Job Posting: Public Health Advisor

Summary

This position is located in the Office of Global Research (OGR), Office of Science Management and Operations (OSMO), Office of the Director (OD), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), located in Montgomery County, MD.

Duties

If selected for this position, your duties may include, but are not limited to: Serve as the program director, with authority over the substantive programs, missions, and functions of the NIAID Office in the assigned country(s). Serve as the principal public health advisor and analyst to the NIAID programs in the assigned country(s), maintaining existing programs and initiatives and developing new ones that are in accord with NIAID public health research program goals, objectives, and policies. Provide guidance on the status of key policies, as well as political, legal, multilateral and international agencies initiatives, policies, and regulatory changes that could affect the implementation of NIAID-funded programs. Review, analyze, and compile a broad range of information about the cultural and political dynamics of a region/country and how these may impact NIAID sponsored programs including the priority health concerns of different regions/countries and the location, capacity, and ongoing activities of public health and research programs. Formulate, monitor, and execute the NIAID Office operational budget in-country or in assigned country(s) and present and defend resource requirements needed to carry out long-term goals and objectives. Identify, assess cost effectiveness, and oversee the application of promising new concepts, mechanisms, methods, and systems to meet program goals and objectives. Oversee the planning, direction, and timely execution of several program subdivisions managed through separate organizational units. Represent NIAID in the assigned country(s) and provide information and advice to the U.S. Ambassador, other U.S. Embassy officials, and HHS staff in the assigned country(s) on NIAID programs, activities, and priorities in the country, including multilateral efforts. Serve as primary liaison between in-country technical working groups on public health issues and headquarters-based technical working groups and provide administrative and technical advice and guidance to headquarters and other NIAID in-country teams.

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