Health Development Officer - FL-0685-02 (U.S. Citizens only)
Lead and manage child health and immunization programs globally.
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Overview
Lead and manage child health and immunization programs globally.
You have:
- Experience in managing health development agreements focused on child health and immunization.
- Knowledge of Gavi and global vaccination programs.
- Ability to provide technical assistance in program implementation.
- Strong communication skills for interacting with donors and stakeholders.
- Experience in child health and immunization policy development.
The incumbent serves as a Health Development Officer in the Child Health and Immunization Division (CHI). CHI provides technical and policy leadership, addressing the leading killers of children in the post-neonatal period. This includes treatment of pneumonia, diarrhea, and other major contributors to death, vaccine-preventable diseases, as well as emerging issues. CHI also manages the Agency's annual contributions to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance as well as child health, routine immunization systems strengthening, polio eradication efforts, and provides support for other vaccine-preventable diseases and related surveillance systems.
The Health Development Officer is responsible for strategy development, program design, project implementation, and interaction with donors for USAID maternal and child health activities, immunization, global health security as well as other health related technical areas, as appropriate worldwide -working at the country, regional, and international levels. The incumbent has two primary areas of responsibility: (1) management of one or more agreements, with a focus on polio eradication, immunization, infectious diseases, and other activities to achieve Agency and host country objectives; and (2) provision of expert advice and technical assistance in developing and implementing child health and immunization programs and guidelines to USAID missions and Washington staff. The incumbent is anticipated to serve as an AOR/COR and work within existing teams.
Potential interview questions
| Can you describe a successful program you designed for child health or immunization? | This question assesses your ability to design effective health programs. | Describe the specific program, the goals, and the outcomes. |
| How do you evaluate the effectiveness of health development programs? | Interviewers want to know your experience in program evaluation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| What strategies do you employ when interacting with donors? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| Discuss an instance when your technical assistance impacted a health program positively. | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| What challenges have you encountered in implementing immunization programs, and how did you overcome them? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
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Source:
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