The OTI Country Representative Ethiopia is a full-time Personal Services Contract (PSC) position at the GS-14 equivalent level and located in Ethiopia. Offers for this position are due no later than November 19, 2019 at 1:00pm Eastern Time. For full information about this position, as well as instructions on how to apply, please read the entire solicitation at www.OTIjobs.net.

INTRODUCTION:

The Country Representative is a member of the DCHA/Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI) South and East Africa Regional Team, reports to the OTI FPD Regional Team Lead or designee, and is based in Ethiopia. The Country Representative s principal responsibility will be leadership, development, oversight, and management of DCHA/OTI’s Ethiopia country program. The incumbent will be called upon to represent OTI s mission and programs to U.S. Embassy colleagues, Ethiopian government officials, in-country visitors, senior officials from other international organizations, bilateral donors, and local government officials.

The OTI Ethiopia program supports the USG s larger objective of helping Ethiopia succeed as a secure, prosperous, and democratic country. In close coordination with U.S. Embassy colleagues and other USG actors, the OTI Ethiopia program will seek to empower and build the capacity of communities in Ethiopia to manage conflict and change. OTI s rapid and targeted programming addresses emerging issues and empowers local partners to leverage timely and locally driven activities that enhance engagement between government and citizens to promote democratic processes.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Manage a high-profile program in a dynamic environment and provide programmatic, operational, and strategic guidance to OTI s implementing partners (contractors and/or grantees) ensuring that activities are contributing to OTI s program objectives and are within the partner s scope;

Conceptualize and design program strategies and objectives in close coordination with OTI staff, U.S. Embassy, host country government, and local civil society officials based on political analysis and U.S. government (USG) policy.

Communicate and coordinate OTI s in-country activities between OTI and its implementing partners, USAID, the U.S. Embassy and other donor organizations;

Design and review staffing plans to meet overall program objectives as well as recruit, train, supervise, and evaluate the performance of in-country OTI staff;

Monitor local and regional political developments and regularly brief OTI and partner

staff on their potential programmatic impact;

Analyze and report on current political developments, security concerns, and other pertinent information required to achieve OTI s program objectives;

Provide recommendations to the Washington, D.C.-based Contracting Officer Representative (COR) and/or the Regional Team Leader on implementing partner performance, the appropriateness of the partner s scope to OTI s country objectives, partner s budgets, and modifications thereto;

Provide USAID concurrence on all implementing partner activities, including final approval of grantees for grants under contract, in accordance with the USAID s Automated Directives System (ADS);

Ensure the use of OTI systems and procedures to maintain effective and efficient management of funds, programming, as well as monitoring and evaluation;

Ensure that OTI s programs and activities are monitored and evaluated and that lessons learned are applied to ongoing or future activities;

Prepare and maintain OTI program budgets for field operations;

Serve as OTI s primary liaison with USAID Mission personnel, U.S. Embassy staff, host-country government officials, United Nations (UN) Organizations, indigenous and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and other pertinent organizations. Develop and maintain collaborative relationships to ensure close coordination at the field level, identify the widest range of potential local partners and opportunities, and achieve maximum synergy with other programs;

Prepare operational plans in collaboration with the U.S. Embassy, including logistics and property use guidelines, closeout and hand-over, security procedures, and contingency and evacuation plans; Ensure that all OTI and partner field staff adhere to in-country security guidelines set by the U.S. Embassy regional security officer and other organizations such as the UN or host government;

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

(1) A Master s Degree with seven (7) yearsof work experience;

OR

A Bachelor s Degree with nine (9) yearsof work experience;

AND

(2) Minimum of six (6) yearsof recent project management experience with a USG foreign affairs agency, international assistance organization, or non-governmental organization, in community development, stabilization programming, economic development, mediation/arbitration, conflict resolution, democracy and governance, international law, human rights activities, and/or political analysis;

(3) Two (2) yearsof overseas field experience working in one or more developing countries;

(4) Three (3) yearsof supervisory experience (including mentoring, guiding, and/or training staff).

Please direct questions about this position or the offer process to the OTI Recruitment Team at otijobs@usaid.gov.

How to apply:

Please see the solicitation at www.OTIjobs.net.