SOLICITATION NUMBER: 720BHA21R00002
SOLICITATION: https://bhajobs.net/portal/files/postings/720bha21r00002_solshawestafricags14720bha21r00002final.pdf
MARKET VALUE: $92,977 – $120,868 equivalent to GS-14 (not eligible for locality pay). Salaries over and above the top of the pay range will not be entertained or negotiated.
POINT OF CONTACT: Africa Recruitment Team, BHA.AfricaRecruitment@usaid.gov
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: Two (2) years, with three (3) one-year options
PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: Niamey, Niger; Yaounde, Cameroon; and N’Djamena, Chad There may be an initial training program in Washington, D.C. for three months, which will include formal classroom training and on-the-job training; and may include security training. After completion of Washington training, the Senior Humanitarian Advisor will be assigned to the place of performance.
OBJECTIVE: The United States Government (USG), represented by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Office of Africa (OA), is seeking offers from qualified U.S. citizens to provide personal service as a Senior Humanitarian Advisor (SHA) under a United States Personal Services Contract (USPSC), as described in the solicitation.
USAID/BHA requires the services of three (3) SHAs for the Niger, Chad, and Cameroon portfolios, to be based in Niger, Chad, or Cameroon to ensure that BHA’s objectives for disaster assistance, risk reduction, strategic reporting, interagency coordination, and situational analysis are met.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
This position requires an individual to manage and represent the humanitarian portfolio for Niger, Chad, or Cameroon. The SHA will serve as the primary contact and liaison for BHA’s ongoing humanitarian assistance activities in Niger, Chad, or Cameroon, as well as for DRR programs. The SHA will be responsible for program analysis and strategy development and work closely with the USAID/Niger/Chad/Cameroon mission staff, the U.S. Embassy, other donors, Government of Niger/Chad/Cameroon officials, U.S. military representatives, USG interagency partners, IOs, NGOs, and the UN, in responding to humanitarian needs and sudden onset disasters. The SHA will also report to the BHA Regional Office in Dakar, Senegal, and to the BHA Office of Africa in Washington. Because of the substantial coordination requirements of this position, an individual with a highly collaborative work style is preferred. The SHA must be prepared to function effectively in a challenging and restrictive work environment and be willing to strictly adhere to U.S. Embassy security guidelines.
Contextual Specialty
● Develop and maintain knowledge of the key humanitarian and DRR issues in Niger/Chad/Cameroon.
● Maintain an in-depth understanding of political, humanitarian, organizational, and stakeholder interests specific to Niger/Chad/Cameroon
● Monitor incipient disasters, international disaster response plans and efforts, and major humanitarian issues and challenges in the area of responsibility through a wide range of USG and international sources.
● Identify humanitarian issues, priorities, lessons learned, and opportunities within and/or relevant to Niger/Chad/Cameroon and apply those to program strategy development and implementation.
● Prepare and/or provide substantive assistance in the preparation of, regular strategic and analytical reports on current or anticipated emergencies, as well as comprehensive preparedness documentation on Niger/Chad/Cameroon. Portfolio Management
● Lead efforts to identify and assess on-going and emerging humanitarian assistance requirements, target beneficiary groups, and locations, oversee the general direction of existing relief and transition-oriented programs, and broadly recommend the types of interventions and budget levels required in Niger/Chad/Cameroon.
● Closely collaborate with USAID Mission colleagues on program coordination to share information, avoid overlap, and explore opportunities for synergies and transition efforts.
● Maintain regular communication and close coordination with BHA’s West Africa Regional Office and BHA/Washington on these efforts.
● Monitor ongoing humanitarian assistance efforts in Niger/Chad/Cameroon. Liaise with partners and other donors, coordinate with the West Africa Regional Office on issues of mutual interest, and provide coordinated field feedback to the partners.
Coordinate collection of information and provide updates and recommendations through written reports on issues related to the humanitarian situation, including the following:
o Capacity and ability of UN, International Organizations (IOs), NGOs, and local institutions to carry out programs; o Capacity of the logistics infrastructure to support programs;
o Security situation of beneficiaries, personnel, convoys, and relief operations in general;
o Role of in-country UN leadership and the UN Mission in Niger/Chad/Cameroon in facilitating humanitarian assistance;
o Contributions by other donors, problems arising from implementation of relief and reintegration programs, and any other issues that require the attention of BHA; and
o Humanitarian coordination issues and any recommendations for change.
● Provide guidance to organizations that are developing proposals for BHA, based on BHA’s Guidelines for Unsolicited Proposals and Reporting.
● Review concept papers and proposals and provide timely recommendations/comments to BHA/Washington and BHA/West Africa Regional Office.
● Ensure reporting on a timely basis to BHA/Washington and West Africa Regional Office on the quality of grantees’ work, noting deficiencies, attributes, and evolving operational conditions. Representation
● Represent BHA in-country at senior level meetings within the USG and humanitarian stakeholders and convey humanitarian concerns and priorities from the BHA perspective through oral and written briefings.
● Coordinate policy development meetings such as: o Meetings with individual and groups of implementing partners discussing programmatic priorities, objectives, progress, results, and challenges; o Discussions, meetings, and papers informing USG foreign policy in areas with humanitarian concerns or impacts; o Donor and implementing partner coordination forums.
● Serve as the principal point of contact in-country for BHA/Niger/Chad/Cameroon for humanitarian issues, and serve as a liaison on program issues among USAID mission staff, the U.S. Embassy and other USG agencies, military representatives, BHA/Washington and the overall humanitarian community.
● Present BHA perspectives to NGOs, IOs, and UN agencies relating to humanitarian assistance strategies and priorities, including BHA’s approach to sustainable, resilienceoriented humanitarian programs. Work closely with the Regional Advisor and BHA’s technical advisors to discuss and understand sectoral priorities.
● Represent USG humanitarian interests at national and international meetings and conferences, and facilitate, as requested, travel and briefings for official USG visitors interested in humanitarian issues.
● Engage as the humanitarian specialist in U.S. Embassy policy conversations, remaining available to provide timely reporting and clearances in response to high-level USG queries originating from the region or from Washington, DC.
Become certified and serve as an Agreement Officer’s Representative/Contracting Officer’s Representative (AOR/COR), as assigned. The AOR/COR provides financial and programmatic oversight of all aspects of managing the agreement or contract; this includes but is not limited to reviewing invoices, requests for approvals, program/project deliverables (i.e. work plans, annual reports, month status reports), travel requests, key personnel requests, and financial/budget reports. They are responsible for drafting and submitting the annual contractor performance evaluation in Contract/Assistance Performance Assessment Review System (CPARS/APARS). They prepare and review contract/assistance modifications documentation and assist the Contracting/Agreement Officer to ensure performance is compliant with the terms and conditions of the contract/agreement, the FAR, and USAID policy. AOR/CORs are responsible for all related requirements set forth in the COR designation letter and the AOR designation letter.
Leadership
● Provide recommendations on current and future directions of BHA’s Niger/Chad/Cameroon portfolios to include programmatic, budgetary, and human resource requirements.
● Serve in a leadership role within the BHA Office in USAID/Niger/Chad/Cameroon, in coordination with USAID Mission senior leadership, to incorporate humanitarian concerns into Mission activities and identify opportunities to leverage USAID interventions. General Duties
● Serve in leadership, planning, or program positions on response teams, and assessment teams within and outside the region.
● May serve on DARTs which may require immediate (within 24 hours) deployment overseas for an extended period of time.
● May serve as needed, on Response Management Teams (RMT), which provides services and support to DARTs deployed in response to disasters. The duties on RMTs vary.
● As needed, may serve on temporary detail within the office, not to exceed six months. Duties performed while on detail will be aligned with the Team’s existing duties and responsibilities as well as directly related to the scope of work provided.
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