CCN PSC USAID Project Management Specialist (Environment) at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is the world's premier international development agency and a catalytic actor driving development results. USAID's work advances U.S. national security and economic prosperity, demonstrates American generosity, and promotes a path to recipient self-reliance and resilience.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Cooperating Country National Personal Service Contractor (CCN PSC) USAID Project Management Specialist (Environment)

Solicitation No.: 72062024R10019
Location: Abuja, Nigeria (with possible travel as stated in the Statement of Duties)
Period of Performance: Five (5) years renewable, estimated to start o/a October 2024
Eligible Offerors: Open to Cooperating Country Nationals (Nigerian Citizens and Permanent Residents).
Security Level Required: CCNPSC Clearance

Statement of Duties
General Statement of Purpose of the Contract:

• The USAID Project Management Specialist (Environment) is located in the Economic Growth and Environment (EGE) Office of USAID/Nigeria.
• The EGE Office is responsible for planning, managing, and evaluating projects and activities to achieve USAID/Nigeria’s Development Objective (DO) 1, Broadened and Inclusive Economic Growth, as well as implementing Feed the Future, Power Africa and other Presidential Initiatives in Nigeria and coordinating with regional and global programs.
• As a key member of the EGE Office, the USAID Project Management Specialist (Environment) is responsible for designing and managing environment activities to ensure completion of activities within scope, budget, and timeline.
• The Project Management Specialist (Environment) works under the direct supervision of the Deputy Office Director.

Statement of Duties to be Performed
The Project Management Specialist (Environment) has the following duties:
Program Development and Management (50%):

• Activity Design: Advises on the development of climate, biodiversity and clean energy as well as other related cross-cutting activity designs as assigned by leading and/or participating in inter mission activity design teams.
• Activity/Project Management: Serves as the Agreement Officer's Representative (AOR)/Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) on awards amounting to $6 million.
• Acts as interface and primary point of contact for selected and designated activities/projects.
• Supervises and manages contractors and grantees implementing projects.
• Builds a collaborative relationship and creates partnerships with and across implementing partners for effective programming.
• Ensures appropriate allocation and use of funds.
• Drafts and makes recommendations on necessary program documents, participating in meetings.
• Ensures compliance by projects to USAID regulations.
• Ensures availability of files for contracts, cooperative agreements and grants as required in guidelines.
• Ensure smooth implementation and delivery of USG support in line with Nigeria’s economic growth priorities and USAID strategic objectives.
• Project/Program Monitoring and Evaluation: Leads in monitoring and reporting of results for projects, including thorough review of annual and quarterly work plans and reports, analysis and feedback.
• Provides technical expertise, as well as monitoring, reporting, evaluation, and approving of programming and financial progress of the activities throughout the life of the project, including quarterly site visits, monthly meetings, and other follow up as needed.
• Works with the EGE team, Program Office and other support teams to plan rigorous impact and performance evaluations in line with USAID policies.
• Leads quality assurance processes particularly through evaluation and facilitates the provision of high-quality technical inputs across the economic growth portfolio to assist country programs to improve their development effectiveness in the economic growth sector.
• Contributes to and supports EGE’s collaborating, learning and adapting action plan and learning agenda.  
• Financial management: Tracks project's financial information such as burn rates and pipelines, as appropriate.
• S/he will make recommendations on a quarterly basis on required financial management actions such as increasing obligations and commitments, extending completion, realigning the budget, or other financial management activities.  
• Closing projects: Initiate activity close out strategies and possible follow-on activities for interventions approaching completion.
• Ensuring completion of the structural and legal analysis of possible follow up activities to USAID activities.

Coordination and Outreach (30%):

• Liaises with relevant stakeholders in the clean energy and environment space including from the private sector, NGOs, the Government of Nigeria, multilateral and bilateral donors, CSOs etc. to ensure coordination in implementing clean energy and environment programs.  
• Coordinates USAID activities with the Government of Nigeria and other donors to ensure omplementarity of funding efforts and identifies opportunities for cross-sector synergies to increase the effectiveness of USAID investments.
• Participates in the organization of high-level visits, publicity events, and outreach for environment and clean energy and other EGE activities that involve Mission and Embassy Front Offices and USAID leadership from Washington.  
• Collaborate with Development Outreach and Communication team and Embassy Public Affairs to highlight environment issues, programming, success stories etc. for dissemination on social media, websites, or other publications.
• Participate in team meetings, partner meetings, office retreats etc.  
• Complete routine reporting activities on environment issues such as weekly updates for the EGE and Senior Leadership Team meetings.
• Prepare program management documents including progress, financial, and project status reports.  
• Contribute to the documentation of Mission strategies as well as monthly and annual reports to
• USAID headquarters, Mission Management and other U.S. government agencies.

Climate Lead 20%:

• Serves as the Climate Integration Lead (CIL) for the Economic Growth and Environment Office and the deputy CIL for the Mission, ensuring compliance with USAID climate risk management processes, as detailed in relevant ADS mandatory references.  
• Serves as the technical advisor to EGE staff and IPs, working to identify and analyze climate vulnerabilities, and develop mitigation measures by monitoring, identifying, and sharing opportunities to integrate climate change adaptation and mitigation into EGE strategies, programming, and operations.  
• Assists EGE in design to ensure an appropriate level of climate risk screening is considered throughout the program cycle, including at the strategy (Country Development Cooperation Strategy), project (Project Appraisal Document), and Activity levels, providing guidance to design teams and AORs/CORs/Activity Managers to properly identify, mitigate, and document climate risks.  
• Works within the Mission information system, and with other tools, to document and manage compliance with USAID climate risk requirements and contributes climate risk expertise to the management and improvement of existing information systems.

Supervisory Relationship:

• The USAID Project Management Specialist (Environment) will work under the direct supervision of the FSN Deputy Office Director.
• S/he will be given wide latitude in planning and executing work assignments.

Supervisory Controls:

• This is not a supervisory position.

Physical Demands:

• The work requested does not involve undue physical demands.

Minimum Qualifications Required

• Education: A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Natural Resource Management, Climate Science, Environmental Science/Studies, Sustainable Development, Energy Studies, Electrical Engineering, Biodiversity, or Ecology is required.
• Prior Work Experience: A minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible work experience in designing and implementing climate, clean energy, biodiversity or other environment projects, including at least one year managing donor-funded assistance programs in the climate change or environment sector is required.
• Language Proficiency: Level IV (fluent) English in oral and writing ability is required
• Job Knowledge: Familiarity with global climate change, sustainable landscapes, biodiversity preservation, and renewable energy is required. In depth knowledge and understanding of the economic, political, social, and cultural characteristics of Nigeria; development problems in the environmental sector in Nigeria including how climate change may impact development priorities; an understanding of the resources, resource constraints, and overall development prospects and priorities of Nigeria is required.

Skills and Abilities:

• The Specialist must possess interpersonal and communication skills required to work effectively with mid and senior level officials from USAID, Government of Nigeria, donor organizations, and other stakeholders. Diplomacy, tact, cultural sensitivity in order to establish and maintain effective working relationships with stakeholders and within USAID/Nigeria.
• Must be able to work effectively in a team environment and coordinate well with others.
• The ability to develop and maintain a network of technical experts and partners in the sector is necessary.
• The incumbent must possess analytical skills necessary to conduct technical analysis, as well as management of complex obligations and contracting procedures.
• S/he must also possess excellent oral and written communication skills and computer skills in order to develop presentations, reports, manage electronic files, participate in virtual meetings etc.
• Excellent organizational skills and the ability to multitask and stay organized in a complex, frequently changing environment is a requirement.
• Demonstrated problem solving skills, as well as the ability to effectively manage stress, is required.

Evaluation and Selection Factors:

• The Government may award a contract without discussions with offerors in accordance with FAR  52.215-1.
• The CO reserves the right at any point in the evaluation process to establish a competitive range of offerors with whom negotiations will be conducted pursuant to FAR 15.306(c).
• In accordance with FAR 52.215-1, if the CO determines that the number of offers that would otherwise be in the competitive range exceeds the number at which an efficient competition can be conducted, the CO may limit the number of offerors in the competitive range to the greatest number that will permit an efficient competition among the most highly rated offers.
• The FAR provisions referenced above are available at https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far.
• Offerors that meet the minimum requirements, as outlined in this solicitation, will be evaluated, and ranked based on the following adjectival evaluation criteria and characteristics:

Evaluation Criteria / Adjective Definition
The evaluation committee may conduct reference checks, including references from individuals specifically identified by the offeror, and may do so before or after a candidate is interviewed. Finalists will be invited for in-person interviews during the selection process. No response will be sent to unsuccessful offerors. USAID/Nigeria reserves the right to conduct interviews with the most highly ranked offerors and make the interview a deciding factor in selection:

Benefits and Allowances
As a matter of policy, and as appropriate, a PSC is normally authorized the following benefits and allowances. Additional information may be provided to the selected offeror at time of salary offer:
Benefits:

• Allowances
• Paid Leave (annual and sick leave)
• Health Insurance  
• Annual Bonus.

Market Value:

• USD46,262 to USD71,702 equivalent to FSN-11; 40 Hours per week in accordance with  AIDAR Appendix J and the Local Compensation Plan of United States Mission, Nigeria (Effective April  21, 2024). Final compensation will be negotiated within the listed market value.
• Salary and allowances are denominated in US dollar and paid in Naira at the prevailing U.S. Embassy exchange rate.
• Continued US dollar denomination and payment of LE Staff compensation is subject to renewal and approval by the Secretary for Management via PID (public interest determination).

Application Closing Date
6th August, 2024.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Offers to the Point of Contact "EXO/HR" via: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.

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Submitting an Offer
By submitting your offer materials, you certify that all the information on and attached to the offer is true, correct, complete, and made in good faith. You agree to allow all information on and attached to the offer to be investigated.

• Eligible Offerors are required to complete and submit the following:
  • AID 309-2. (Offeror Information for Personal Services Contracts with Individuals)
  • Cover Letter/Letter of Interest
  • Current Resume
  • Copy of Degree Certificate
• Offers must be received by the closing date and time specified, and submitted to the Point of Contact.
• Offeror submissions must clearly reference the Solicitation number on all offeror submitted documents.

List of Required Forms Prior to Award:

• Once the Contracting Officer (CO) informs the successful offeror about being selected for a contract award, the CO will provide the successful offeror instructions about how to complete and submit the forms needed to obtain medical and security/facility access.

Taxes:

• CCNPSCs are responsible for filing and paying local income taxes, consistent with Nigerian law.

Note

• Applications will be reviewed every two weeks. Applicants are strongly encouraged to apply early.
• Once the position has been filled, the solicitation will be closed.