Health Team Leader, Bureau of Asia, USAID/Washington.

The incumbent provides overall support to the management and implementation of USAID's Global Health program-funded activities in Asia, which include Agency global health priorities to end preventable maternal and child deaths and to curb the transmission of infectious disease, particularly tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and malaria. Work is performed primarily in the Asia Bureau and in Asia Missions, but the incumbent is expected to participate in assignments that cross organizational lines working in close collaboration with the Bureau of Global Health and other Agency Pillar Bureaus, missions, other U.S. government agencies, as well as, with international and regional partners, non-governmental organizations and the private sector. The incumbent must have the ability to travel internationally. The incumbent supervises and leads the Bureau Health Team and works in all areas of the sector, at the level described below in Section III. Duties and Responsibilities.

The Health Team leader supervises and has oversight for a five person team of health experts in the Asia Bureau's Office of Technical Support (ASIA/TS). S/he provides intellectual leadership on emerging trends and issues in the region particularly as it relates to a country's overall self-reliance, technical expertise to Asia Bureau senior leadership, and advocacy and expertise within the U.S. government interagency on health issues in the region.

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