Senior Global Health Officer

at  Competitive Innovations LLC

Senior Global Health Officer
Competitive Innovations, LLC (CI) is seeking a Senior Global Health Officer to support the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Office of International Health and Biodefense (OES/IHB). The position serves a key team member providing coordination and support functions for global health policies and programs. This position will support the Section Chief for the Global Health Security Section, and indirectly to the Office Deputy Director and Office Director. This is a full-time position located in Washington, D.C.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as an expert advisor on global health security capacity building activities and the global health security architecture
• Support IHB’s lead coordination and guidance role for all Department bureaus and the U.S. government interagency in responding to global health and health security issues
• Coordinate large-scale global health security funding requests, which may exceed several million dollars
• Manage grants and work to initiate new grants for global health projects
• Lead implementation of OES/IHB’s bilateral engagement strategy in one geographic region, working to expand bilateral cooperation in health security.
• Assist day-to-day interagency GHSA work and provide support to the interagency process
• Coordinate with private sector to establish successful public-private partnerships (PPPs)
• Prepare agenda, background materials, and other documentation for high-level interagency meetings; draft notes of these meetings; and disseminate notes to the office
• Arrange and coordinate high-level interagency meetings, to include pre-briefing principals and coordinating documentation
• Coordinate and implement diplomatic engagement and outreach strategies for advancing global health and health security activities
• Disseminate public affairs guidance
• Brief supervisor, co-workers, and principals as needed on ongoing global health and health security activities and developments
• Attend weekly staff and team meetings
• Provide input to, proofread, and properly format papers prepared by colleagues in response to taskings
• Attend trainings on work-related duties, as need arises

Essential functions of this position include: (as applicable)

• Limited travel

Minimum Qualifications:

• Active Secret Security Clearance
• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field
• Minimum 6 years of experience
• Expertise in global health security capacity building activities and the global health security architecture
• Excellent written and oral communication
• Experience with grant management
• Qualified candidates that are HUBZone residents, preferred (check your status here: https://maps.certify.sba.gov/hubzone/map#center=39.828200,-98.579500&zoom=5)

Responsibilities:

• Serve as an expert advisor on global health security capacity building activities and the global health security architecture
• Support IHB’s lead coordination and guidance role for all Department bureaus and the U.S. government interagency in responding to global health and health security issues
• Coordinate large-scale global health security funding requests, which may exceed several million dollars
• Manage grants and work to initiate new grants for global health projects
• Lead implementation of OES/IHB’s bilateral engagement strategy in one geographic region, working to expand bilateral cooperation in health security.
• Assist day-to-day interagency GHSA work and provide support to the interagency process
• Coordinate with private sector to establish successful public-private partnerships (PPPs)
• Prepare agenda, background materials, and other documentation for high-level interagency meetings; draft notes of these meetings; and disseminate notes to the office
• Arrange and coordinate high-level interagency meetings, to include pre-briefing principals and coordinating documentation
• Coordinate and implement diplomatic engagement and outreach strategies for advancing global health and health security activities
• Disseminate public affairs guidance
• Brief supervisor, co-workers, and principals as needed on ongoing global health and health security activities and developments
• Attend weekly staff and team meetings
• Provide input to, proofread, and properly format papers prepared by colleagues in response to taskings
• Attend trainings on work-related duties, as need arise