Development Assistance Specialist - USAID - United States

The United States Government (USG), represented by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission in Afghanistan, is seeking applications from qualified Afghan Nationals to provide personal services as Development Assistance Specialist (Budget) under a personal services contract, as described in the attached solicitation.

BASIC FUNCTION OF THE POSITION:
The USAID Development Assistance Specialist (Budget) serves as member of the Program Support Team (PST), within the Office of Democracy and Governance (ODG) and works under direct supervision of Program Support Team Lead. This position focuses on overall financial and budget management at ODG.

The incumbent is responsible for analyzing, managing and evaluating multi-million dollar ODG budgets, reports, financial plans, mortgages, pipelines, and other items that support USAID initiatives promoting democracy and governance that are politically viable, cost effective, and respond effectively to areas of greatest need and potential. The incumbent serves as the primary financial and budget management specialist, and may serve as a program manager, Agreement/Contracting Officer Representative (A/COR) as necessary. Work involves the full range of consultative, advisory, monitoring, management, data collection, analysis and evaluative services to support effective budget management.