This Deputy Assistant Administrator position is located in the Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) headquarters in Washington, DC.

Duties

The Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) provides global leadership in humanitarian response, by saving lives, alleviating suffering, and lessening the impact of disasters while providing the foundations for transformative change and self-reliance. BHA fulfills USAID's role as the lead U.S. Government Agency for responding to emergencies and disasters overseas with both food and non-food emergency assistance, as well as providing a holistic approach to USAID's programming across the spectrum of disaster response, early recovery, resilience, and risk reduction.

Requirements

Qualifications

To meet the minimum qualification requirements for this position, you must show that you possess the five Executive Core Qualifications (ECQs), the Mandatory Technical Qualifications (TQs), and other qualifications, if applicable, listed below. EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATIONS - MANDATORY You will be evaluated on the following Executive Core Qualifications: ECQ 1 - LEADING CHANGE This core qualification involves the ability to bring about strategic change, both within and outside the organization, to meet organizational goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to establish an organizational vision and to implement it in a continuously changing environment. Core Competencies: Creativity and Innovation, External Awareness, Flexibility, Resilience, Strategic Thinking, and Vision. ECQ 2 - LEADING PEOPLE This core qualification involves the ability to lead people toward meeting the organization's vision, mission, and goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to provide an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts. Core Competencies: Conflict Management, Leveraging Diversity, Developing Others, and Team Building. ECQ 3 - RESULTS DRIVEN This core qualification involves the ability to meet organizational goals and customer expectations. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to make decisions that produce high-quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculating risks. Core Competencies: Accountability, Customer Service, Decisiveness, Entrepreneurship, Problem Solving, and Technical Credibility. ECQ 4 - BUSINESS ACUMEN This core qualification involves the ability to manage human, financial, and information resources strategically. Core Competencies: Financial Management, Human Capital Management, and Technology Management. ECQ 5 - BUILDING COALITIONS This core qualification involves the ability to build coalitions internally and with other Federal agencies, State and local governments, nonprofit and private sector organizations, foreign governments, or international organizations to achieve common goals. Core Competencies: Partnering, Political Savvy, and Influencing/Negotiating. The following competencies are the foundation for success in each of the Executive Core Qualifications: Interpersonal Skills, Oral Communication, Integrity/Honesty, Written Communication, Continual Learning, and Public Service Motivation. TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS - MANDATORY You will be evaluated on the following Technical Qualifications: TQ1 - Demonstrated executive/senior leadership experience administering and directing all facets of humanitarian assistance programming, based on extensive knowledge of humanitarian policies, programs, and authorities. Humanitarian assistance for this purpose encompasses food and non-food emergency response, early recovery, resilience, and risk reduction/preparedness. Experience must demonstrate ability to articulate strategic humanitarian assistance vision, alignment of resources with humanitarian policy and United States Government (USG) priorities, building humanitarian partnerships for optimal impact, and in-depth knowledge of appropriate humanitarian assistance programming interventions based on context and needs. TQ2 - Demonstrated executive/senior leadership experience developing/negotiating, coordinating, and representing United States Government humanitarian assistance policy, priorities, and programs within complex United States (U.S.) inter-agency and international environments in order to advance U.S. foreign policy objectives related to humanitarian assistance. Experience should demonstrate success presenting and advancing humanitarian policy and initiatives, forging cross Agency and inter-agency collaboration (inclusive of field relationships), as well as effective engagement and representation with senior representatives in Congress, other donors organizations, implementing partner institutions, and the press corps.

Education

There is no education requirement for this position.

Contacts

• Address United States Agency for International Development 1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington, DC 20523 US
• Name: USAID HR Help Desk
• Phone: 202-712-1234 X2
• Email: [email protected]