The USAID President's Malaria Initiative (PMI) Resident Advisor (RA) in tandem with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) PMI RA manages the overall health portfolio, and provides technical and administrative guidance as needed. Concurrently, the USAID/PMI RA and other Contracting Officer Representatives and Assistance Officer Representatives (COR/AOR), along with the Foreign Service National (FSN) PMI staff, shall oversee the planning, implementing, and monitoring of the PMI funded activities.

S/he will be the point person to liaise with backstops for PMI in USAID/Washington D.C, and in the USAID Burkina Faso Country Office (USAID/Burkina Faso) Health Team. S/he shall consider the macro picture of the health portfolio while focusing on malaria activities and work with the entire health team to achieve maternal and child mortality reduction goals.The USAID/PMI RA shall exercise substantial judgment in planning and carrying out tasks, in representing the USG in critical technical and policy forums, in resolving problems and conflicts, and in taking appropriate steps to meet deadlines. With approval from the Health Office Director, the USAID/PMI RA may be requested to perform governmental functions such as officially representing USAID at functions, approving policy documents, budgeting, and developing planning documents.

The USAID/PMI RA must also possess an understanding of the social, economic and cultural determinants and implications of the malaria epidemic in Burkina Faso, as well as have the experience and skills required to help formulate the USG position on malaria and contribute to important policy decisions as a malaria focal point of the USAID/Burkina Faso Health Team.

 

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