Senior Public Health Specialist (Team Lead HIV Prevention) at Embassy of The United States

Duties

The job holder serves as the Team Lead, overseeing and supervising HIV Prevention Services for HIV Service Delivery Pillar, Division of Global HIV & TB (DGHT), U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Kenya. The job holder is a Senior Public Health Specialist responsible for planning, formulating, analyzing, evaluating, and/or implementing policies for CDC’s public health programs for Key Populations (HIV prevention, Adolescents Girls and Young Women (including Determined, Resilient, Empowered, AIDS- Free, Mentored and Safe - DREAMS), Orphans and Vulnerable Children (including prevention and social protection to reduce vulnerability, high-risk clients (requiring Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis - PrEP) and other prevention interventions), and uncircumcised men (offered Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision - VMMC) under PEPFAR. The job holder liaises with the CDC treatment team to ensure prevention efforts are present across the continuum of HIV disease management. The job holder provides technical assistance and guidance to the Kenya Ministry of Health and other national and international partners and collaborators. The position provides supervision to select public health specialists in the Pillar. The job holder is a Locally Employed Staff (LES) appointed to perform inherently governmental duties. Incumbent reports directly to the Associate Director, HIV Service Delivery Pillar (C89201) within DGHT.

EXPERIENCE:  

• At least five years of public health experience in the management and delivery of HIV/AIDS services in Africa or other developing countries is required. These include
• At least five years of mid-to-senior level experience in developing, implementing, and evaluating public health programs that involve coordination with MOH, policy makers, international agencies and implementing partners in HIV, STI, TB, Malaria, or related infectious disease field is required.
• At least five years of experience in leading HIV prevention programs is
• At least three years’ experience with operational research or implementation science. 
• At least 2 years of leadership and management experience is required, providing work guidance or direct supervision to staff on specific projects or programs.

Education Requirements:

• Master's degree or host-country equivalent in medicine, public health, or epidemiology is required.