Senior Program Analyst - FL-0342-03

Overview

Serve as expert technical advisor on data and analytics for food security programs.

You have:

• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (FS04) of this position.
• Knowledge of, and skill in, international program management and a general knowledge of the organization and goals of USAID.
• Ability to work on a team and coordinate across multiple stakeholders.
• Exceptional oral and written communication skills and significant experience in communicating complex technical information to non-specialists.
• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a Secret-level security clearance.

Agency: U.S. Agency for International Development Organization: Bureau for Resilience and Food Security, Office of Policy, Analysis and Engagement (RFS/PAE) Location of Position: Washington D.C. Open Period: 05/23/2023 - 05/30/2023 Appointment Type: This is an excepted service, a time-limited appointment that is not to exceed two (2) years and three (3) months. Salary: (USD) $102,229.00 - (USD) $150,127.00 (annually) Number of Vacancies: 1

Description of Organization: This position is located in the Analysis and Learning Division of USAID’s Bureau for Resilience and Food Security (RFS). RFS’s mission is to partner to advance inclusive agriculture-led growth, resilience, nutrition, and access to water and sanitation to accelerate and protect global food security. The Analysis and Learning Division leads bureau efforts to measure impact, develop innovative methods and metrics, assess how a changing world will impact RFS programming, and promote a culture of evidence based decision making. RFS has diversity, equity and inclusion as core values. RFS strives to build and sustain an inclusive and equitable working and learning environment for all staff.

Description of Position: The Senior Program Analyst position plays an essential role on the Data & Analytics team - and RFS more broadly - serving as an expert technical advisor supporting the development and management of key quantitative reporting systems and processes. The incumbent will advise and work with Bureau staff on the development and promotion of innovative metrics for evidence based learning, as well as develop processes and systems to increase and facilitate access and use of Feed the Future reporting data. Additionally, this position will provide analyses to support contextual awareness and inform strategic planning, policy development, performance reporting, and other RFS equities.

In particular, this position plays a key role in the management of the performance reporting for the Feed the Future initiative, including the necessary processes for collecting, accessing and integrating data, and ensuring data are available and have the requisite quality to support various reporting efforts for Feed the Future and other RFS workstreams. The incumbent is responsible for quantitative annual reporting related to the initiative, as well as ensuring the necessary metrics - and processes for maintaining those metrics across the Agency, are implemented and properly followed throughout the Agency. This includes providing information to meet legislative requirements of the Global Food Security Act, as well as ad hoc requests from a variety of stakeholders. A key responsibility will be to work closely with developers to ensure the underlying reporting system accurately captures the necessary reporting data, as well as working with implementing partners to ensure metrics are properly understood and reported.

The incumbent will play a key role building capacity across the Agency, as well as serving as a liaison between numerous internal and external stakeholders. This position provides important guidance related to food security activities, as well as develops and maintains working relationships with interagency partners in order to coordinate Feed the Future-related activities.

Qualifications:

• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (FS04) of this position. Specialized experience is defined as experience coordinating and managing multi-stakeholder data management and reporting systems including the development of quantitative metrics and reporting guidance, ensuring data quality standards, and outlining procedures and policies for data management and access; and experience with USAID performance monitoring metrics and analysis, aggregation, and interpretation of the results
• Knowledge of, and skill in, international program management and a general knowledge of the organization and goals of USAID
• Ability to work on a team and coordinate across multiple stakeholders
• Exceptional oral and written communication skills and significant experience in communicating complex technical information to non-specialists
• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a Secret-level security clearance.

Interested candidates should submit a:

• Resume/CV (candidates must include month, year and the number of hours worked per week for each position listed);
• A short written statement of interest; and
• Official or unofficial transcripts, if education is noted as a requirement above.
• Applicants claiming Veterans Preference must submit all appropriate documentation (DD-214, Service Disability Letter, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, etc.).
• Applicants serving as a current/former Political Appointee must submit all appropriate documentation (SF-50s, appointment letter, etc.)

Please submit your application package to Nicholas Johnson. Please use the subject line “FSL APPLICATION PACKAGE: Senior Program Analyst, FSL-0343-03, RFS/PAE.” Application submissions are required by 11:59 pm (EST), 05/30/2023. Packages not submitted by the deadline with the specified subject line—or incomplete packages—will not receive consideration.

This notice may be used to fill additional vacancies, as the workforce needs of the Bureau may change.

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Any questions concerning this notice may be directed to Nicholas Johnson at nicholas.johnson@usaid.gov.

File: KW-Backfill - FS FSL Agency Notice_PD#33329.pdf

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