You are encouraged to read the entire announcement before you submit your application package. This position is located in the Washington, DC Commuting Area in the Conflict Prevention and Stabilization (CPS); Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI), at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and will serve as CPS/OTI's Chief, Field Programs Division. To learn more about USAID/OTI's involvement in complex crisis operations, click here.

Duties

Provides authoritative analysis, expert program and policy advice and guidance for Agency senior leaders and other USG/external stakeholders on the design, implementation, management and evaluation of international crisis programs and/or operations. Serves as the technical expert and recognized authority on international crisis operations programs including managing, preparing for, and/or responding to international crises. Provides technical leadership and direction required for accomplishing the multi-functional work of a crisis operations programming unit to ensure effective rapid response, performing management functions relative to the staff supervised. Promotes Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) goals and objectives. Conceptualizes and coordinates innovative crisis operations programs to identify new approaches to rapid transitional situations. Makes recommendations on, and resolves precedent-setting issues of crisis operations efficiency and effectiveness. Represents the Agency to external stakeholders, in high level meetings with host governments, Congress, and public and private organizations.

Requirements

• United States Citizenship is required.
• Relevant experience (see Qualifications below).
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) security clearance.
• Males born after 12/31/1959, must be registered with the Selective Service.
• You may be required to serve a two-year probationary period.
• You may be required to serve a one-year supervisory probationary period
• This position requires you to submit a Public Financial Disclosure Report (OGE 278) or a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE450) upon entry, and annually thereafter.
• These are Testing Designated Positions (TDP's) under the Agency's approved Drug-Free Work Place Program. All applicants selected for this position will be subject to random drug testing once they begin working for the Agency.

Qualifications

ALL QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS MUST BE MET BY THE CLOSING DATE OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. Your resume must include detailed information as it relates to the responsibilities and specialized experience for this position. Evidence of copying and pasting directly from the vacancy announcement without clearly documenting supplemental information to describe your experience will result in an ineligible rating. This will prevent you from receiving further consideration. To ensure a fair evaluation, relevant experience should be noted in the first five (5) pages of your resume. While longer resumes will not be removed from consideration, they will not receive preferential treatment either. The Subject Matter Expert (SME) will only review the first five (5) pages of an applicant's resume when making their decision about an applicant's level of competitiveness. Basic Requirement/Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR): Degree: Major or equivalent, or a combination of courses totaling at least 24 semester hours, international law and international relations, political science, economics, history, sociology, geography, social or cultural anthropology, law, statistics, or in the humanities; or 12 semester hours in one of the above disciplines and 12 semester hours in statistics/quantitative methods. This degree must be from an educational program from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education at the time the degree was obtained. (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.) OR Combination of education and experience: Courses equivalent to a major, or a combination of related courses totaling at least 24 semester hours, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. This degree must be from an educational program from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education at the time the degree was obtained. (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.) OR Experience: Four years of appropriate experience in one or more of the fields listed above in work associated with international organizations, problems, or other aspects of foreign affairs. Specialized Experience: GS-15: You MUST have one year of specialized experience is required that is equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the GS-14 level in the Federal service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. Examples of qualifying specialized experience at the next lower level for this position include: a) Managing teams responsible for the conceptualization, design, management, analysis and evaluation of rapid response, contingency programs for political transition and/or post-conflict programs for a geographically dispersed international assistance organization; b) Collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to create and manage programs that support political transition programs to ensure rapid and agile response in crisis environments; c) Overseeing budget management for contingency operations on behalf of a complex international organization, ensuring effective resource allocation; AND d) Collaborating with organizational counterparts to forecast, recruit, hire, and develop talent to support rapid response, contingency operations. Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, relevant to the duties of the position to be filled, including volunteer experience. CTAP/ICTAP candidates will be referred to the selecting official if they are found well qualified. Well-qualified means an eligible employee who possesses the knowledge, skills, and abilities which clearly exceed the minimum requirements of the position. A well-qualified employee must meet the qualification and eligibility requirements of the position, including any medical qualifications, suitability, and minimum education and experience requirements, meet all selective factors (where applicable); meet quality ranking factors and are assigned to the Silver Category or higher Category; be physically qualified with reasonable accommodation to perform the essential duties of the position; meet any special qualifying U.S. OPM-approved conditions; AND be able to satisfactorily perform the duties of the position upon entry without additional training. A well-qualified candidate will not necessarily meet the definition of highly or best qualified when evaluated against other candidates who apply for a particular position. In the absence of selective and quality ranking factors, selecting officials will document the job-related reason(s) for qualification determinations.

Education

Basic Requirement/Individual Occupational Requirement (IOR):
Degree: Major or equivalent, or a combination of courses totaling at least 24 semester hours, international law and international relations, political science, economics, history, sociology, geography, social or cultural anthropology, law, statistics, or in the humanities; or 12 semester hours in one of the above disciplines and 12 semester hours in statistics/quantitative methods. This degree must be from an educational program from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education at the time the degree was obtained. (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.)
OR
Combination of education and experience: Courses equivalent to a major, or a combination of related courses totaling at least 24 semester hours, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education. This degree must be from an educational program from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education at the time the degree was obtained. (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.)

Contacts

• Address Bureau for Conflict Prevention and Stabilization 1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington, DC 20523 US
• Name: USAID HR Help Desk
• Phone: 202-712-1234 X2
• Email: [email protected]