About

Announcement Number:
DaresSalaam-2024-056
Hiring Agency:
Embassy Dar Es Salaam
Position Title:
Public Health Administrative Management Specialist (Internal Candidates Only)
Open Period:
12/03/2024 – 12/17/2024
Format MM/DD/YYYY
Vacancy Time Zone:
GMT+3
Series/Grade:
LE – 0540 10
Salary:
TZS TSh75,685,049 /Per Year
Work Schedule:Employment opportunities
Full-time – 40HRS PER WEEK
Promotion Potential:
LE-10
Duty Location(s):
1 Vacancy in

Dar Es Salaam, TZ
Telework Eligible:
No
For More Info:
HR Section
022-229-4148
[email protected]
Overview
Hiring Path:
• Open to the public
Who May Apply/Clarification From the Agency:
Current Employees of the Mission

Tanzania career opportunities

For USEFM – FP grade is 5. Actual FP salary authorized by Washington D.C.
Security Clearance Required:
Public Trust – Background Investigation
Appointment Type
Permanent
Appointment Type Details:
Indefinite subject to successful completion of probationary period
Marketing Statement:
We encourage you to review the Eight (8) Qualities of Overseas Employees before you apply.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY (EEO): 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.

Employment opportunities
Summary:
The U.S. Mission in Tanzania is seeking eligible and qualified applicants for the Public Health Administrative Management Specialist in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Supervisory Position:
No
Relocation Expenses Reimbursed:
No
Travel Required:
Occasional Travel
OCCASIONAL TRAVEL

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Duties
This position serves as the Public Health Administrative Specialist for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Tanzania’s Global Health Security work. The job holder will support the Division of Global Health Protection (DGHP) with a focus on cooperative agreement (CoAg) and partner management, operational budgeting and finance, program support, and office administration. The job holder serves as a liaison between management and operations (M&O) teams at post and identified headquarters (HQ) points of contact. Job holder is required to establish and maintain relationships with various cadres of staff including but not limited to national governments focal points and implementing partners, CDC Tanzania, other US agencies in the Mission, HQ-based subject matter experts, and extramural partners.

For a full major description please click this link:

https://tz.usembassy.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/72/2024/11/MAJOR-DUTIES-Public-Health-Administrative-Management-Specialist.pdf (PDF 165KB)

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Qualifications and Evaluations
Requirements:
All selected candidates must be able to obtain and hold a:

Security certificate; and

Medical certificate

All selected candidates will be subject to a background investigation and a pre-employment medical exam.
Selected candidate must be able to begin working within a reasonable period of time upon receipt of agency authorization and clearances/certifications or their candidacy may end.

Education Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree in Public Administration, Business Administration, Accounting, Public Health, International Development or related major is required.

Please address this factor in your ERA application under Education.

Evaluations:
You will be evaluated against the qualifications and requirements in this vacancy announcement.
You may be asked to complete a pre-employment language or skills test.
You must complete the application form and provide the required documents. Your application must address all the position qualifications and requirements including education, experience, language, and any knowledge/skills/abilities listed. If you fail to submit a complete application, then your application may be disqualified for this position.

Qualifications:
Experience:

Five (5) years of progressively responsible administrative management experience in a public health or international development environment, including experience in administrative management of acquisitions, grants, contracts, or cooperative agreement documentation and reporting; files management; and experience interfacing with external clients is required.

Please address this factor in your ERA application under Major Duties and Responsibilities.

Language:

Level IV (Fluent) Speaking/Reading/Writing English is required. Level IV (Fluent) Speaking/Reading/Writing Kiswahili is required. (This may be tested)

Please address this language requirement in your ERA application.

Job Knowledge:

A detailed knowledge of overall management principles, guidelines, and procedures related to the administration of grants and cooperative agreements, as well as related audit and accounting requirements, is required. The job holder must also have a detailed knowledge of the host country operational environment, including a good understanding of host government laws and regulations regarding public health-related implementing agreements. A general knowledge of routine health information systems in developing countries, including knowledge of public health administrative systems is required.

Please address this factor in your ERA application under Major Duties and Responsibilities.

Skills And Abilities:

Good oral and written communication skills, are required, including ability to write clear and concise documents, reports, program, and policy guidelines and ability to deliver oral presentations on programmatic matters. Excellent inter-personal skills are required to coordinate with USG colleagues and IPs to foster cooperation. Demonstrated ability to multi-task in a highly detailed and fast-paced work environment is required. The ability to assess problems and develop realistic solutions is required. The ability to plan and monitor budget expenditures to meet program needs is required. Intermediate user level of word processing, spreadsheets, and databases is required. Keyboarding skills that include both speed and accuracy are required. A facility to work with higher mathematical calculations for purposes of reporting is required.

Please address this factor in your ERA application under Major Duties and Responsibilities.

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Benefits and Other Info
Benefits:
Agency Benefits:
The U.S. Mission in Tanzania offers compensation package that may include health, separation, and other benefits.

For Eligible Family Member (EFM) applicants, benefits should be discussed with the HR Office. The pay plan is assigned by the HR Office and confirmed by Washington, D.C.

Other Information:
HIRING PREFERENCE SELECTION PROCESS:

A hiring preference is extended to eligible and qualified applicants in the order listed below. It is essential you accurately describe your status in your application, failure to do so may result in a determination that you are not eligible for a hiring preference.

HIRING PREFERENCE ORDER

Appointment Eligible Family Member (AEFM) / U.S. citizen Eligible Family Member (USEFM) who is a preference-eligible U.S. Veteran*

AEFM / USEFM

Foreign Service (FS) on Leave without Pay (LWOP) and Civil Service (CS) with reemployment rights **

* IMPORTANT:  US citizen Eligible Family Member (USEFM) applicants who claim status as a preference-eligible U.S. Veteran must submit a copy of their most recent DD-214 (“Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty”) preferably Member Copy 4, Letter from Veterans’ Affairs which indicates the present existence of a service-connected disability, equivalent documentation, or certification.  A “certification” is any written document from the armed forces that certifies the service member is expected to be discharged or released from active duty service in the armed forces under honorable conditions within 120 days after the certification is submitted by the applicant. The certification letter should be on letterhead of the appropriate military branch of the service and contain (1) the military service dates including the expected discharge or release date; and (2) the character of service.  Acceptable documentation must be submitted in order for the preference to be given.

** This level of preference applies to all FS employees on LWOP and CS with re-employment rights back to their agency or bureau.

For complete definitions of AEFM, USEFM, EFM, Member of Household, etc., please visit the 3 FAM 7210 Definitions.

ADDITIONAL EMPLOYMENT CONSIDERATIONS

The following apply to EFMs, USEFMs, and AEFMs only:

Current employees who used a hiring preference to gain employment who are within their first 90 calendar days of employment are not eligible. This does not apply when the hiring mechanism is TEMP or the work schedule is intermittent or irregular.

Candidates with a hiring preference who have already accepted a conditional offer of employment may NOT be extended a second conditional offer of employment unless and until they withdraw their candidacy for the first position in writing.

The following apply to Locally Employed (LE) staff only:

Current employees serving a probationary period are not eligible.

Current employees with an Overall Summary Rating of Needs Improvement, Unsatisfactory, or an MBC score of less than 100 points on their most recent Employee Performance Report are not eligible.