Program Management Assistant (Public Health Administration Management Assistant) at US Embassy

Duties

The Program Management Assistant, under the supervision of the Division of Global Health Protection’s (DGHP) Associate Director and Deputy for Management and Operations, provides support on a variety of programmatic, cooperative agreement and administrative issues to assist the DGHP Nigeria and West Africa Regional offices to effectively manage division priorities. The job holder helps with planning, implementation, monitoring, and reporting of activities, as well as with coordination and high-level correspondence with United States Government (USG), Government of Nigeria (GoN), and West Africa (WA) regional officials.

Qualifications and Evaluations

Requirements

EXPERIENCE:  Three (3) years’ experience in program assistance work with a Public Health program as well as prior experience in the collection, analyses and presentation of information is required.

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

JOB KNOWLEDGE:

• Very good knowledge of the theoretical and practical concepts of program and project management is required. Broad perspective and knowledge of the principles of public health programs and practice, including knowledge of organizational and operational concepts and practices applied by public, private and non-profit agencies, and organizations engaged in health-related service delivery is required. Sound knowledge of general office operations and principles is required.
• A good knowledge of Nigeria’s economic, social culture, and political characteristics is required. Knowledge on West Africa region’s economic, social culture, and political characteristics, are desirable and would be an advantage. An understanding of the Global Health Security/International Health Regulations program is required.
• Sound knowledge of all aspects of administrative and office support processes, including both secretarial and programmatic support and procedures for processing more specialized and detailed tasks, (e.g., programmatic reports) is required.
• Vast knowledge of the host country and U.S. operational environment, including a good understanding of government laws and regulations pertaining to training, contracting, legal adherence, development and public health implementation is required.

Education Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Business Management, Public Administration, Public Health, or Economics is required.

Note: NYSC Certificate/Exemption/Exclusion document is required.