DCO_HCD_Health_Director_Full-Time_PSC_(RFQ_Addendum_2_PD).docx

RFQ Addendum 2 Position Description Human and Community Development (HCD) Health Director Full-Time PSC

1. Introduction and Background

MCC’s mission is to provide grant assistance to support economic growth and poverty reduction in select developing countries with a demonstrated commitment to just and democratic governance, economic freedom, and investments in their citizenry. MCC’s partner countries enter into a five-year agreement (Compact) with MCC that includes a plan for achieving shared development objectives and the responsibilities of each country in achieving those objectives. Our model is defined by core principles, of selectivity, country ownership, transparency, and a focus on results.

Our values identify who we are and what is important to us. Our Values are CLEAR: Embrace Collaboration, Always Learn, Practice Excellence, Be Accountable and Respect individuals and ideas. MCC’s values define how we behave on a daily basis, both as individuals and as an institution, in pursuit of our mission. They guide how we make decisions, set priorities, address challenges, manage tradeoffs, recruit and develop staff, and work together with our country partners and stakeholders.

MCC works with partner countries to integrate internationally-accepted principles of environmental and social sustainability into the design and implementation of compacts.

MCC recognizes that the pursuit of sustainable economic growth and a healthy environment are related. Economic growth that doesn’t adequately address the associated risks of environmental degradation can leave the poor particularly vulnerable.

In collaboration with MCC, partner countries are striving to achieve sustainable economic development through their compact-funded activities while at the same time minimizing environmental and social risks and enhancing natural resource protections.

2. Scope of Position

The Department of Compact Operations (DCO), Sector Operations (SO) Division is seeking a Personal Services Contractor (PSCs) to serve as HCD Health Director in the Human and Community Development (HCD) Practice Group. The PSC shall serve to provide adequate project leadership/management for health projects and activities.

The PSCs reports to the Practice Lead and Senior Director (PLSD) of HCD.

This position is not authorized to supervise any Federal employees.

3. Personal Services Contract

MCC is authorized to enter into a contract with an individual as a Personal Services Contractor (PSCs) under the authority of Section 614(a) (8) of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003.

A personal services contract is different from non-personal services Government contract, which establishes an independent contract relationship. Under a non-personal services contract, the contractor or employees of the contractor are subject to the technical direction but not the supervision of the MCC. As defined by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 37.104, a personal services contract is characterized by the employer-employee relationship it creates between the Government and the contractor personnel. Thus, the PSCs is subject to the relatively continuous technical direction, supervision, and control of the MCC. PSCs may be assigned inherently governmental duties (see FAR 7.502). By law and by the contract’s terms, the PSCs is subject to most of the laws, rules and regulations applicable to the direct hire employee such as MCC regulations, conflict of interest, under some circumstances MCC authorized employment security clearances and financial disclosure. However, under the MCC personal services contract authority, PSCs are not employees for purposes of laws administered by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). The following elements apply to this contract:

(1) Performance in Washington, DC USA, MCC eligible countries, other US and foreign cities (as required for outreach purposes), and/or at the PSC’s home of record.

(2) Principal tools and equipment may be furnished by the Government.

(3) Services are applied directly to the integral effort of agencies or an organizational subpart in furtherance of assigned function or mission.

(4) Comparable services, meeting comparable needs, are performed in the same or similar agencies using civil service personnel.

(5) The need for the type of service provided can reasonably be expected to last beyond 1 year.

(6) The inherent nature of the service, or the manner in which it is provided, reasonably requires directly or indirectly, Government direction or supervision of contractor employees in order to—

(i) Adequately protect the Government’s interest;

(ii) Retain control of the function involved; or

(iii) Retain full personal responsibility for the function supported in a duly authorized Federal officer or employee.

4. Key Requirements

Awardee must satisfy the following key requirements:

· U.S. citizenship or legal, permanent resident with at least 2 years of residency history, preferably 3 years.

· Must be able to obtain and maintain a federal security clearance.

· Performance in Washington, DC USA, MCC eligible countries, other US and foreign cities (as required for outreach purposes), and/or at the PSC’s home of record.

· Domestic and international travel will be required.

· Statement of Employment & Financial Interest (e.g., Office of Government Ethics “OGE Form-450” or similar statement) may be required.

· Active System for Award Management (www.sam.gov) registration (this is a free, Government website) and be listed as sole-proprietor.

· Designated and/or random drug testing required.

5. Duties

a) Major Duties and Responsibilities a.1) HCD Health Director PSC (MC-301-3A)

· Serves an expert on HCD work, specifically, health and health systems strengthening. Ability to also do so in nutrition and/or behavior change highly desirable.

· As project lead or co-lead, coordinates MCC staff and consultants as related to the project to promote shared ownership and consensus project management. Manages the MCC work plan and coordinates with country counterpart work plans.

· As health technical lead, monitors the implementation, oversight and support of health projects by eligible countries and works with designated MCC country counterparts and MCC staff to improve and facilitate implementation of related activities. Specifically, provides assistance to country counterparts as they manage procurements and other implementation tasks related to specific program activities including: managing preparation and clearance of official documents; reviewing procurement-related documents such as statements of work; reviewing performance relative to budget and progress benchmarks; and proposing remedial interventions to address implementation challenges; and reviewing and participating in evaluations as needed.

· Provides eligible counties with advice and assistance, as appropriate, to address health program issues and to improve the chances for success of ongoing and planned projects and operations. Such success may be defined either as meeting disbursement and commitment targets, as meeting certain output indicators or in achieving impact objectives.

· Coordinates and collaborates with other donor and in-country counterparts to ensure appropriate policy and program coordination.

· Identifies and takes steps necessary to deploy consultants to augment internal resources to fulfill compact operations.

· When working with more junior HCD staff - provides guidance and direction to on technical program and administrative issues, and provides substantive input of individual staff performance during the annual performance evaluation process.

· Works with countries to develop, implement and/or refine proposals for MCC-sponsored activities in health. Serves as a technical resource and advisor to country teams comprised of staff from other MCC disciplines.

· On assigned countries, assesses and negotiates policy changes with eligible countries in support of proposed compact activities. Evaluates alternative delivery options, program costs, and implementation plans. Identifies beneficiaries and quantifies cost-benefit of proposed changes. Negotiates program changes; prepares necessary changes to existing documentation; and, oversees due diligence efforts.

· Researches, drafts, and prepares effective communications and reports assessing and describing program/project progress, and synthesizes data effectively.

· Serves as a member of the practice team and coordinates with other staff to strengthen MCC’s current thinking, approaches, strategies, tools and practices in health and health systems strengthening. Ability to do so in nutrition and/or behavior change highly desirable.

· Supports the administrative and program function of the practice group including drafting and updating position papers, sector guidance, and practice group goals. Organizes learning events such as brown bags.

· Performs other related duties as assigned.

b) Travel

MCC estimates that the incumbent will be required to undertake 6-8 international trips annually.

c) Supervisory Controls

As a recognized authority in the development and implementation of HCD programs and operations, the employee is subject only to administrative and policy direction concerning overall project priorities and objectives. The employee is typically delegated complete responsibility and authority to plan, schedule, and carry out major projects concerned with the analysis and evaluation of programs or organizational effectiveness. Analyses, evaluations, and recommendations developed by the employee are normally reviewed by management officials only for potential influence on broad agency policy objectives and program goals. Findings and recommendations are normally accepted without significant change.

d) Guidelines

Guidelines consist of general administrative policies, and program, management and organizational theories which require considerable adaptation and/or interpretation for application to issues and problems studied. Policies and precedent studies provide a basic outline of results desired, but do not go into detail as to the methods used to accomplish the project. Within the context of broad regulatory and procedural guidelines, the employee refines or develops more specific guidelines, such as implementing new or revised processes, methods and procedures.

e) Complexity

The employee plans, organizes, and completes analytical studies involving substantial aspects of key agency programs. As study coordinator, the employee assigns segments of the studies to various participants who are subject-matter specialists in fields appropriate to the study, coordinates the efforts of the group, and consolidates findings into a completed project. There is extreme complexity and difficulty in identifying the nature of the issues or problems to be studied and in planning, organizing, and determining the scope and depth of the studies. The nature and scope of the issues are largely undefined. Difficulty is also encountered in separating the substantive nature of the programs or issues into their administrative, technical, political, economic, fiscal, and other components, determining the nature and magnitude of the interactions, discerning the intent of legislation and broad agency policies, and determining how to translate the intent into recommended program actions. The work involves efforts to develop and implement programs based upon new or revised legislation requiring consideration of the immediate sequential, and long-range effects, both direct and indirect, of proposed actins on the public, other government programs, and/or private industry.

f) Scope and Effect

The purpose of the work is to perform very broad and extensive studies related to MCC programs which are of significant interest to the public, Congress, and MCC Compact country governments. Studies frequently involve extensive problems of coordination in fact-finding and in reviewing and evaluating recommendations in interested agencies or with outside groups. Recommendations involve highly significant programs or policy matters, and result in substantial redirection of federal efforts or policy related to major national issues. Results of work are critical to the mission of the agency or affect large numbers of people on a long-term, continuing basis.

g) Personal Contacts/Purpose of Contacts

Personal contacts are with high-ranking officials from outside the agency at national or international levels in highly unstructured settings. Examples include other agency heads, top congressional staff officials, or executives of comparable private sector organizations.

Personal contacts include individuals and groups at all levels of the Corporation, representatives from other Federal agencies/organizations, MCAs, contractors, and the general public. The purpose of contacts is to influence, motivate, persuade or negotiate with others who may hold different points of views in order to influence managers or other officials to accept recommendations or to obtain the desired effect.

h) Physical Demands

The work is primarily sedentary, although some walking, bending, or carrying of light items may be involved. Travel may be required.

i) Work Environment

Work is performed in an office setting, although there is an expectation of work in the field.