United States of America: Project manager

Organization: Chemonics
Country: United States of America
Closing date: 30 Aug 2014

?Chemonics seeks a project manager for the USAID-funded Humanitarian Assistance Support Program in Washington, D.C., under USAID's Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (DCHA). The project will provide operational and administrative support in coordinating international disaster response and humanitarian assistance, emergency and developmental food aid, conflict mitigation programs, transition activities, and other initiatives for USAID/DCHA and its nine offices. The project manager will be responsible for the overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control, and completion of specific projects, ensuring consistency with DCHA's overall management plan. This full-time position will be based in Washington, D.C., and requires a secret-level security clearance. We are looking for individuals who have a passion for making a difference in the lives of people around the world.

Responsibilities include:

• Lead, direct, and monitor contract performance of task orders
• Provide overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control, and completion of multiple projects/tasks and groups of personnel at multiple locations
• Provide oversight to all contract tasks, including administrative support to grants, recruitment and administrative support for personal services contracts, field program support, administrative support to DCHA, information support services, and staff training and capacity building
• Provide executive-level management to overall contract operations, including coordinating and facilitating timely submission of financial, performance, status, and other reports required by the client

Qualifications:

• Master's degree in business administration, economics, international affairs, or a related field required
• Minimum 12 years of relevant experience, including leading teams responsible for providing operational and administrative support for international disaster response and humanitarian assistance, emergency and developmental food aid, conflict mitigation programs, and transition activities
• Experience managing multimillion-dollar USAID or other U.S. government contracts (including IQCs, CPFF, and fixed-price)
• Field experience in developing countries preferred
• Experience preparing and analyzing budgets for large, complex U.S. government contracts required
• Knowledge of federal and USAID acquisition and assistance rules, regulations, policies, and procedures, including Federal Acquisition Regulations, OMB Circulars, USAID Automated Directives System, USAID Acquisition Regulations, Office of Acquisition and Assistance Contract Information Bulletins, Office of Acquisition and Assistance Procurement Executive Bulletins, and Acquisition and Assistance Policy Directives
• Strong interpersonal and problem-solving skills, excellent verbal and written communication skills, and a client-focused orientation
• Existing secret-level security clearance or the ability to obtain one
• Demonstrated leadership, versatility, and integrity

How to apply:

Application Instructions:

?Send electronic submissions to HASC_recruit@chemonics.com by August 29, 2014. Please include "Project Manager" in the subject line. No telephone inquiries, please. Finalists will be contacted.

In addition, please download and complete Chemonics’ equal employment opportunity self-identification form and submit it separately to EEOselfidentify@chemonics.com with only "Project Manager - HASP" in the subject line. If you prefer not to disclose your sex, race, or ethnicity, you may check “I do not wish to complete the information requested.” Thank you for completing the form and supporting our equal employment opportunity reporting requirements.

?Chemonics is an equal opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and does not discriminate in its selection and employment practices. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, age, or other legally protected characteristics.??