Vacancy Announcement Number: 2017- 46

OPEN TO: All Interested Candidates/All Sources
POSITION: Development Assistance Specialist
OPENING DATE: August 3, 2017
CLOSING DATE: August 17, 2017
WORK HOURS: Full-time, 40 hours/week
ANNUAL SALARY: Ordinarily Resident (OR): FSN-11; US$26,739(Starting Salary)
Not-Ordinarily Resident (NOR): FP-4; US$65,117(Starting Salary)
*Final grade/step for NORs will be determined by Washington.

ALL ORDINARILY RESIDENT (OR) APPLICANTS (See Appendix for definition) MUST HAVE THE REQUIRED WORK AND/OR RESIDENCY PERMITS TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR CONSIDERATION.

The U.S. Mission in Hanoi, Vietnam is seeking eligible and qualified applicant for the position of Development Assistance Specialist in the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

NOTE: Due to the high volume of applications received, we will only contact applicants who are qualified and will be invited for further testing and/or interview. Thank you for your understanding.

BASIC FUNCTION OF POSITION

Incumbent of this position will advise the Program Development Office (PDO) Director and Deputy Director, USAID’s Director and Deputy Director, the Office of Acquisition and Assistance, and USAID’s technical teams on all aspects of USAID’s program performance monitoring and evaluation; ensure that progress toward intended results is monitored, recorded and reported upon in accordance with USAID policy guidance; and advise and train all Mission Contracting Officer Representatives (CORs) and Assistance Officer Representatives (AORs) and implementing partners on the design, implementation and modification of Monitoring Evaluation and Learning (MEL), plan for their respective contracts and grants. The incumbent will provide final USAID-level clearance on all evaluations of USAID’s projects/activities. S/he will also support USAID Project Design and Budget Team in applying lessons learned from mid-term and post-project/activity evaluations to new project/activity designs. S/he will ensure that USAID’s performance-data reporting system consistently conforms to Agency standards and policy guidance, and for enforcing requirements for timely collection of USAID program performance data and the timely assessment of data quality.