1. SOLICITATION NO.: 72066324R10020
2. ISSUANCE DATE: October 21, 2024
3. CLOSING DATE AND TIME FOR RECEIPT OF OFFERS: November 4, 2024 NLT 11:59 p.m. EAT
4. POINT OF CONTACTS: Reid Ahl, Supervisory EXO and Fekadu Tamirate, HR Specialist, e-mail at
addisusaidjobs@usaid.gov.
5. POSITION TITLE: Project Management Specialist (Economic Policy Advisor)
6. MARKET VALUE: $26,638 – $47,950 yearly i.e., equivalent to FSN-11. In accordance with AIDAR
Appendix J and the Local Compensation Plan of USAID/Ethiopia. Final compensation will be
negotiated within the listed market value. Salary will be paid in local currency at the exchange rate
in effect when the payroll is processed.
7. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: Five (5) years. The services provided under this contract are
expected to be of a continuing nature through a series of sequential contracts, subject to continued
need, satisfactory performance, and the availability of funds. The expected initial period of
performance is 03/02/2025 – 03/01/2030.
8. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: US Embassy, Entoto Road, Addis Ababa, with possible travel as stated
in the Statement of Duties.
9. ELIGIBLE OFFERORS: Cooperating Country Nationals (CCNs). “Cooperating country national”
means an individual who is a cooperating country citizen, or a non-cooperating country citizen
lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the cooperating country.
10. SECURITY LEVEL REQUIRED: Facility Access

Duties & Responsibilities

General Statement of Purpose of the Contract

The Project Management Specialist is a senior expert specialized in working in the areas ofmacroeconomic and microeconomic (agriculture, food security, natural resources), policies, andlearning, monitoring, and evaluation of food and agriculture development programs. Thejobholder will be an expert in aggregate and sector policy review, analysis and reporting;development and communication of new strategies to stakeholders; analysis of macro- andmicro-economic dynamics, review of market system approaches, and coordination of research
designs and implementation. The incumbent supports USAID, other donor and host countryeconomic growth and assistance programs by developing strategies, analytical models, andmethodologies; analyzing data; and providing assistance and advice on economic growth issues.Employs economic analyses, such as inclusive growth diagnostic/constraints analysis, andinsights derived from them to provide guidance to the Mission Leadership for decisions about allocation of resources across sectors. The jobholder will have broad experience working with
senior government officials and institutions, civil society and business organizations (such as theEthiopian Economics Association, the Ethiopian Agricultural Professional Associations, theEthiopian Land Administration Professionals Association, Chamber of Commerce, and Sectoral
Association Apex Entities at the Federal and Regional levels), and various bilateral andmultilateral donors and development partners.The jobholder leads mission-wide collaboration and coordination of economic, food security,resilience, nutrition, and water, sanitation, and hygiene activities, and represents the Mission’s
efforts to the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Trade, the Ministryof Industry, the Agriculture Transformation Institute, the Ethiopian Policy Studies Institute, theEthiopian Institute for Agricultural Research, the U.S. Government interagency, international andbilateral organizations, other development partners, and civil society and business organizations,
such as the Ethiopian Economics Association, the Ethiopian Agricultural ProfessionalAssociations, the Ethiopian Land Administration Professionals Association, the Chamber ofCommerce, among others, and sectoral association apex entities at the Federal and Regionallevels. The jobholder serves as a Contracting Officer’s Representative/Agreement Officer’s
Representative (COR/AOR) and/or Activity Manager on assigned program/project/activities andserves as a trusted resource in development and economic growth practices and principles.

b. Statement of Duties to be Performed

• Technical and Strategic Leadership (45%)
  Serves as the Mission’s technical expert and lead on economic, food and agriculture policyand learning, providing high level technical guidance to the Mission, the Government ofEthiopia, and other development partners on issues pertaining to agriculture and food
  system transformation in order to reduce poverty, hunger and malnutrition.

• Provides overall strategic and technical guidance and direction on food and agriculturepolicy programs, institutional capacity building, and learning.

•  Provides expert technical assistance and support to the Mission, implementing partners,government counterparts, and policy system actors on strategy development, policydevelopment and implementation, learning and impact assessment, participatoryengagement, collaboration, and adaptive management.

• Works closely with leadership across the agrifood system to ensure that the quality ofprograms implemented by partners are adequately addressed.

• Through literature review, research and regular communications with local andinternational stakeholders, keeps abreast of emerging developments in food systemsdevelopment approaches, and provides advice on how these policies and strategies can most effectively be incorporated to enhance Mission approaches.

• Analyzes the effects of current economic policies and briefs and advises senior Interagency,USAID Mission and EGR Office management regarding economic policy issues relevant to successful achievement of USG assistance objectives.

• Serves as a technical resource and advisor, providing analyses on the economic aspects ofassistance programs and analyzing and presenting consumer price index and forex market
  data.

•  Contributes economic criteria into scopes of work for project and program evaluations andbriefs evaluation teams regarding economic background and conditions within which USAIDprograms operate.

• Coordinates evidence and learning agendas as related to assessing the high-level impact ofthe USG’s FtF Initiative on food system transformation, poverty reduction, and nutrition,including the collection and analysis of data and the identification of lessons learned.

• Identifies and arranges for the procurement of short-term technical assistance and ensures that the objectives of this assistance are consistent with and support the furtherance of theMission’s FtF and economic development portfolio.

• Organizes site visits and prepares orientation materials for delegations from USAID headquarters, the State Department, and other agencies.

• Identifies potential external partners and builds, develops and maintains strategic, high-level relationships with external partners, including private sector, governmental,non-governmental, and non-traditional development organizations, and others, through formal and informal outreach, personal contacts and networking.

•  Builds capacity for partner engagement and learning throughout the Mission.
  Program/Project/Activity Management (30%)

• Leads the design of FtF, resilience, economic growth and other project mechanisms and activities supporting work with food systems actors to promote inclusive and sustainable agriculture-led growth, prosperity, resilience, and nutrition. Primary areas of programming will include sustainable production and market systems, business and entrepreneurship and inclusive policy systems for agriculture, resilience, land governance and nutrition.

• Designs, implements, monitors, and evaluates programs directed at achieving rapid,sustainable, and broad-based economic growth.

• Serves as the Alternate COR for the $11 million Land Governance activity and the $68 million Feed the Future Transforming Agriculture activity and the Activity Manager for the $18 million Policy Link activity.

• Keeps the Office Director regularly informed of FtF, resilience, economic growth and other relevant program implementation progress, results, and issues/problems on a timely basis.

• Prepares and reviews technical scopes of work for technical assistance activities.

•  Reviews implementing partners’ annual work plans, monitoring and evaluation plans, and learning and adapting strategies.

• Oversees strategic implementation of FtF and other relevant activities, to include but not be limited to: activity pipeline management, design of USAID-funded transaction supportmechanisms; monitoring performance and compliance issues; and providing operational guidance to implementing partners and mission staff about the partner technical support
  and business relationship(s).

• Engages with government, civil society, and business leadership to support new and existing efforts to advance availability and affordability of nutrition-sensitive agriculture.

• Supports and strengthens the implementation and coordination of Ethiopia’s food and agriculture policies and programs.

• Designs and conducts impact and/or performance assessments to assess the effectiveness of FTF, economic growth, resilience, nutrition and agriculture policy and programming.

•  Communicates results of analysis both verbally and in writing to specialist and non-specialist audiences in a manner easily understood.

• Provides policy related technical guidance to the Mission’s COR/AORs and ActivityManagers of FtF activities as needed, requested, and/or otherwise appropriate Representation and Reporting (25%)

• Leads Mission engagement with, and represents Mission programming to, high-level GoE officials with respect to Mission-wide FtF and other relevant activity implementation and performance.

• Produces briefing materials for, and facilitates, high-level engagement between senior USG and GoE officials related to food security policy, food and agriculture system transformation, and agriculture sector competitiveness, resilience, sustainability, and
  inclusivity.

• Represents the Mission as its designated representative to national, regional and international meetings and other fora related to economic growth, food security policy,food and agriculture system transformation, and agriculture sector competitiveness,
  resilience, sustainability, and inclusivity. Develops presentation materials for self and other
  senior USG officials for such engagements.

• Communicates regularly with donors, Ethiopian chambers and associations, civil society actors, and policy makers to better understand the business enabling environment for
  agriculture, anticipate upcoming policy changes before they happen, and build broad
  consensus on USAID’s development implementation approach to food security in Ethiopia.

• Works with non-government entities in civil society, associations, and business to increase
  their capacity to advocate for the changes required to better enable agribusiness, food
  security, and nutrition.

•  Establishes strategic working relationships with senior government officials at the national
  and district levels, development partners, civil society organizations, private sector
  counterparts, and professional organizations to enhance regular and timely sharing of
  information on issues related to food and agriculture policy reform and business enabling
  environment affecting USAID implementation.

• Leverages relationships to attain high-level consensus on changes to key policy, legal and
  regulatory constraints that limit inclusive, resilient, and nutrition-sensitive agriculture-led
  growth.

• Exchanges evidence, experiences, and learning with Washington and other USAID Missions
  to advance the Agency’s FtF and other projects learning agenda.
  The contractor is eligible for travel to the U.S., or to other locations abroad, for training, for
  temporary duty, or to participate in the “Foreign Service National” Fellowship Program, in
  accordance with USAID policy.

• c. Supervisory Relationship. The Specialist will report to the Policy and Strategy Division Chief in
  the EGR Office. Most assignments are self-generated and occur in the normal course of work and
  the jobholder exercises independence in most phases of his/her job responsibilities but
  determines those situations that must be coordinated with the supervisor or other team
  members. Completed work is accepted as technically correct, and the overall work is reviewed in
  terms of results achieved.
  d. Supervisory Controls. The position will not have supervisory responsibility.
  12. PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The work requested does not involve undue physical demands.
  II. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION
  a. Education: A minimum of master’s degree in agricultural economics, agricultural extension,
  economics, food security, rural development, statistics, or relevant field of studies is required.
  b. Prior Experience: A minimum of seven (7) years of progressively responsible experience in food and
  agriculture systems development, economic and policy analysis and strategic planning, program
  management, collaboration with and/or working for a large governmental organization, donor
  organizations, the host country government, or other related organizations is required.
  c. Language: Level 4 (advanced professional proficiency) in English and Amharic, both oral and written.
  d. Knowledge: Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of food and agriculture system
  transformation, economics analysis, policy, and learning approaches and interventions. Demonstrated
  senior-level knowledge of the overall agricultural development sector context and coordination
  platforms between government and development partners. Working knowledge of project design and
  management to support the agriculture sector and food system through bilateral cooperation.
  e. Skills and Abilities: Demonstrated strong leadership, coaching, mentorship skills, particularly in the
  areas of program coordination, learning, adaptation, and improvement. Demonstrated strategic,
  technical, and analytical skills needed to effectively conceptualize, design, implement, monitor and
  evaluate the Mission’s food security interventions. Demonstrated strong skills in communication,
  advocacy, negotiating, consensus building, and networking. Demonstrated strong conceptual and
  analytical skills to be able to quickly grasp situational realities, envision solutions, and translate these
  new concepts into operational plans and results.
  Demonstrated outstanding ability to exercise flexibility to be able to accept and react to evolving
  planning and implementation contexts. demonstrated excellent computer skills including skills with
  Microsoft Office, Google Workspace, web-based databases, and electronic filing. Demonstrated ability to
  exercise individual judgment in his/her roles. Demonstrated ability to take initiative and offer leadership
  in reviewing the progress of programs and projects under his/her responsibility, including performance
  reports, pipeline management, program implementation reviews, as well as fulfilling other reporting
  requirements. Demonstrated timely decision-making ability and extensive judgment in planning and
  carrying out tasks, using diplomacy and tact.

Job Requirement

Qualification & work experience

• A minimum of master’s degree in agricultural economics, agricultural extension, economics, food security, rural development, statistics, or relevant field of studies A minimum of seven (7) years of progressively responsible experience in food and agriculture systems development, economic and policy analysis and strategic planning, program management, collaboration with and/or working for a large governmental organization, donor organizations, the host country government, or other related organizations is required

Place of work: USAID/US Embassy Entoto Road

Salary Range: The salary range of the position is FSN-11; $26,638 – $47,950 yearly, articulated in U.S. dollars but paid in Birr

How to Apply

Deadline for Applications: 11/04/2024

Detailed information and instructions for applying can be found using THIS LINK calling USAID/HR via +251111306240