Acquisition & Assistance Specialist - Rwanda

OPENING DATE: May 12, 2011

CLOSING DATE: June 7, 2011 at 17:00

WORK HOURS: Full-time; 40 hours/week.

USAID/Rwanda is seeking a qualified individual from the East African Region for employment as Acquisition & Assistance Specialist.

BASIC FUNCTION OF POSITION

The incumbent is a professional Acquisition & Assistance Specialist and has responsibility for managing the procurement portfolio of a large program of the Rwanda Mission. As the principal assistant to the contracting officer based in East Africa, the incumbent shall be required to perform independently in a program requiring complicated and sensitive contracting operations. In this portfolio, most of the acquisition and assistance processes involve complex, multi-million dollar contracts, grants and cooperative agreements, many of which are structured with a prime contractor/grantee having two or more subcontractors/sub-grantees and requiring substantial contract administration. The Acquisition and Assistance Specialist shall be required to apply a broad range of highly specialized acquisition and assistance functions. The Acquisition and Assistance specialist plays a key role in negotiating, administering, and modifying various types of contracts for the acquisition of services, equipment, supplies, materials, and other needs for projects having a strong contracting orientation.

A copy of the complete position description listing all duties and responsibilities is available at the USAID/Rwanda Website: www.usaid.gov/rw

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED

NOTE: All applicants must address each selection criteria detailed below with specific and comprehensive information supporting each item.

  • 1. Required a Masters Degree in Business Administration, Political Science, International Relations, International Procurement, Supply Chain management, Social Science (or related field).

2. Four years of progressively responsible, professional acquisition/assistance experience required. At least 2, preferably 3, years of them must be in procurement in a professional capacity. In addition, at least 1, preferably 2, years of management experience are required, involving such tasks as setting long-term Objective's developing related long-term work plans, budgets etc.

3. Proficiency in written/spoken English is required. Fluency in French and Kinyarwanda desirable; particular attention will be given to ability to comprehend, speak and read English.

4. Excellent negotiation skills to negotiate multi-year, multi-million dollar contracts and other instruments. Excellent analytical skills and sound judgment to select appropriate acquisition or assistance instrument types, to evaluate bids or offers and determine the responsibility of contractors on the basis of competition, historical costs, reports, etc., and to conduct cost and price analysis. Excellent writing skills to draft various procurement-related documents and to develop sound solicitation and instrument documents. Excellent interpersonal skills to deal effectively with various officials, usually with highly divergent points of view, diplomatic and tactful in setting forth ideas, constraints, or courses of action. A strong computer literacy in word processing and data collection applications (WORD, EXCEL, etc.) is also required.

SELECTION CRITERIA

1. Management will consider nepotism/conflict of interest, budget, and residency status in determining successful candidacy.

2. Current employees serving a probationary period are not eligible to apply.

3. If the selected applicant does not fill all the position requirements, he/she may be started at a training level.

TO APPLY

Interested applicants for this position must submit the following, or the application will not be considered:

1. Application for U.S. Federal Employment (OF-612) from this website: www.usaid.gov/rw

2. A current resume or curriculum vitae that provides the same information as an OF-612; plus

3. Any other documentation (e.g., essays, certificates, awards, and copies of degrees earned) that addresses the qualification requirements of the position as listed above.

SUBMIT APPLICATION TO

Human Resources Office (or Executive Office)

USAID/Rwanda, B.P. 2848 Kigali or E-mail: Kigali@usaid.gov

POINT OF CONTACT

Human Resources Office, Tel: 0252 596 400; Ext. 2694 or 2693,

CLOSING DATE FOR THIS POSITION: June 7, 2011 at 17:00

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