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The Global Health Training, Advisory and Support Contract (GHTASC) delivers effective global health programming to advance the mission of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Bureau for Global Health (GH) through institutional support and workforce development services from junior, mid-level, senior and expert advisory and administrative professionals.
Credence and its partner, the Public Health Institute (PHI), are both employers for GHTASC, and are seeking a Communications Specialist in USAID's Global Health Bureau under GHTASC.
Position Summary:
The Bureau for Global Health is the Agency’s focal point and primary source in providing worldwide leadership, donor coordination, and technical expertise for the global health sector including in child and maternal health and nutrition, HIV/AIDS, infectious disease, global health security, family planning and reproductive health, as well as health systems strengthening. The Bureau aligns resources with identified public health and development needs and influences the global health priorities of other donor organizations, host country governments, and host country civil society organizations, multilateral organizations, as well as the U.S. private sector and U.S.-based foundations. It also serves as the primary source of global health technical expertise and intellectual capital to the Agency and other U.S. foreign affairs agencies. The Bureau is the Agency repository for state-of-the-art thinking in biomedical, social science, and operations research and works to produce technical advances and innovations that can be disseminated and replicated at USAID Missions throughout the world. Through its staff, programs, and country teams, GH provides critical support to USAID Missions and field programs in more than 70 countries.
The Office of the Assistant Administrator provides oversight of all global health programs, support to the field, research, legislative relations, and external affairs. The Office also houses the Center for Innovation and Impact, which supports breakthrough innovations, applies market-based approaches, and advances efforts in digital health, private sector engagement, and human-centered design in order to maximize the impact of its global health work.
The Strategic Communications and Outreach team in GH coordinates all aspects of strategic communications and outreach for the GH/AA and other senior leaders who sit in the Office of the Assistant Administrator. The team works in close coordination with the Communication leads within each of the Bureau’s offices as well as USAID Bureau for Legislative and Public Affairs.
The Communications Specialist will be an integral part of the Strategic Communications and Outreach Team, working directly with the Director of Communications and Outreach and the senior leadership team. The work of this position is essential to ensure consistent, strategic communications coming from the Office of the Assistant Administrator and the entire Global Health Bureau. The Communications Specialist will be responsible for supporting and implementing the Bureau’s communication objectives and will receive day-to-day guidance from the Director of Communications and Outreach. The Communications Specialist must possess strong oral and written communications skills and the ability to read, analyze, and interpret general Bureau and technical documents, and the ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, technical staff, leadership, and implementing partners is required.
Qualification Requirements:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
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Full salary range for this position is $76,700 to $120,900 per year, with the starting salary determined based on candidate’s knowledge, skills, experience, as well as budget availability.
Prior to submitting your application your resume must include relevant paid and non-paid experience showing dates held with month, year and hours worked per week for each position. Please ensure that all relevant experience and education is documented on your resume. There is no limitation to resume length; updates to resumes will not be accepted during the interview and selection process.
Full Time
IT Outsourcing & Consulting
$87k-107k (estimate)
08/12/2022
08/15/2023
credence-llc.com
WASHINGTON, DC
<25
2005
SID CHOWDHARY
<$5M
IT Outsourcing & Consulting
An award-winning, fast growing, top performer in the government space, Credence is the leader among small businesses in providing innovative management, engineering, and technology solutions to the Federal Government. The 2013 GovCon Small Business Government Contractor of the Year, Credence serves in an independent and objective capacity to support the mission and goals of government programs that are undertaking complex and highly technical initiatives. WHY WORK WITH CREDENCE? Credence treats each customer, teaming partner, associate, and employee as a trusted partner whom we serve. We ensur...e successful outcomes by focusing on the one measure of success that we consider to be most importantYours. WHY WORK FOR CREDENCE? Credence was formed with the vision of creating an organization that would attract the best talent in the industry and treating each team member as a valued contributor. We are a diverse, enthusiastic family of subject matter experts, business professionals, and practitioners who all share a common goal of providing exceptional service to our customers. Our culture is focused on employee empowerment, recognition, reward, and retention, and each team member is encouraged to innovate and take their own initiative to reach their greatest potential. Credences objective of maintaining a fun, high-quality workforce is reflected in our three core values: Trust, Partnership, and Success. HOW CREDENCE GIVES BACK: One of Credences main goals as an organization is to serve others. We strongly value supporting charitable organizations through corporate events, volunteering our time, employee corporate donations, and generous corporate matching. We believe that our success should be shared with those in need, and our culture encourages giving back to the community in which we live. We continuously strive toward this goal by supporting US troops, hunger initiatives, childhood literacy, and technology industry initiatives throughout the country.
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