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 The Project Management Specialist (post title Economic Growth Specialist). The Project Management Specialist will provide programmatic and technical guidance in business enabling environment, digital economy, rural development, tourism, private sector partnerships, public financial management, agriculture value chain, capacity building, workforce development, and development finance. The jobholder will serve as an Agreement Officer’s Representative/Contract Officer’s Representative (AOR/COR), Alternate AOR/COR, or Activity Manager, and provide oversight and direction to programs conducted by Implementing Partners (IPs) under Contract, Cooperative Agreement, and/or Grant. The jobholder will work collaboratively with other staff in the EGO, other offices in the Mission, cooperating country officials in the Ministry of Economy, and/or other relevant Ministries, and other development partners, and donor agencies to support a coordinated, strategic approach to economic growth programming. The Economic Growth Specialist will provide a high level of technical guidance on economic growth related development programming.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: 

- Education: A minimum of a bachelor’s degree or the local equivalent formal education in business administration, economics, finance, public policy, or other relevant degree;
- Work Experience: At least 3 years of progressively responsible, professional-level experience in developing and managing economic development activities is required. Experience must include designing and implementing economic growth-related projects, and conducting monitoring and evaluation for economic growth projects in a development setting;
- Language Proficiency: Level 4 (advanced professional proficiency) English and Armenian language (native speaker) proficiency, both oral and written.

APPLICATION PROCEDURES: 

Eligible Applicants are required to complete and submit a Curriculum Vitae (CV) and application form DS-174 in English. DS-174 application form in English is available on the following link: https://eforms.state.gov/Forms/ds174.PDF
Additionally, applicants must provide a one-page Cover Letter in English as part of their application package discussing how the Offeror’s qualifications meet the evaluation and selection criteria.
The applicants who do not submit any of the required documents (CV, DS- 174 application
form and cover letter) as mentioned above will not be considered further.
Applicants are required to include a copy of the driving license in the application package.
Offers must be received by May 16, 2024 (17:00 Armenian time) at: ***********@*****.***
Offeror submissions must clearly reference the Solicitation number (#7201112410004) on all offeror-submitted documents.

Other details can be found in the file attached below the announcement.

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 - 10 (AMD 20,160,866 - AMD 29,233,237)

OPEN TO/ ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA: 

Armenian citizens

INTENDED AUDIENCE: 

All interested candidates - citizens of Armenia

ATTACHMENTS:

Solicitation FSN-10 PMS (EGO) - Solicitation FSN-10 PMS (EGO).pdf