Jobs and Careers

TERM: 

Full Time (40 hours per week)

JOB DESCRIPTION: 

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in Yerevan, Armenia is seeking an eligible and qualified applicant for the position of USAID Project Management Specialist – Natural Resources (PMS), who will be assigned to Economic Growth Office (EGO) within USAID/Armenia. The PMS serves as the Mission’s advisor and in-house expert on energy, water, gas, power generation, the environment, and climate change in Armenia and as the Mission’s representative on policy, strategic, and technical engagements with the interagency, the Government of Armenia (GoAM), international and bi-lateral organizations, and donor agency efforts related to the same. The PMS serves as the Mission’s dedicated climate change Coordinator and, as such, is the Mission’s expert and educator on climate change impacts and mitigation interventions and the implementation of the Agency’s Climate Change Strategy 2022 – 2030. The PMS serves as the Contracting Officer’s Representative / Agreement Officer’s Representative (COR/AOR) on EGO portfolio awards and Activity Manager for USAID/Washington-managed awards. As COR/AOR, the PMS manages programs/projects/activities related to energy, water, gas, power generation, the environment and climate change initiatives. The PMS liaises with government of Armenia officials, implementing partners, USAID technical specialists, and other donors and organizations, ensuring that USAID is strategically planning new activities and adequately reporting on energy, water and climate change efforts to the Mission and to Washington.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: 

- Education: A minimum of a bachelor's degree or the local equivalent formal education in Natural Resources Management, Environmental Engineering, Agriculture, Environmental Economics, or another field relevant to the position;
- Work Experience: Minimum of five years of progressively responsible, professional-level experience in the design of programs, project implementation, and monitoring and evaluation. Experience should include work in areas such as the energy sector, renewable energy technologies, water resource management, and transboundary water management. This experience must demonstrate the ability to prepare and/or review environmental scoping statements, to prepare and/or review environmental impact assessments, and implement environmental management plans;
- Language proficiency: Level IV (fluent) for reading, speaking, and writing in the English language, and (native) the Armenian language.

APPLICATION PROCEDURES: 

All eligible applicants are welcome to follow the link for all details and follow the instructions mentioned in the announcement: https://www.usa.am/cms/announcements.php.

Please clearly mention in your application letter that you learned of this announcement through Career Center and mention the URL of its website - www.careercenter.am. Thanks.

REMUNERATION/ SALARY: 

FSN-11 (AMD 22,304,048 - AMD 32,340,845)

OPEN TO/ ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA: 

Armenian citizens

INTENDED AUDIENCE: 

All interested candidates - citizens of Armenia