OTI Deputy Team Leader – Washington, DC (GS-13)

The OTI Deputy Team Leader is a full-time Personal Services Contract (PSC) position at the GS-13 equivalent level and located in Washington, DC. Offers for this position are due no later than September 30, 2022 at 1:00pm Eastern Time. For full information about this position, as well as instructions on how to apply, please read the entire solicitation at www.OTIjobs.net.

INTRODUCTION:

The Deputy Team Leader is a member of the USAID Bureau for Conflict Prevention and Stabilization (CPS)/OTI Field Programs Division, reports to the OTI Regional Team Leader or their designee, and is based in Washington, DC. OTI currently has six regional teams: West and Central Africa (AFR), Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), Southern and Eastern Africa (SEA), Europe, and Asia. OTI’s Regional Teams are responsible for all program implementation-related activity in the specific region.

OTI is looking to hire Deputy Team Leaders for multiple regional teams which will be determined upon hiring. Ultimate team assignments will depend on office needs at the time of award, with consideration given to an individual’s background, experience, skills, and preference. You will work in close coordination with the relevant Regional Team Leader to establish an effective team, manage existing country programs, participate in new country program design, assessments, and develop and maintain collaborative and productive relationships with counterparts within OTI, throughout USAID and the Interagency.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Supervise staff as delegated by the Regional Team Leader. Provide orientation, training, and mentoring to USAID staff supervised; assign work, explain how duties are to be performed to meet expectations and communicate how the successful performance of those duties will be measured; evaluate staff performance; recognize good performance; communicate where performance needs to be improved; resolve complaints; and approve leave requests and timesheets as well as training, travel, program and operations requests;
• Work effectively with the regional team and other OTI divisions to ensure that country programs and field staff receive the programmatic, administrative, and operational support they need to function successfully;
• Oversee the operational functions of the regional team as delegated by the Regional Team Lead, assuring that duties are assigned, tasks are covered by team members, and basic functions of the team are running smoothly – allowing the Regional Team Lead to focus primarily on the strategic aspects of team leadership;
• Represent OTI in high-level meetings and conferences, explain and interpret policies and requirements, and negotiate important issues with other groups, such as the USAID Mission, the Department of State, the National Security Council, and other U.S. Government agencies and departments;
• Develop and maintain collaborative relationships with non-governmental organizations (NGOs), international donors, Department of State, and U.S. Government agencies interested in particular OTI country programs; mentor PMs in how to develop similar relationships;
• Coordinate with CPS offices, USAID divisions, the Department of State, the National Security Council, and other U.S. Government agencies and departments;
• Support the teams in the field and in DC to access OTI wide resources to support running effective programs; serve as a partner to the field teams in thinking through the use of various program performance management approaches to support program effectiveness;
• Participate in design and implementation of country program operations to include management, logistical, budget, administrative and contractual issues;
• Participate in country analysis and program design to develop existing and future programs and strategies;
• Manage and/or participate in the selection of program implementers such as grantees, contractors, and personal services contractors. Negotiate program and project agreements with governmental and non-governmental (NGO) counterparts within guidelines provided by the Regional Team Leader;
• Support implementation and management of assigned country program(s), including contractors and grantees working under country programs and provide support as an auxiliary team member in the field, being prepared to travel to difficult posts overseas;
• Develop, monitor, evaluate and recommend performance measures for country programs and individual projects, including contractors and grantees;
• Ensure the preparation of documentation for any required program contracts, grants or cooperative agreements; Ensure completion of OTI project budgeting and contracting action needs;
• Coordinate and assist with the conceptualization of new OTI-wide program options including analytic frameworks and strategic objectives;
• Provide support for the design and execution of programs that follow OTI’s quick impact programming model in US Embassies or USAID Missions. Support to US Embassies and USAID Missions will include attendance and/or facilitation of program management processes for follow-on programming, including rolling assessments, strategy review sessions, program performance reviews and management reviews;
• Act as Regional Team Leader during their absence, or in other Regional Team roles including Country Representative or Deputy Country Representative in the field; and,
• Serve on temporary details within OTI, other USAID bureaus/offices, or other USG agencies under this scope of work for a period not to exceed six months. Duties performed while on detail must be directly related to the scope of work. Contracting Officer (CO) approval is required for the temporary detail. Any extension past the six months requires CO approval.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

At a minimum, the offeror must have:

1. A Master’s Degree with five (5) years of work experience;

OR

A Bachelor’s Degree with seven (7) years of work experience;

OR

An Associate’s Degree with eight (8) years of work experience;

OR

A High School Diploma/Equivalent with nine (9) years of work experience;

AND

2. Five (5) years of project management experience with a U.S. Government foreign affairs agency, domestic or international assistance organization, or non-governmental organization in community development, economic development, mediation/arbitration, conflict resolution, democracy and governance, international law, political analysis, and/or human rights activities;

3. One (1) year of overseas field experience (in person or virtual). A virtual temporary duty (TDY) is defined as work that would have been conducted in an overseas location if not for the global COVID pandemic;

4. One (1) year of supervisory experience (including but not limited to mentoring, training, and guiding staff).

Please direct questions about this position or the offer process to the OTI Recruitment Team at [email protected].