POSITION:                                      PeaceCorps Medical Officer (PCMO)

OPENING DATE:                            July 31, 2026

CLOSING DATE:                            August 20, 2026

WORKHOURS:                              Full Time – 40 Hours Minimum/Week

COMPENSATION RANGE:        

Medical Doctor                    23,964,649FCFA to 41,938,129 FCFA

Nurse Practitioner               18,864,601FCFA to 33,013,051 FCFA

The United States Peace Corps seeks a Medical Doctor or Nurse Practitioner to serve as a personal services contractor (PSC) Peace Corps Medical Officer (PCMO) based in Yaounde Cameroon.  The PCMO will provide health care to U.S.Peace Corps Volunteers in and will work under the supervision of the PeaceCorps Country Director in Cameroon and the Peace CorpsOffice of Health Services in Washington, DC.

• Routine primary health care to Peace Corps Trainees and Volunteersincluding treatment of common illnesses and injuries in accordance with Peace Corps technical guidelines
• Individual short-term counseling on disease prevention, adjustment issues, stress management and cross-cultural problems
• Response to emergency medical situations
• Member of Senior Peace Corps staff in Cameroon
• Ability to conduct trainings on health related issues
• Site visits to Peace Corps Volunteers throughout Cameroon
• Administrative tasks of the medical office including budget management
• Inventory of medical supplies and equipment
• Mentoring and on-the-job training of other PCMOs
• Provide and coordinate sexual assault prevention and response
• Alternate 24 hour on-call duty with the other medical office staff
• Perform other duties as assigned

This is a local advertisement.  Preference will be given to the candidates who have applied to this local advertisement who are citizensof Cameroon or who are permanent residents of Cameroon with proper and currentauthorization to work in Cameroon at the time of application.

Peace Corps may select one or more PCMOPSCs from the applications received in response to this announcement or maydecide not to fill any PSC positions. All PSC positions are subject to the availability of funds and continuedneed.                   

Minimum Qualifications and Requirements:Consider adding same text as in the Checklist “MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS ANDREQUIREMENTS (Note: If any qualifications and requirements below are a no or missing,they are disqualified from further evaluation.)”

• The applicant is a graduate of accredited school MDs must be a graduate of a school listed in this link,Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research: https://search.wdoms.org/
• The applicant has a current license, registration or certificate in the host country, the United States, or the provider’s country of training to practice their profession (physician, nurse practitioner). 
• Minimum 2 years of recent relevant clinical experience in primary care as an independent practitioner (after internship and/or residency)
• The applicant must have aminimum of 2 years of experience in providing health education.
• experience in providing emotional support and short-term counseling
• The applicant must have experience in training design and presentation of health-related material.
• The applicant must be willing to travel to sites in Cameroon and overseas.
• The applicant must have knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook.
• The applicant must be able to obtaina United States of America visa.
• The applicant must be proficient in oral and written English in the application and interview.
• All submitted documents must bein English or translated into English. 

PCMO PREFERREDQUALIFICATIONS

1)              The applicant has experience inthe management and administration of a health unit.

2)              The applicant has experience workingwith international organization(s). 

ApplicationProcess and Requirements:

By the closing date/time identified above,interested applicants for this position must submit the following items as attachments to an e-mail to: 

            E-mail: [email protected]   

            Attention:  Peace Corps/Cameroon Director of Management and Operations (DMO)

• Acompleted and signed PCMO Application Form (blank form attached).
• Resumeor CV MUST include a detailed description (see details below) of ALL workexperience over the past ten years, accounting for any periods of unemploymentlonger than three months.

o  The detailed description of the work experience must include the following information:

• Full Description of Duties and Responsibilities for Each Position
• Start and End Dates for Each Position Held
• Salary for Each Position
• Number of Persons Supervised
• Fullor Part Time Position
• Reason for Leaving
• Names and Telephone Numbers of Supervisors
• Volunteer Positions
• Languages Spoken
• Photocopy of Professional Medical License. 
• • If the license does not have an expiration date, written confirmation must be submitted directly from the issuing authority.  Please note, if a license is not required, rather, the medical diploma is the license to practice, written confirmation, issued directly from the professional medical board, Ministry of Health or other appropriate regulatory authority establishing that the candidate is properly credentialed for medical practice, is required.

• Photocopy of Professional Certification if a Nurse Practitioner.
• Acompleted PCMO Applicant Skills Survey (blank survey attached)
• Acompleted and signed Privileging Form (blank form attached; the applicant mustcomplete the version of the form that corresponds with their professional qualifications)
• A copy of Diploma from Medical School
• Verification of degree (form attached)
• Three Letters of References or Reference Forms (blank form attached),

o  Note: one of whom is or was your immediate supervisor and at least two must be from medical colleagues who have directly observed your work in a clinical setting, addressing applicant’s clinical skills. 

o  All references must have worked with the applicant and be written within the past two years, include full name and credential, current professional capacity, institution name and location, position/relation to candidate, dates working with candidate, signature of reference and stamp (if applicable).

o  If submitting a Letter of Reference, please include the following information:past performance information, which may include information on both hard skills(i.e. technical experience and expertise, quality and timeliness of workproduct produced, etc.) and soft skills (i.e. professional judgment,professional demeanor, leadership abilities, ability to work as a member of ateam, etc.). 

Peace Corps does not accept responsibilityfor technical issues or glitches that cause application materials to bereceived past this closing date/time. 

Note: All documents must be in English.  Official translation is not required.

SUBMIT ALL REQUESTED DOCUMENTS IN MS WORD OR READABLE PDF VERSION.

Only the paper application materials of those candidates that have submitted a complete application package by the deadline and who have been found to have met all of the minimum qualifications and requirements stated above will move further along in the evaluation process. 

Additional steps in the evaluation process include:

• A further evaluation of the submitted application materials.
• Completion of a Written Exam (if applicable).
• Completion of one or more interview(s), which will cover, at a minimum:

o  The applicant’s training, skills, and/or experience in the areas specified in the Statement of Work.

o  The applicant’s accuracy and/or style when responding to scenarios and/or problem statements.

o  The applicant’s English proficiency and professional comportment during the interview. 

Please note that:

• Peace Corps reserves the right to not evaluate the application of or to withhold an offer of a personalservices contract to an individual that has a history of poor past performance or conduct as a Peace Corps Trainee, Volunteer, or staff member (USDH, PSC, or FSN).
• Peace Corps reserves the right to withhold an offer of a personal services contract to an individual that is arelative or household member of a current Peace Corps staff member.  Individuals who have current or priorconnections with intelligence activities or agencies through employment,related work, or even family relations may be ineligible for a personalservices contract.
• PeaceCorps will not discriminate against an applicant because of that person’s race,color, religion, sex (including sexuality and pregnancy), national origin, age(40 or older, except when the applicant is a citizen or permanent resident ofthe Cameroon and is beyond the mandatory retirement age there), disability, orgenetic information.
• The selected individual will berequired to follow any workplace health and/or safety rules indicated for theirposition – including complying with any medical and/or training requirementsspecified for their position in accordance with public health and/oroccupational health or safety policies. This may require the individual to submit to a medicalevaluation/examination, submit proof of required vaccinations, or submit othermedical information to the Peace Corps or another US Government Agency bothprior to contract award and/or during the period of performance of thecontract.
• The individual may be asked tocomplete one or more temporary duty assignments at other Peace Corps posts,transfer to another Peace Corps post, or to complete a detail with another USGAgency, a Peace Corps Headquarters office, or with a post other than the postof assignment.  As part of an approveddetail, the individual may be requested to perform work that may bespecifically in line with or may add to the duties stated in the contract.
• Contract award will becontingent on several items, to include:

1. The applicant’s successfulcompletion of a background security investigation and issuance of a securitycertificate.
2. The applicant’s successfulcompletion of a physical examination by a doctor and issuance of a medicalcertificate.

Files attached to this announcement include the following:

• PCMO Statement of Work
• PCMO Application Form
• PCMO Applicant Skills Survey
• PCMO Privliging Form   
• Verification of Degree Form
• Peace Corps Medical Officer –Questionnaire

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