Vacancy Announcement/ MSI/ technical Specialist - BANTU Project

Technical Specialists, BANTU Project, Indonesia

Company Profile:  MSI is a Washington, D.C.-based international development firm providing specialized short- and long-term technical assistance. Since its 1981 founding, MSI has grown in size and technical scope, now implementing and managing more than 70 projects worldwide. More than 30 are long-term, many in conflict-prone or fragile states that include Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and South Sudan. Today, our range of technical expertise includes analytical and field projects in democracy and governance, economic growth, strategic planning, organizational capacity building, health and the justice sector. MSI focuses on helping our local partners foster progress, manage change and improve the effectiveness of development assistance. We expanded our global footprint in 2008 by becoming part of Coffey, a leading geoscience, international development and project management firm, and a publicly traded company on the Australian Stock Exchange. Alongside the international development arm of Coffey, MSI has corporate offices in 17 countries. Together, MSI and Coffey employ more than 1,400 professionals worldwide. For more information on MSI, please visit our website at www.msiworldwide.com.

Proposal Summary: 

The purpose of the anticipated Health Technical Assistance Project (BANTU) is to identify, recruit, hire, administer and support qualified individuals or organizations that will provide short or long-term technical assistance as needed and requested by USAID Indonesia’s Office of Health, in particular, to support USAID’s GHI and CDCS strategies and priorities.

Position Summary:

MSI is seeking to identify appropriate short- and long-term specialists to perform the specific tasks requested by the USAID/Indonesia Office of Health for the upcoming BANTU project.  Expected technical areas and expertise: maternal and neonatal health; child health; nutrition; epidemiology; evaluation; health information, monitoring and disease surveillance systems; research methodologies; biostatistics; reproductive health; HIV/AIDS; tuberculosis; influenza; emerging pandemic threats; neglected tropical diseases; writing and editing; financial and organizational management; curriculum development; gender; social science research, information technology, and other such areas.

For the purposes of the BANTU contract, short-term assignments will be those that last up to six months; long-term assignments will be six months to three years.  The below positions could be individual assignements or amongst a small team.

**Please note: Many positions are anticipated to be local. Candidates with Indonesian citizenships are highly encouraged to appy. Female candidates are also encouraged to apply.**

Anticipated STTA positions include:

·         Gender Experts

·         NGO Training Specialists

·         Epidemiologist

·         Biostatician

·         Proposal Writer

·         Data Analyst (local)

·         Maternal and Child Health Expert (international)

·         Data Quality Assessment Specialist

·         Mid-Term Assessment Expert

·         Evaluators

·         Communications and Policy Development Experts

Anticipated LTTA positions include:

·         Microbiologist (in TB)

·         Senior Health Research Advisor

·         Data Systems Specialists

Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in public health, health administration, health science or a related health subject matter.
• Technical experience in one or more of the below areas: maternal and neonatal health; child health; nutrition; epidemiology; evaluation; health information, monitoring and disease surveillance systems; research methodologies; biostatistics; reproductive health; HIV/AIDS; tuberculosis; influenza; emerging pandemic threats; neglected tropical diseases; writing and editing; financial and organizational management; curriculum development; gender; social science research, information technology, and other such areas.

·            Experience working on USAID-funded projects or programs in Indonesia.

·            Experience advising and providing technical expertise to Indonesian government ministry staff and/or clients.

·            Fluency in English and Bahasa Indonesian strongly preferred.

·            Willing and able to travel throughout Indonesia if necessary.

Application should include a cover letter, CV (including three references) and contact number by 26 December 2013, at the latest. Please put the position you apply for as the subject of your email. Please send applications to : recruitment@msi-inc.com. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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