2025 Career Opportunities At U.S. Embassy to Kenya

Job Overview

The job holder serves as a Public Health Specialist supporting Division of Global HIV and Tuberculosis (DHGT)/President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) activities for the implementation, coordination, monitoring and evaluation of assigned public health program activities and studies.

Job holder plays an essential role in developing annual program strategies, budgets, and drafts regular progress reports related to program activities. Job holder’s duties include technical support, advice and guidance, day-to-day program and administrative management and coordination and collaboration with colleagues of other agencies and public health entities that administer similar public health programs in Kenya. Job holder coordinates funding, report compliance and administrative recordkeeping with the implementing partners to assure projects are conducted in accordance with the implementing agreement and that USG funds are appropriately utilized. The position requires public health technical knowledge, results-oriented analytical skills, advocacy, and constant and clear communication with implementing partners, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and host country ministries responsible for public health (HIV and TB care and treatment) programs.

Qualifications and Evaluations

Requirements:

• All selected candidates must be able to obtain and hold a: Police Clearance Certificate
• All selected candidates will be subject to a background investigation and may be subject to a pre-employment medical exam.
• Selected candidate must be able to begin working within a reasonable period of time [4 weeks] upon receipt of agency authorization and/or clearances/certifications or their candidacy may end.

Education Requirements:

Education

• Master’s degree, or host country equivalent, in public health, nursing, epidemiology, or allied sciences is required.

Job Overview

The position serves as Partner Management Specialist who reports to the Associate Deputy Director for the Partner Management Pillar (Grade TBD) within the CDC GHC DGHT Kenya Field Office (CDC Kenya). The position shares oversight responsibilities for the business management and administration of cooperative agreements and has direct responsibility for day-to-day coordination with implementing partners regarding the business, financial and operations management of activities that implement or support the United States Government’s (USG) President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and any other special and central initiative funding support of cooperative agreements in Kenya. Duties and responsibilities include day-to-day partner management and cooperative agreement oversight in compliance with USG regulations and standards for federal awards. The position provides direct support across Pillars within DGHT to the Associate Deputy Director for the Partner Management/COAG Pillar, DGHT to ensure all pillar activities contribute to measurable results that are in accordance with standards for federal award management, Department of Health and Human Services and CDC agency regulations, PEPFAR strategic and programmatic objectives, international ethical guidelines, and standards for public health care. Position reports to the Associate Deputy Director, Partner Management Pillar – C89083.

Qualifications and Evaluations

Requirements:

EXPERIENCE:

• The incumbent must possess at least five years of managing business, financial operations of a public health organizations, such as non-governmental, international or governmental entities.

JOB KNOWLEDGE:

• Advanced accounting principles, expertise in management and operations, business and financial systems/controls for different types of public health organizations (faith-based, government, non-governmental, multilateral, etc.) and successful management of federal awards.
• Some awareness of PEPFAR financial and budgeting strategic priorities and practices.

Education Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or host country equivalent in public administration, business administration, commerce, accounting, management or finance is required.