USAID/Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA)

About the organization

Dear Prospective Offerors:

The United States Government (USG), represented by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is seeking offers from qualified persons to provide personal services under contract as described in this solicitation.

Offers must be in accordance with Attachment 1 of this solicitation. Incomplete or unsigned offers will not be considered. Offerors should retain copies of all offer materials for their records.

USAID will evaluate all offerors based on stated evaluation criteria. USAID encourages all individuals, including those from disadvantaged and under-represented groups, to respond to the solicitation.

This solicitation in no way obligates USAID to award a PSC contract, nor does it commit USAID to pay any cost incurred in the preparation and submission of the offer.

Any questions must be directed in writing to the Point of Contact specified in Attachment 1.

Duties

STATEMENT OF DUTIES TO BE PERFORMED

The U2 Field Coordinator will support the following activities, focused on USAR administration and operations, and USAR coordination mechanisms employed by USAID, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and international regional organizations.

● Support BHA activities, coordination, and responsibilities related to the UNDAC and INSARAG systems, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) National USAR System, and their undertakings.

● Provide support and maintain awareness of the roster for U.S. UNDAC team members.

● Provide technical guidance and response system management for activations of U.S. UNDAC team members.

● Provide support to the management of the BHA-funded Americas Support Team staff and equipment cache in support of and coordination with UNDAC deployments in the Americas region.

● Provide support and maintain awareness of the roster of U.S. USAR Coordination members.

● Provide support to the management of the BHA-funded response Base Camp Module and equipment cache in support of and coordination with global response deployments.

● Serve as a liaison between BHA and other U.S. Government (USG) agencies involved with international USAR response for departments and agencies not already served by another BHA division, such as Department of Homeland Security or the FEMA USAR Branch.

Qualifications

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION
(Determines basic eligibility for the position. Offerors who do not meet all of the education and experience factors are considered NOT qualified for the position.)

High school diploma and at least eleven(11) years of current experience working in any level of government (ex. Federal, state, city, etc.), an international organization, a non-governmental organization, or a business setting, or combination thereof, five years(5) of which must be in first response or USAR disaster response program management, administration, and operations
OR
Bachelor's degree with significant study in or pertinent to first response or USAR (including, but not limited to: public administration, international relations/development, sudden onset disaster humanitarian response) and at least seven(7) years of relevant experience working in any level of government (ex. Federal, state, city, etc.), an international organization, or a non-governmental organization, or a business setting, or a combination thereof, three years(3) of which must be in first response or USAR disaster response program management, administration, and operations
OR
Master's degree with significant study in or pertinent to a USAR and disaster coordination (including, but not limited to: public administration, international relations/development, sudden onset disaster humanitarian response) and at least five(5) years of relevant experience working in any level of government

Salary

$84,546 - $109,908

Application instructions

Contact email: [email protected]

**Please visit www.bhajobs.net for the full solicitation for this position.**

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Equal Opportunity Employment

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