSITION: B1 - Programme Manager

SALARY: $2,947 pm gross**

DURATION: Permanent

The Department for International Development (DFID) leads the UK’s work to end extreme poverty, deliver the Global Goals, and tackle global challenges in line with the government’s UK Aid Strategy. Our aid budget is spent on tackling the great global challenges – from the root causes of mass migration and disease, to the threat of terrorism and global climate change – all of which also directly threaten British interests. We are ending the need for aid by building peaceful and stable societies, creating jobs and strong economies, fighting corruption, unlocking the potential of girls and women, helping countries to tackle and adapt to climate change and helping to save lives when humanitarian emergencies hit. We are doing this because it is both the right thing to do and firmly in Britain’s national interest.

DFID works in partnership across Whitehall and with governments, civil society, the private sector and multilateral institutions, including the World Bank, United Nations agencies, and the European Commission.

DFID in South Sudan

DFID South Sudan was established in 2011, when South Sudan declared independence from Sudan following a nation-wide referendum. The core objectives in DFID South Sudan’s 2016 to 2020 business plan are to support peace and stability, to reduce extreme poverty, and to increase resilience. The country has been marred by extreme violence since independence, with almost 400,000 people killed and over 6.1 million people severely food insecure due to conflict, displacement and the deterioration of livelihoods. DFID South Sudan’s current programming engagement has thus focused on providing humanitarian assistance, building resilience and supporting the basic maintenance of essential services, particularly health and education. DFID South Sudan has four teams:

• Humanitarian and Livelihoods
• Essential Services
• Operational Excellence
• Policy

This role sits within the Humanitarian and Livelihoods Team, which is the largest programming team in DFID South Sudan.

Purpose of Job

DFID South Sudan is looking for a highly motivated, proactive individual to join our Humanitarian and Livelihoods Team (HLT) as a B1 programme manager. The post is open to SAIC (Staff Appointed in Country). Predominantly based in the British Embassy within Juba, the post holder will have the opportunity to participate in field monitoring visits where security permits.

This post offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to addressing and shaping the DFID programme portfolio in one of the most complex and difficult environments in which DFID works – playing a key role in the delivery of a large and complex portfolio of humanitarian and livelihoods programmes in South Sudan. The post holder will be managed by a senior programme manager, working closely with specific programme officers and advisors to manage a number of humanitarian and/or livelihood partners/projects (approximately 5).

Key duties within this will include:

• accurate financial management, comprehensive risk management,
• regular monitoring of partner implementation (including field trips),
• close management of grant agreements ensuring compliance with DFID standards for programme management throughout the project lifetime; and
• the mobilisation, implementation and close-out of projects.

This is currently within DFID’s largest bilateral programme (Humanitarian and Resilience in South Sudan - HARISS) and our smaller livelihoods programme (Building Resilience and Asset Creation Enhancement – BRACE II), but the post-holder will be increasingly involved with the set up and management of future projects currently being designed, as HARISS and BRACE II finish in March and July 2020. The post holder may have line management responsibilities, and will provide capacity building and mentoring in programme management. The post holder will also be expected to support on cross cutting programmatic areas for the team and wider office.

The HLT is comprised of a Team Leader, a Deputy Team Leader, a Senior Programme Manager, three advisors, three Programme Managers (including this one), four Programme Officers and a Policy Officer. The team is a mixture of locally engaged and international staff, who work both in-country and at times remotely from the UK. The post holder must be able to work proactively and independently and help cover breather breaks and leave as required. The post holder must also communicate effectively with team members in other locations.

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities

Specific tasks

Programme Management:

• Lead project management on DFID South Sudan’s support to various humanitarian and livelihood partners (partner allocation TBC, but likely to include multilateral, NGO and possibly private sector partners).

• Work across the team to mobilise, implement and close-out projects in line with DFID Programme Management rules and associated principles, standards and guidance.

• Build strong working relationships with partners in country, and work across other DFID country offices and UK headquarters as relevant.

• Ensure key project milestones and tasks (e.g. reporting, reviews, audits, asset returns) are delivered on time and to a high standard, keeping the delivery plan updated.

• Ensure accurate and up to date financial management and analysis (partner reporting, profiling on DFID systems, forecasting etc.) for programmes, including responsibility for the approval of financial tasks and QA role for Programme Officers.

• Provide effective, proactive management of programmatic risks.

• Strengthen and maintain programme management systems/information for the livelihoods and humanitarian programme in preparation for audits, briefings and record keeping purposes.

• Provide support and advice on programme management requirements to others in the team.

• Draft and or contribute to developing high quality and compliant programme documentation, including Annual Reviews, contracts and MoU’s.

  Other Tasks

• The post holder may have line management responsibilities, and thus be expected to conduct regular 1-2-1s and quarterly reviews for those managed.

• Quality assure programme officer work, mentor on areas for development, and provide timely and constructive feedback.

• Take on cross-cutting lead roles across the team, and wider office as applicable. Examples of these include delivery chain mapping, due diligence and aid diversion. Specific roles will be determined by need in the team and individuals’ preferences where possible.

• Represent the HLT at meetings with externals on programme management, programme progress and policy issues relating to the humanitarian and livelihoods programmes.

• Contribute a South Sudanese perspective on HLT’s work, and help ensure our programmes and policy remain contextually appropriate.

• Provide support as required on high-level visits or briefing requests.

• Remain flexible and prepared to carry out additional duties as required

Civil Service Behaviours

The core behaviours for this role are:

• Communicating and Influencing – Positive and pro-active attitude who can demonstrate energy and enthusiasm for their work and encourage others to do the same. They will operate independently, without close supervision, and be able to build their own and others capacity, including through mentoring and sharing knowledge and best-practice. They will need to communicate in a clear and engaging manner (excellent written and spoken English is required).

• Working Together – Build and maintain constructive and trusting relationships with a range of stakeholders (internal and external) to deliver programme objectives. Encourage collaborative working within the team and the wider office, ensuring effective team-working is maintained in a multiple-site location (London, Juba and others). Will require the ability to negotiate and influence.

• Delivering at Pace – Ability to work under pressure and juggle a complex and varied workload, demonstrating proactivity and personal resilience whilst working in a fast-paced, challenging environment. Managing a high volume of work, competing priorities and short deadlines – yet ensuring delivery is of high quality and against objectives.

• Developing Self and Others - Ensure objectives are set and achieved to address any gaps and enable delivery of current and future work. Take time to coach, mentor and develop other colleagues/project partners. Promote inclusiveness by respecting different personal needs and backgrounds, and use these to develop others. Reflect on own work, continuously seek and act on feedback to improve own and other’s performance.

In addition to the above behaviours, this role will be measured on the international competency:

• Demonstrating resilience – Being self-aware of own strengths/limitations, and able to manage this in challenging environments. Able to understand the impact of these on these on themselves and others, and learn, adapt and change their own behaviour accordingly. Able to coach others through challenges and help them to manage their own resilience.

Essential Criteria

• The key essential criteria of this role are as follows:

• Undergraduate degree in Business Administration, Management, International Development, Humanitarian Affairs and/or other relevant area

• At least 5 years programme manager experience in the aid sector in South Sudan

• Excellent written and spoken English

• Strong numerical skills and evidence of experience of financial management including budgeting, forecasting.

• Experience of working with or in an international aid organisation in South Sudan

Desirable criteria

• Professional qualification in programme management

• Masters level qualification in Business Administration, Management, International Development, Humanitarian Affairs and/or other relevant area

• Experience of working with or in international donor organisation.

• Knowledge of a number of South Sudanese regional/local languages.

• Evidence of delivering Value for Money, especially in aid projects, including the ability to interpret and manage a range of financial data and appropriately weigh costs against benefits.

The full Job Description, Application Form and Civil Service Competencies can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/dfid-south-sudan/about/recruitment

DFID is committed to equal opportunities in its staffing policy and does not discriminate on the grounds of race, gender, age, religion, sexual orientation or disability. Selection will be on merit.

Important – HOW TO APPLY!!

• The candidate must complete and send the application form toAfricaHRHubRecruit@DFID.GOV.UKwith a copy of their most recent CV. The subject line MUST read “SS1901”.

• Failure to follow the outlined procedure might result in the application not being considered. The closing date for the vacancy is cop 28 April 2019. If no response has been received after 2 weeks from closing date, consider the application as unsuccessful.If you experience any problems with your application, request the application pack from the same email address listed above.

Consultancy opportunity in Pretoria, SA with CDC. This individual must have a STRONG PEPFAR, Human Resources for Health Rapid Assessment, Data Quality Assessment, Tableau, and Panorama Analytica Workspace (PAW), and Human Resources Inventory experience.

YOU MUST BE A US CITIZEN OR A FOREIGN NATIONAL LIVING IN THE UNTIED STATES 3 OF THE LAST 5 YEARS.

Service Objectives:

PEPFAR relies heavily on the use of data for decision-making, partner monitoring and program improvement. The primary objective of this position is to support CDC/DGHT-South Africa’s program staff in utilizing, triangulating, and visualizing data to improve the program with the goal of achieving HIV epidemic control through the existing CoAgs.

Minimum Qualifications and/or Certifications:

· Masters in public health- Required ONLY

· A minimum of five (5) years of relevant public health experience in data management, monitoring and evaluation and HIV/AIDS program implementation.

· International experience working with Ministries/Departments of Health, a strong preference

· Experience in analyzing data from PEPFAR information systems including DATIM, Expenditure Analysis, and SIMS. · Experience in conceiving and updating online portals for data visualization and dissemination

Please forward a complete CV to tanisha.harris@massgenics.com