Deputy Director For Program And Science At U.S. Embassy To Kenya

The Deputy Director for Program and Science serves as the most senior locally employed staff member in the Division of Global HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) and Tuberculosis (TB), at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Kenya office and reports directly to the CDC USDH Program Director (GS-15).
The incumbent provides leadership, oversight, management, and coordination for public health programmatic goals and objectives including developing notice of funding opportunities (NOFOs) and proposals that pertain to funding and implementation of program activities and participates in decisions related to the commitment of resources (President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) including recommending the hiring of personnel and allocation of funds.
The job holder is an FSN Direct-Hire appointed to perform inherently governmental duties, such as supervision of USDHs and serving as a Project Officer responsible for performance management of multiple large cooperative agreements, interfacing with headquarters (HQ) grants management office as needed.