Total 48 job vacancies by U.S. Agency for International Development

• Assists the Regional Support teams with designs of physical security projects and security communication projects at USAID posts.
• Serves as the technical authority on security electronic issues and requirements.
• Conducts security inspections of Agency overseas facilities to ensure compliance with established security requirements, such as facility physical security, guard force procedures, and armored vehicles.
• Develops and maintains effective liaison with colleagues in other federal agencies.
• Maintains stock levels to support equipment replacement and rapid deployment requirements.
• Manages the technical support team that provides assistance to USAID missions by designing and overseeing facility physical security enhancement projects.

• Serve as a key member of a leadership team responsible for two or more Divisions that supervise a group of employees performing work at the GS-09 to GS-15 and FS-01 level.
• Develops strategies for planning and developing major Agency humanitarian assistance programs of national and international scope and impact.
• Directs the capture, reporting, and analysis of statistical data relating to the organization's operations and directs or personally performs special studies or projects.
• Serves as the primary USAID technical authority with respect to regulatory impact upon the rapidly evolving humanitarian assistance program.
• Identifies key policy issues and priorities, designs analyses, evaluates alternative agency strategies, and makes definitive recommendations to senior management.
• Reviews budget estimates submitted; analyzes program plans and information and identifies need for reprogramming and recommends the necessary action.

As a Visual Communications Specialist you will:

• Assist senior members of the team to manage the overall design, content and presentation of OIG materials.
• Conduct outreach, analytical, and written and oral communication activities as needed related to visual and multimedia aspects of the communications program and to support OIG's internal and external outreach activities
• Coordinate with the Communications Team and other OIG divisions to develop and create visual communications products.
• Research, design, select, and produce visual communications material using the most appropriate to best portray the subject matter and meet necessary requirements.
• Perform quality control inspections for critical or unique work performed internally, assuring that work has been prepared correctly, by self or others, and will meet the scheduled completion date.
• Teach, coach and mentor junior staff in their development of skills and knowledge necessary to create industry standard-original graphic, photographic, and videography work products, as well as content management.
• Assist OIG employees of all levels, to include junior Visual Communications Specialists, on industry best practices involving exhibits, still and motion photography editing, print and electronic documents.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Provides backstopping and specialized expertise to regional and pillar Bureaus and to ME Missions in designing and monitoring policies, strategies, and programs.
• Advises missions, and host-country governments on new developments and the most effective approaches to environmental issues in the ME region or country.
• Provides technical advice, guidance, and support to Missions, PVOs/NGOs, and host countries on technical issues.
• Provides technical guidance for worldwide research and cooperation on environment, science and technology (EST), agriculture and food security, and climate change for the ME region.
• Serves as the ME Bureau's technical expert on policy, program, and implementation planning issues related to EST.
• Serves as technical liaison with other USG agencies, donor organizations, PVOs, U.S. universities, and professional organizations to coordinate their efforts with programs, policies, and approaches to environmental programming across sectors.

THIS IS A PUBLIC NOTICE: This Notice is issued under direct-hire authority (DHA) to recruit new talent to this occupation for which there is a severe shortage of candidates. This means that we can hire any qualified candidate, either from this notice or from any source.
NOTE: Current civil service employees will receive new appointments if selected under this Direct Hire Authority.

For more information on DHA, please visit Direct Hire Authority (opm.gov)

The incumbent is a supervisor and technical expert in digital evidence data acquisition, data preservation methodologies, and digital forensic analysis. The incumbent guides the digital forensics team and supports proactive initiatives related to IT systems security principles, concepts, and methods for the purposes of transforming, modernizing, and enhancing the digital forensics capabilities of the US Agency for International Development, Office of Inspector General, Investigations Division (USAID/OIG/I).

Duties include but not limited to:

• Supervisory subject matter expert and advisor on digital forensics, electronic evidence, and highly technical specialized support functions.
• Assisting with directing the system-wide forensic activities including, research, policy development, planning and analysis of programs and services, in support of criminal, civil and administrative investigations.
• Supporting OIG by planning and performing highly complex forensic examinations of digital, electronic, and mobile device data from a variety of sources with the goal of developing forensically sound evidence that is consistent with standards established by USAID OIG, the Department of Justice, CIGIE, and other applicable organizations.
• Providing expert consultation throughout investigations and prosecutions on matters relating to digital evidence or digital investigative analysis.
• Employing forensic tools and techniques to support the investigation of complex fraud schemes, cybercrimes, decrypting files and system passwords, detecting and recovering deleted, fragmented, and corrupted data from digital media.
• Collaborating with other forensic examiners, criminal investigators, and analysts to identify methods and procedures for recovery, preservation, and presentation of digital evidence.
• Conducting research relating to digital forensics and cybercrime issues and applying industry-accepted principles and practices in retrieving, recovering, and preserving digital evidence.
• Assisting criminal investigators by providing technical advice concerning electronic media search, seizure and evidence handling and participate in pre-seizure planning to address technical and legal issues associated with executing searches of digital devices.
• Assisting with transformation efforts for the safeguard of digital forensic evidence and structures and use knowledge of computer science, computer systems architecture and systems software organization to advance the OIG digital forensic program.
• Developing performance standards for investigative and investigative support personnel and assigns ratings.
• Providing advice and counsel on investigative work, administrative and performance matters; hears grievances, serious employee complaints, and addresses serious disciplinary problems.

• Manage existing training programs: organize and distribute learning materials, arrange facilitators, run audio visual equipment, and reserve training rooms and transportation. Communicate with and register participants.
• Use research, feedback, and evaluation data to acquire and apply new knowledge and skills. Use training, strategic plans, feedback, and other opportunities for self-learning and development.
• Write clearly and communicate in an organized manner. Edit written work with attention to detail.
• Organize work, set priorities to meet new and existing deadlines, and regularly communicate resource needs and progress. Determine short or long-term goals and strategies to achieve them.
• Use computers, software, applications, databases, and automated systems to accomplish work. Share documents and spreadsheets to collaborate and accomplish tasks; draft Agency notices or cables for approval; and make print requests for materials.
• Obtain knowledge of change management principles, strategies, and techniques required for effectively planning, implementing, and evaluating change in the organization.

• Manage existing training programs: organize and distribute learning materials, arrange facilitators, run audio visual equipment, and reserve training rooms and transportation. Communicate with and register participants.
• Use research, feedback, and evaluation data to acquire and apply new knowledge and skills. Use training, strategic plans, feedback, and other opportunities for self-learning and development.
• Write clearly and communicate in an organized manner. Edit written work with attention to detail.
• Organize work, set priorities to meet new and existing deadlines, and regularly communicate resource needs and progress. Determine short or long-term goals and strategies to achieve them.
• Use computers, software, applications, databases, and automated systems to accomplish work. Share documents and spreadsheets to collaborate and accomplish tasks; draft Agency notices or cables for approval; and make print requests for materials.
• Obtain knowledge of change management principles, strategies, and techniques required for effectively planning, implementing, and evaluating change in the organization.

• Leads and supports efforts addressing critical interdisciplinary issues, emerging priorities, technical development and engagement at varying levels. Connects people, tools and resources across the Agency and the broader global development landscape.
• Provide insights and evidence to improve programming, build and synthesize evidence across multiple countries, regions, sectors, and programs. Encourages learning and innovation, ensuring resources are allocated for technologies of the future.
• Provides guidance for successful digital finance interventions while encouraging innovation and integrated, cross-cutting approaches. Address key drivers and obstacles for strengthening digital finance partnerships with new/nontraditional actors.
• Improves access to information and evidence for digital finance by generating, aggregating, and disseminating information on current trends and best practices.
• Demonstrates experience in engaging with a broad range of organizations and potential partners on shared development goals, and reducing barriers to engagement with the Agency to strengthen collaboration and diversify the digital finance portfolio.
• Leads intra- and interagency policy and programming for digital finance stakeholders via regular meetings, roundtables, and high-level events to discuss shared priorities and catalyze further collaboration.

• Develop, conceive, plan, and implement policies and guidelines affecting broad, emerging, and/or critical agency priorities.
• Plan, organize and carry out analytical studies involving the planning, development, and implementation of major agency policies and programs of national scope and impact.
• Provide expert advice and guidance on government programs and policies which are of significant interest to the public and Congress.
• Serve as one of the Bureau’s senior coordinators and one of the key officials in developing, formulating, presenting, negotiating on, and implementing Agency policies.
• Serve as an Agency lead expert and Action Office in managing implementation of a program or policy of major global significance with extensive resources and high political visibility.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with various high-level individuals including members of Congress and their staff, other legislative and executive agencies and distinguished members of the public.

• 1 Supervise a group of employees performing work up to the GS-14 level.
• 2 Manage and direct the performance of a full range of complex procurement activities for contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements in support of USAID/W bureaus, offices, and overseas Mission programs worldwide.
• 3 Provide expert procurement advice to senior officials on all acquisition matters, ensuring actions are executed in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, accounting standards, pricing practices and current business methods
• 4 Negotiate procurement of products and services under a variety of contract/assistance mechanisms.
• 5 Manage procurement planning activities such as preparing and maintaining current acquisition plans, appropriate milestone charts, and related schedules
• 6 Participate in strategy and planning phases, evaluation of offers, negotiations, contract award, and contract administration.

• Provide formulation and justification of budgets for a portfolio of operating units and develop options and recommendations for program budget requests and allocations and oversee preparation of concise briefing materials
• Adjust long-range program budget and resource allocation plans to reflect feedback from the budget execution process.
• Analyze appropriation actions by Congress, and use Congressional appropriation processes and USAID programs and Presidential priorities to advise Congress on budget and program and the details of Congressional Notification of country program changes.
• Review and analyze requests for budget reallocations from USAID missions and bureaus and provides options and recommendations to the Administrator on reallocation requests
• Perform difficult budget execution fund control activities, adapting budgetary policies, analytical methods, and regulatory procedures to ensuring consistency between overall program budget and resource allocations and development priorities.
• Notify management officials of trends toward over- and under Obligation of allocated resources and recommends approval or disapproval of requests for allotments and other similar funding requests.

• Perform a full range of complex procurement activities for contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements in support of USAID's Bureau for Global Health (GH).
• Perform a full range of complex procurement activities for contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements in support of USAID's Bureau for Conflict Prevention and Stabilization/Office of Transition Initiatives (CPS/OTI)'s programs worldwide.
• Manage procurement planning activities such as preparing and maintaining current acquisition plans, appropriate milestone charts, and related schedules.
• Participate in strategy and planning phases, evaluation of offers, negotiations, contract award, and contract administration.
• Negotiate procurement of products and services under a variety of contract/assistance mechanism such as preparing and maintaining current acquisition plans, appropriate milestone charts, and related schedules.

• Perform a full range of complex procurement activities for contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements in support of USAID's Bureau for Global Health (GH).
• Perform a full range of complex procurement activities for contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements in support of USAID's Bureau for Conflict Prevention and Stabilization/Office of Transition Initiatives (CPS/OTI)'s programs worldwide.
• Manage procurement planning activities such as preparing and maintaining current acquisition plans, appropriate milestone charts, and related schedules.
• Participate in strategy and planning phases, evaluation of offers, negotiations, contract award, and contract administration.
• Negotiate procurement of products and services under a variety of contract/assistance mechanism such as preparing and maintaining current acquisition plans, appropriate milestone charts, and related schedules.

• Perform a full range of complex procurement activities for contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements in support of USAID/W bureaus, offices, and overseas Mission programs worldwide.
• Advise program officials of the procurement instruments to be used and assist in the preparation of statements of work.
• Negotiate procurement of products and services under a variety of contract/assistance mechanisms.
• Manage procurement planning activities such as preparing and maintaining current acquisition plans, appropriate milestone charts, and related schedules.
• Participate in strategy and planning phases, evaluation of offers, negotiations, contract award, and contract administration.

• Perform a full range of complex procurement activities for contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements in support of USAID/W bureaus, offices, and overseas Mission programs worldwide.
• Advise program officials of the procurement instruments to be used and assist in the preparation of statements of work.
• Negotiate procurement of products and services under a variety of contract/assistance mechanisms.
• Manage procurement planning activities such as preparing and maintaining current acquisition plans, appropriate milestone charts, and related schedules.
• Participate in strategy and planning phases, evaluation of offers, negotiations, contract award, and contract administration.