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Health and Child Survival Fellows Program
Terms of Reference
Fellow: TBN
Application Deadline: March 11, 2002
Title: Child Survival Advisor
Dates: Two years, from date of hire. Second two-year extension possible for
a total of four years.
Location: USAID Mission, Kathmandu, Nepal
Objectives of the Health and Child Survival Fellows Program: This program
prepares professionals for careers in international health through mentored
placements with USAID or other similar agencies. Please visit
http://jhuhcsfp.org
for more information.
Objectives of this Assignment:
Provide technical and administrative oversight to the USAID/Nepal supported
public health programs, policies, initiatives and activities, specifically
in the area of child health. Work with USAID, Government of Nepal (GON),
other donors, NGOs, and staff of the "Nepal Family Health Program", the
USAID/Nepal family planning and maternal and child health bilateral
activity. Provide technical oversight to the USAID/Washington BHR-funded
Child Survival Grants including Mission response to proposals and technical
guidance during implementation and evaluation. Facilitate the active
engagement of the GON in the design, monitoring and evaluation of improved
service delivery for selected child health services. Serve as an active
communicator and liaison between USAID and the GON. Provide expert
consultation to USAID and GON in a variety of technical areas, related to
child health. Identify needs for external and international consultative
services. Facilitate the involvement of selected USAID/Washington
cooperating agencies, as needed. For further details, see Background at the
end of this document.
Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Monitor activities at field sites, while at the same time becoming
thoroughly familiar with health care policy, financing and current
initiatives for improving the delivery of services. Visit districts, service
delivery organizations, and government officials to work with them to
improve program implementation.
2. Advise the Ministry of Health and USAID on a variety of public health
areas including, but not limited to: child survival and community-based
integrated management of childhood illnesses (in Nepal specifically acute
respiratory infection, diarrheal diseases and immunization) as well as
nutrition including vitamin A and other micronutrients. The advisor will
also be called upon to discuss issues related to infectious diseases:
malaria, antimicrobial resistance and surveillance.
3. Formulate strategies, develop policies and analyze operational support
for public health service delivery in areas such as logistics, surveillance,
training, behavior change communication, management, operations research, as
well as required drugs, commodities and equipment needed to support the
health care system.
4. Assist the Ministry of Health and USAID in determining needs for
short-term technical assistance. Prepare scopes of work for consultants.
5. Take leadership in the design, implementation, coordination and
evaluation of public health programs in the areas of child survival and
micronutrients.
6. Prepare annual reports and other documents related to the child health
program area.
7. Assist in the development of child health related annual workplans with
the GON and develop a thorough understanding of USAID's support to the GON's
Redbook and supplementary budgets.
8. Other Duties as required and as appropriate may be assigned.
Qualifications:
All assignments made by the Health and Child Survival Fellows Program are
filled from the Program's pool of applicants. All candidates who are
interested in being considered for this position should apply. However, the
program anticipates that the successful candidate for this position will
possess a graduate degree in a public health discipline. Knowledge of child
survival and relevant technical areas is essential. Experience in developing
countries, specifically South Asia, is also highly desirable as well as a
willingness to work in developing country field conditions. The selection
committee would want the candidate to possess excellent interpersonal and
cross-cultural skills, and an ability to work in a team environment where
decisions are made by consensus. Facility in computer programs such as
PowerPoint, Excel, and MSWord would be expected. As this assignment will be
placed in an office of the U.S. Agency for International Development, the
individual selected for placement will be a U.S. citizen and must obtain a
U.S. Government security clearance.
Application:
Candidates who wish to apply for this assignment must submit a current
resume and a 1-3-page letter that demonstrates their understanding of the
assignment and stresses their competitiveness. In the letter, candidates
should describe their qualifications and experience, should demonstrate
their preparation for the assignment, and their knowledge and skills that
relate to the objectives and tasks of the Fellowship description, and how
this program and assignment relates to their career goals. A standard
"letter of interest" will be considered non-responsive. A selection
committee will review the letters and resumes presented by the candidates
and will select candidates for interview.
Candidates are asked to submit their letters and resumes electronically, via
email attachments in a PC-compatible format to
pseaton@jhsph.edu
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. Letters should be addressed to
Mr. Paul Seaton, Director
National Secretariat for the Health and Child Survival Fellows Program
103 East Mount Royal Avenue, Suite 2B
Baltimore, MD 21202
Phone: 410 659 4108
Fax: 410 659 4118
Email
pseaton@jhsph.edu
Interested candidates are assured of confidentiality. Mr. Seaton will be
happy to discuss the position with anyone who may have questions. Interested
individuals who are not already in the Applicant Pool should contact Mr.
Seaton.
Supervision and Benefits:
The Advisor will be employed by Johns Hopkins University (JHU), but will
work in the environment of USAID/Nepal. The Advisor will work closely with
USAID/Nepal's Senior Health Advisor who will serve as mentor and will foster
intellectual growth, provide career guidance and give support throughout the
period of assignment. The Advisor and Mentor will negotiate an annual
workplan within 90 days as well as leave and travel plans that are subject
to the approval of the National Secretariat. The mentor will provide
technical guidance, career advice and operational oversight in steering the
Advisor toward the accomplishment of assigned tasks.
JHU will enter into an employment agreement with the Advisor that defines
the terms and conditions of employment and the assignment. JHU supervisory
responsibilities include negotiation of salary, approval of the assignment,
approval of changes in the assignment, approval of the workplan, approval of
leave, approval of salary increases, approval of travel, participation in
the annual evaluation, initiation of disciplinary action, and termination of
the assignment. The Advisor is expected to exercise individual initiative,
resourcefulness and responsibility.
The salary for this assignment will fall within a range of $47,000-80,000
depending upon qualifications and experience. JHU employment benefits are
excellent, and include health, dental, life and accident insurance,
emergency medical evacuation, and a retirement plan. Overseas benefits are
similar to benefits granted to PSCs or contractors.
Documentation:
The Fellow will submit quarterly reports to the National Secretariat of the
Health and Child Survival Fellows program and other documents as needed by
USAID/Nepal.
Johns Hopkins University is the employer of Health and Child Survival
Fellows. JHU is an equal opportunity employer.
Background to this Assignment:
Since the late 1950s, USAID has provided development assistance to improve
the health status and quality of life in Nepal. Nepal has achieved
significant success in the past few decades. Since 1991, fertility has
declined by 19% and under-five mortality has declined by 23%.
Despite these accomplishments critical challenges remain. Nepal is one of
the top 10 poorest countries in the world with almost 90% of the population
living in rural communities and surviving on less than $1 per day. A
majority of women are illiterate. Most physicians are located in urban areas
and rural communities often depend on traditional healers for health care.
Access to modern health care in rural communities is primarily through
Female Community Health Volunteers living in their community or at the
sub-health post or health post from auxiliary nurse midwives and paramedical
staff. Population growth remains high at 2.27% per year and women are having
on average more than four children in their lifetime. At this rate of
growth, Nepal's population of 23 million people will double in about 30
years. Every two hours a woman dies of pregnancy-related complications and
one out of 11 children are not reaching their fifth birthday. Although the
national HIV prevalence rate is low at .2%, a concentrated epidemic exists
among high-risk groups (namely female sex workers and injecting drug users)
and recent data suggests a generalized epidemic within the migrant worker
population. The three leading vector-borne diseases (Kala-azar, Japanese
encephalitis and Malaria) impact the lives of more than 17 million people.
USAID's health sector strategy in Nepal focuses on four areas: (1)
increasing use of voluntary quality family planning services; (2) increasing
access to key quality maternal and child health services; (3) preventing
further transmission of HIV; and (4) controlling infectious diseases. The
health sector strategy is a significant component of the overall USAID
Mission development program in Nepal and comprises approximately 80% of the
overall mission support to Nepal, or approximately $15 million annually.
USAID's health activities are governed by a bilateral agreement with the
Government of Nepal and implemented through a recently awarded cooperative
agreement "The Nepal Family Health Program" and several AID/Washington
technical assistance projects. USAID funded activities reach approximately
11 million men and women of reproductive age and 3.5 million children under
the age of five years.
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