the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: OTI Country Representative - Macedonia

The OTI Country Representative - Macedonia is a full-time Personal Services Contract (PSC) position at the GS-14 equivalent level and located in Location. Offers for this position are due no later than March 4, 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 OTI Country Representative – Macedonia is a member of the Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance (DCHA)/OTI and reports to the OTI Europe Regional Team Lead.

The Country Representative’s principal responsibility will be development, oversight and management of USAID/OTI's Macedonia country program. The incumbent will be called upon to support the OTI Country Representative with managing an implementing partner and may be called upon to represent OTI’s mission and programs to U.S. Embassy, Host government officials, in-country visitors, and senior officials from other international organizations, bilateral donors, and local government officials.

Aligned with USG policy priorities, USAID/OTI’s rapid and targeted programming addresses emerging issues and empowers local implementing partners to leverage timely and locally driven activities that enhance engagement between government and citizens and promote norms of tolerance, coexistence, and dialogue.

DUTIES AND 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 contribute to OTI’s program objectives and are within the implementing partner’s scope;

· Conceptualize and design program strategies and objectives in close coordination with OTI staff in Washington and in the Field, U.S. Embassy, Host Country government, and local civil society officials based on political analysis and U.S. Government policy;

· Communicate and coordinate OTI’s in-country activities between OTI and its implementing partners, USAID Mission, 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 implementing partner on 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-based Contracting Officer Representative (COR) and/or the Regional Team Leader on implementing partner performance, the appropriateness of the implementing partner’s scope to OTI’s country objectives, implementing 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 and 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 implementing partner, field staff adhere to in-country security guidelines set by the U.S. Embassy Regional Security Officer and other organizations such as the United Nations or host country government;

· Articulate program strategy, as well as communicate and coordinate OTI’s in-country activities between OTI and its implementing partners, USAID, and other donor organizations; prepare and disseminate programmatic, financial and periodic reports to the USAID Mission, OTI/Washington and other organizations as appropriate.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

(1) A Master’s Degree with seven (7) years of work experience;

OR

A Bachelor’s Degree with nine (9) years of work experience;

AND

(2) Minimum of six (6) years of 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) years of overseas field experience working in a developing country;

(4) Three (3) years of 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.

For full information about this position, as well as instructions on how to apply, please visit www.OTIjobs.net.