Job Offer: USAID – Project Management Specialist
Job Offer: USAID – Project Management Specialist
The USAID Project Management Specialist (Integrated/Cross-Cutting Governance) provides technical, managerial, reporting, and administrative expertise to the Peace and Democracy Governance (PDG) Office on the full scope of its democracy and governance portfolio, but particularly, on cross-cutting programming with other USAID/Nigeria technical offices. This cross-cutting work includes interventions within the PDG Office that relate to improving governance outcomes within the Mission’s other technical offices: health, education, humanitarian assistance and economic growth. S/he serves as an AOR/COR within the PDG Office on integrated/cross-cutting governance programs or other PDG programs as assigned. The job holder is required to perform work-related travel.
Statement of Duties to be Performed:
Program/Project Management and Performance Monitoring
- Serve as Contract Officer’s Representative (COR)/Agreement Officer’s Representative (AOR) on PDG implementing mechanisms.
- As COR/AOR, prepare documentation for PDG contracts, grants or cooperative agreements in accordance with agency and office guidelines.
- Support management of assigned subnational governance and other cross-cutting activities, including oversight of implementing partners and collecting and monitoring program performance
- Develop, monitor, evaluate, and recommend performance measures for existing activities and projects, including the work of contractors and grantees.
- Ensure completion of project administration for assigned PDG activities, including budgeting and contractual needs and maintaining award files and records.
- Undertake and document activity monitoring site visits in locations spread out across the country and garner ways to improve program performance from those visits.
- Prepare standard Embassy and/or USAID program management documents, correspondence, and procurement documents, and maintain administrative and program files related to conflict.
- Assist PDG staff members in the planning, design, and development of retreats and other meetings as relates to new cross-cutting activities.
Technical Support for Cross-Cutting Initiatives
- Liaises with other Mission offices to ensure synergies between PDG’s democracy and governance strategies and activities and those of other sectors.
- Reviews other Mission offices’ activities to find opportunities to integrate good governance principles into program activities and provides guidance and support assistance to them to do so.
- Respond to requests for information regarding PDG programs from within and outside of USAID in collaboration with relevant offices on USG programs.
- Schedule meetings with relevant implementing partners, government officials, foreign donor representatives, non-government organizations, media groups, community representatives, U.S. Embassy staff and/or other stakeholders to discuss cross-cutting governance issues.
- Participate in and organize field trips, conferences, and seminars to ensure maximum exposure of stakeholders and decision makers to emerging trends and various points of view related to integrated/cross-cutting governance issues.
- Review proposals and grant concepts from a variety of organizations
Communication and Sociopolitical Analysis
- Monitor, analyze, and report on relevant aspects of Government of Nigeria (GON) policy, law, regulation, and relevant issues, especially those related to cross-cutting governance objectives.
- Provide insight into the Nigerian political, social, economic, and cultural environment and summarize information and conclusions in written and oral form for presentation to senior USG, other donors, decision makers, and for incorporation into Mission program documents.
- Maintains a range of contacts with senior officials of the GON, international organizations, multilateral and bilateral donors, civil society organizations, the private sector, university and other “think tank” research institutes, and professional associations, as is required to make use of and project USAID influence with these organizations, especially relating to cross-cutting governance
- Represents USAID, in coordination with senior Mission management and the Embassy, at official meetings, workshops and seminars organized by government, donors and non-governmental organizations on good governance related matters and reports back to USAID on the discussions. May be responsible for presenting USAID policy positions and activities at such meetings, in consultation with senior Mission management
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Closing Date: August 5, 2021/4:30pm
Equal Opportunity Employer
The U.S. Mission in Nigeria provides equal opportunity and fair and equitable treatment in employment to all people without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, political affiliation, marital status, or sexual orientation. The Department of State also strives to achieve equal employment opportunity in all personnel operations through continuing diversity enhancement programs