Foreign Service Limited Position within the USAID Mission in Haiti, overseeing humanitarian programming from USAID/BHA’s Office of Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean: Supervisory Humanitarian Assistance Officer, FSL-0301-02

• Agency: U.S. Agency for International Development 
• Organization: USAID/Haiti, supporting work of USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, Office of Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean (BHA/ALAC). 
• Location of Position: TBD and varies
• Travel required: You may be expected to travel for this position 
• Open Period: 08/13/2024 – 08/28/2024
• Appointment Type: This is an excepted service, time-limited appointment, not-to-exceed five years
• Salary: FSL-02. Foreign Service pay table. Locality will be confirmed once selected. 
• Number of Vacancies: One vacancy within USAID/Haiti

Description of Organization: USAID/Haiti is a dynamic, high-profile Mission that manages one of the largest and most politically visible portfolios in the LAC region. Haiti Mission staff include roughly 193 personnel, comprising U.S. Direct Hires, U.S. Foreign Service Limited, U.S./TCN Personal Service Contractors, Institutional Contractors, and about 130 Foreign Service National employees. USAID/ Haiti currently programs approximately $250 million annually across all sectors, of which over $53 million are PEPFAR HIV activities, and $126 million Humanitarian Assistance. The Supervisory Humanitarian Assistance Officer will report to the Director of USAID/Haiti’s Office of Humanitarian Assistance (OHA). USAID/Haiti’s OHA overseas program funding for, represents equities of, and coordinates closely with USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA).

The USAID Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) provides global leadership and a strategic approach in humanitarian response, promoting human welfare, alleviating suffering, and providing the foundations for transformative change and self-reliance, serving both national foreign policy interests and people in need of humanitarian assistance. BHA fulfills USAID’s role as the lead U.S. Government Agency for responding to emergencies and disasters overseas.

BHA’s Office of Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean (ALAC) assesses humanitarian needs, then designs and provides humanitarian assistance, including responding to, recovering from, and reducing the risk of human-induced and natural disasters. The Office of ALAC consists of three geographic divisions: Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), East Asia and the Pacific, and South and Central Asia. These divisions are responsible for providing emergency, early recovery, disaster risk reduction, and resilience assistance through grants and cooperative agreements to: non-governmental organizations (NGOs); international organizations (IOs) including United Nations (UN) agencies; and other partners to ensure the implementation and delivery of this assistance. 

The Supervisory Humanitarian Assistance Officer will work in USAID/Haiti’s Office of Humanitarian Assistance (OHA). The Supervisory Humanitarian Assistance Officer will assist the Office Director in overseeing a large program portfolio and providing oversight of a diverse team of Foreign Service National and expatriate staff. In alignment with USAID/Haiti mission planning for operational continuity, this position may be placed off-shore in a location in the United States still to be determined and potentially in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, or Washington, DC, with frequent travel (25-50 percent) to Haiti, mainly to Port-au-Prince and potentially other areas in the country, expected. 

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion: All employees are measured on how they foster a climate of respect in interactions with others, value differing perspectives, and treat others in a fair, equitable, and culturally sensitive manner. All employees are expected to adhere to equal employment opportunity (EEO) policies and value diversity and inclusion in performing everyday duties and responsibilities.

Description of Position: The Supervisory Humanitarian Assistance Officer will:

• Serve as part of the OHA leadership team, supervising personnel and providing oversight of a large emergency response and Early Recovery, Risk Reduction, and Resilience (ER4) portfolio currently valued at more than $200 million.
• Lead on staff development, including transferring skills and know-how, to increase the capacity of OHA staff through training, providing assignments that introduce a higher level of responsibility, and improving work processes.
• Lead on strategy and humanitarian assistance budget development and provide oversight for all non-emergency staff and programming. Maintain responsibility for the development of strategies, plans, program guidance, and dissemination of research results for Agency-wide application and incorporation into humanitarian assistance programs.
• Manage the monitoring of programming including prioritization of OHA team field monitoring and management of the third-party monitoring contractor. 
• Serve as the primary point of contact for humanitarian civilian-military relationships, including with BHA staff at U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM).   
• Lead the office in the absence of the Office Director and/or manage the emergency programs team in the absence of the team lead for emergency programming. 
• Inform stakeholders of changes in organizational programs and operations, conducting briefings on major program changes in particular those impacting humanitarian assistance programs and operations overseas.

This position requires travel and the willingness to undergo training, remain on call for, and serve in progressively responsible roles on new or ongoing emergency responses. BHA requires all staff to become qualified and, with Mission concurrence, serve on disaster responses for periods of one month or more annually, within and outside of the LAC region. 

Future of Work Designation: This position will likely be based in the U.S. (Ft. Lauderdale, FL, or Washington, DC), but a place of performance remains to be determined. The position will follow USAID Mission and U.S. Embassy telework policies. Approval of telework is based on the discretion of the supervisor and needs of the team.

Qualifications:

To qualify for this position, candidates must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level, FSL-03 of this position. Specialized experience is defined as:

• Providing strategic leadership and management to support ongoing complex emergencies, rapid onset emergencies, and disaster risk reduction operational and programmatic planning with a bilateral or multilateral donor, multilateral organization, or NGO;
• Liaise with a host of actors, including international and multilateral organizations, diaspora groups, bilateral donors, and government and security actors, to initiate complex dialogue on civilian-based international humanitarian assistance program and policy matters;
• Providing vision and operational oversight to guide office/team and contractor staff to monitor complex international humanitarian programmatic resources and partnerships. 

Knowledge, skills, and abilities possessed by the preferred candidate include:

• Demonstrated overseas experience working on rapid response and complex crises assistance programs with a bilateral or multilateral donor, multilateral organization, or NGO; 
• Demonstrated experience and skills in coordinating, motivating, and collaborating within teams to take action and ensure effective coordination among stakeholders;
• Highly developed written and oral communications skills to communicate in a clear and effective manner;
• Proven ability to interact professionally and respectfully with individuals from different backgrounds, cultures, and/or professional status; and
• French and/or Haitian Kreyol language proficiency to a 3/3 level is preferred.

Conditions of Employment:

• Must be a U.S. citizen. A candidate must indicate whether they are a U.S. citizen. If citizenship is not stated, the application will not be considered.
• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a Secret-level security clearance.

Interested candidates should submit (in .pdf or Microsoft Word Format):

• Resume/CV;
• Cover letter (one page or less) with a statement of interest, including one paragraph (250 words or less) that describes where in the resume the applicant meets the specialized experience qualifications; state whether you have veterans’ preference or if you have held or currently hold a political appointment (PA) within the last five years;
• Three professional references with at least one current or recent supervisor;
• An applicant claiming Veteran’s Preference must submit all appropriate documentation (e.g., DD-214, Service Disability Letter, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty); and
• An applicant serving as a current/former political appointee within the last five years must submit all appropriate documentation (e.g., SF-50s, appointment letter). 

Please submit your application package to bha.ams.staffing@usaid.gov with the following subject line: “FSL Application: Office of Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean HAO-FSL-02-BHA/Haiti.” Application submissions are required by 11:59 p.m. EST on 08/28/2024. Packages not submitted by the deadline with the specified subject line—or incomplete packages—will not receive consideration. This notice may be used to fill additional vacancies, as the workforce needs of the Bureau may change.

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Any questions concerning this notice may be directed to: bha.ams.staffing@usaid.gov.