USAID Development Program Specialist (Budget)

Dear Prospective Offerors:

The United States Government, represented by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is seeking offers from qualified persons to provide personal services under contract as described in this solicitation.

Offers must be in accordance with Attachment 1 of this solicitation. Incomplete or unsigned offers will not be considered. Offerors should retain copies of all offer materials for their records.

USAID will evaluate all offerors based on the stated evaluation criteria. USAID encourages all individuals, including those from disadvantaged and under-represented groups, to respond to the solicitation.

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 offers.

The USAID Development Program Specialist (Budget) is located in the Program Office. S/he serves as a key budget specialist supporting [the team lead in the] management of program operations, budget systems and procedures. S/he assists in a wide range of responsibilities that includes assisting the Budget Team Lead in:

1) managing the mission’s annual program budget process and

2) coordinating Mission relationships with counterpart Host Country Government officials.

S/he has frequent interactions and corresponds with USAID/Washington (USAID/W) on program budgeting matters and with Host Country Government officials for budget negotiations and on the implementation of USAID funded programs in the host country. The USAID Development Program Specialist (Budget) serves as the Acting Deputy Program Office Director or the Program Budget Team lead in his/her absence.

The USAID Development Program Specialist (Budget) serves to advise technical teams in the development of budget and procurement plans and liaises between technical and support offices to reconcile budget/financial data and coordinate actions. S/he collaborates with USAID/W counterparts to respond to queries and prepares/utilizes financial data for Mission-wide planning/reporting (e.g. OPS Master, Operational Plans (OP), Mission Resource Request (MRR), Congressional Budget Justification (CBJ), Congressional Notifications (CN), etc.). S/he liaises with the Host Country Government and provides general information to the Host Country Government, when requested. As a key member of the budget team, the job holder plays a key role in the formulation, implementation and management of the overall USAID development assistance program in the host country and independently performs the full range of professional consultative, advisory, analytical, operational and informational services of broad scope in connection with the average annual US economic assistance program in the host country, one of the Bureau’s largest/high profile programs.

This position performs complex responsibilities, involving supporting the team and the facilitation of relationships between senior governmental partners, USAID, and the U.S. Embassy, when requested. The USAID Development Program Specialist (Budget) will assist the team in resolving unusual and difficult budget problems, advising on priorities for supplemental funds received, and ensuring that emergency funding is requested to avoid gaps in critical activities on an annual basis. The job holder will be required to perform work related travel approximately 10 percent of the time

Sincerely,
Tonya Jordan
Contracting Office