JOB OPPORTUNITY: USAID’s Bureau for Resilience and Food Security is accepting applications to fill a Digital Specialist position. Apply by 11:59 PM ET on April 17.
Description of Organization: This position is located in the Program Office (PO) 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 progress on the
Journey to Self-Reliance. RFS oversees four high-level, integrated efforts in support of this mission: (1)
Feed the Future (FTF), guided by the Global Food Security Strategy (GFSS), (2) the USAID Multi-Sector
Nutrition Strategy, (3) the U.S. Global Water Strategy, and (4) efforts to increase resilience in areas of
recurrent humanitarian crisis. To deliver on this work, RFS partners with other Federal Departments and
Agencies, USAID Bureaus and Missions, universities, civil society, and other public- and private-sector
actors.
The Program Office (PO) oversees programmatic operations for RFS.
The Office works across the
Bureau to manage systems for efficient strategic planning, program implementation, and project and
activity design advice for activities and projects, including facilitating all stages of the procurement
process. The Office also ensures that gender, youth, digital, and local capacity development are
incorporated into the design and implementation of Agency and Bureau food security, resilience,
agriculture, nutrition, and water investments.
The Office oversees the formulation, allocation, and
execution of RFS’s program budget, including compliance with Congressional directives and required
reporting and notification.
Description of Position: The General Development Officer (Digital Specialist) will undertake the
following duties and responsibilities:
TECHNICAL LEADERSHIP AND MISSION SUPPORT 65%
Provides technical assistance to USAID field missions on topics related to digital solutions for resilience
and food security investments, including precision agriculture, digital inclusion, digital financial services,
and data driven agriculture. In collaboration with cross-office teams, develops recommendations and
prepares technical products that provide factual and analytical information in a clear format that meets the
needs of diverse audiences. Learns and collaborates with colleagues to represent the breadth of USAID
tools that are complementary to and can be applied to advance resilience and food security programming
to Mission colleagues.
RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT 25%
Facilitates collaboration between partners and works collaboratively with representatives of different
types of institutions, including government, universities, and the private sector. Advises the Bureau
on responsible and effective approaches for engaging the private sector around digital solutions.
Facilitates knowledge sharing and recommends technical resources with other parts of the Agency
focused on digital solutions. Interacts and speaks authoritatively at Agency and technical levels with
a wide range of senior technical experts in public and private meetings. Ensures participation in the
Bureau’s Country Support Team Structure to support field-level programming and data driven
decision-making as this is a foundation of the Bureau.
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT 10%
Curates technical content in support of strategic knowledge management.
Communicates effectively
in written and oral formats; develops concise, informative reports, briefing materials, and talking
points on complex subjects, with short lead times. Reviews draft reports to ensure accuracy,
precision, and clarity of presentation of agriculture research and analysis. Engage concerned USAID
Mission staff at the activity design stage, and on a regular basis throughout program implementation
for all field and or centrally-managed RFS activity support mechanisms to ensure that these activities
are well-aligned with the Mission's development priorities and CDCS.
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