Vacancy Announcement: Development Program Specialist (Project Design)

USAID CCN/TCN PSC

The United States Embassy in Hanoi, Vietnam is seeking an eligible and qualified applicant for the position of Development Program Specialist (Project Design) in its U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

1. Vacancy Announcement No.: USAID-2021-09
2. Opening Date: June 21, 2021
3. CLOSING DATE:  July 20, 2021, 17:00 Hanoi time
4. AREA OF CONSIDERATION:  All Interested candidates/All sources who are Cooperating Country National)

Cooperating country national (CCN) means an individual who is a cooperating country citizen, or a non-cooperating country citizen lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the cooperating country.

5. POINT OF CONTACT:  

Quyen Hoang, Human Resources Specialist at [email protected]; Tel: +84-24-3850-5000 ; ext. 2763 ; and Loan Nguyen, Human Resources and Travel Assistant at [email protected]; Tel: +84-24-3850-5000; at ext. 2673. 

6. POSITION TITLE: Development Program Specialist (Project Design), VN-052
7. MARKET VALUE/BASE SALARY (per annum): US$ 32,908.00 – US$ 49,380.00 (FSN-11)

Added by attractive allowances, cash and non-cash benefits and incentives according to U.S. Embassy Vietnam’s Local Compensation Plan.

8. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE/Length of the contract/ WORK SCHEDULE:  Definite term – five years / Monday through Friday (40 hours per week).

USAID expects the services under this contract to be continuing in nature for the contractor to perform under a series of sequential contracts, subject to the availability of fund.

9. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: 

USAID/Vietnam, 15^th floor, Tung Shing Building, No. 2 Ngo Quyen street, Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi, Vietnam

10. SECURITY LEVEL REQUIRED:  Local Security Certification or Public Trust
11. BACKGROUND INFORMATION OF THE POSITION

The USAID Development Program Specialist (Project Design) is located within the Program Office (PRO), The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Mission Vietnam in Hanoi. PRO provides strategic, programmatic and activity design, evaluation and budgeting guidance to multiple Technical Offices. This support is especially critical for ensuring effective implementation of the U.S. Government regional and Agency strategies and USAID’s policies (e.g. for Environmental Safeguards, Climate Risk Management, Gender and Evaluation). PRO leads the Mission support in project and activity design, monitoring, evaluation and learning processes, and coordinating the development and implementation of Country Development Cooperation Strategy. Along with significant foreign assistance coordination responsibilities for the entire Operating Unit (Embassy and other agencies with foreign assistance responsibilities), PRO is tasked with providing key support in coordination of complex processes throughout the program cycle.

The incumbent plays a key role in ensuring smooth program operations in the Mission, including timely and high-quality design of new projects and activities. S/he provides dedicated expertise and services to all Mission Development Objective (DO) teams and Technical Offices on project design and development.  S/he is responsible for producing project designs that correspond to Mission priorities and comply with Agency’s Project and Activity Design Guidance and Mission standards to achieve development results. S/he also serves as the backstop for the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning specialist for the entire Mission.  In this capacity, s/he will serve as the Alternate Contract Officer Representative for the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning contract.