US/TCN Senior Digital Health Advisor, GS-14, Madagascar (2023 Readvertisement)

The United States Government, represented by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is seeking offers from qualified U.S. and Third Country nationals to provide personal services in Madagascar under contract as described in this solicitation.  Offers must be in accordance with the Attachment of this solicitation. USAID will evaluate all offerors based on the stated evaluation criteria.  This solicitation in no way obligates USAID to award a PSC contract, nor does it commit USAID to pay any cost incurred in the preparation and submission of the offer.

USAID encourages all individuals, including those from disadvantaged and under-represented groups, to respond to the solicitation.

The Senior Digital Health Advisor serves as an expert advisor and technical authority on complex and precedent-setting programmatic and policy issues in digital health systems. S/he is a key member of the HPN Office, a member of the Health Systems Strengthening Team, and reports directly to the Health Systems Strengthening Advisor. S/he is a senior professional and expert in his/her field who will focus on supporting digital health services programming to improve health systems. S/he provides evidence-based technical advice to the Mission, helps to develop strategic approaches to health systems across the portfolio, and assists in the design and management of activities and projects. The incumbent is a subject matter expert in health information systems and has experience in at least one of the following areas: digital health, health informatics, market access, or logistics management information systems.

The minimum qualifications required include a Master’s degree in public health, information technology, business administration, computer science or related field; a minimum of 7 years of progressively responsible professional experience in systems development lifecycle and other software implementation methodologies in low resource settings, working with current information technology tools, standards, methodologies, and policies that can be applied to advance health information systems, experience in IT and/or software implementation in a developing country or other resource-poor settings, experience working in the public and/or private health sector, experience with current mobile technologies that can be leveraged to further public health objectives, experience working with GIS tools and analytical approaches, and professional experience in health informatics or digital health in low- and middle-income country contexts; overseas experience managing integrated, and complex digital health programs, including LMIS, in developing countries.; English language at level IV (fluent - Full professional proficiency); and French language at level III (Professional working proficiency).