Duties and Responsibilities
STATEMENT OF DUTIES
1. General Statement of Purpose of the Contract The USAID/Yemen Project Management Specialist (Engineer), an experienced Civil Engineer, oversees rehabilitation and construction efforts, primarily focused on Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH), and provides professional engineering, management, and coordination services in managing infrastructure activities across development portfolios. In a leadership role, the Specialist manages targeted Mission programs, focusing on water supply, sanitation, and hygiene improvements ensuring activities align with ADS 201 maw on reducing construction risk to the Agency. Acting as a liaison, they coordinate with the U.S. Government agencies and WASH partners, ensuring efficient resource use. Additionally, Page 1the Specialist oversees construction projects, serves as the Agreement Officer Representative/Contracting Officer Representative (AOR/COR), and contributes to the WASHprogram. Currently located in the US Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with staff also in the U.S. Consulate General in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, USAID/Yemen seeks to advance Yemen’s transition towards stability. USAID/Yemen development assistance complements life-saving humanitarian assistance and strengthens development partnerships by:
(1) supporting key economic institutions to prevent further economic deterioration; (2) building the resilience of service providers in sectors like health and education; and (3) working with civil society actors to mitigate conflict. The Specialist performs a variety of planning, programming, and management duties in support of complex development assistance activities and projects. They serve as a professional on the full array of USAID/Yemen WASH office functions, including strategy activity design, award management, budget planning and execution, outreach and communications, monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL), and other Program Cycle processes and components. 2. Statement of Duties to be Performed
A. Project Management and Monitoring: (65%)
1. COR/AOR/Alternate AOR responsibilities for the Mission WASH rehabilitation and construction activities valued at $18 million, targeting vulnerable people including individuals with disabilities, female empowerment, and students and children living in internally displaced persons settlements. The Specialist is USAID/Yemen’s focal person for these activities and requires interaction and coordination with senior officials on technical matters to support program design, management, implementation, and evaluation and may require escorting high-level officials to target sites. 2. Manages all aspects of the WASH infrastructure and engineering portfolio monitoring and evaluation, including establishing, tracking, and reporting on standard and custom indicators; developing and delivering portfolio reviews; managing program performance and impact evaluations. 3. Manages project performance through a robust Monitoring and Evaluation plan (MEP). 4. Prepares WASH program reports, briefing materials, and other communication products for both internal USAID and external audiences. 5. Tracks and reports on current information and trends on the water sector reform programs in Yemen. 6. Plans, manages, and tracks WASH budgets and expenditures. 7. Asthe Mission’s key technical specialist on WASH and engineering, provides strategic direction, identifies critical gaps and issues, and leads any future new program design initiatives. 8. Conducts regular field monitoring visits/virtual visits to USAID-funded project sites to verify the reliability of reported information. Page 29. Identifies and resolves program issues or brings them to the attention of appropriate staff. 10. Recommends actions to USAID/Yemen and USAID/Yemen partners regarding program activities, following up on these recommendations to ensure implementation. 11. Ensures that the Mission Strategic Programming Approach, USAID Global Water Strategy, and other water sector initiatives, implementation guidance, and reporting requirements are followed and applied to the full range of Mission WASH programs. 12. Works with the USAID Program office on a variety of ad hoc and time-sensitive taskers. 13. Contributes to other technical office work related to WASH, including DG child reintegration work, EG economic growth, WASH, and health maternal and child health and nutrition activities as necessary. 14. Anticipates support needed by USAID Yemen implementing partners and seeks assistance from relevant USAID Mission offices for adherence to USAID regulations and guidelines.
B. Donor Coordination, Partnerships, and Alliance Building: (25%)
1. Serves as the Mission liaison on a wide range of engineering, infrastructure, and WASH including water resources management issues and opportunities with senior Yemen officials, development agencies, NGOs, and implementing partners.
2. Maintains and ensures positive relationships and effective communication with relevant actors at the Ministry of Water members of other donor agencies, local water authorities and non-governmental organizations.
3. Supports the WASH Office Director with donor coordination, engagement, and representation.
4. Plays a key role in identifying, developing and maintaining partnerships with a wide variety of stakeholders to support the achievement of WASH program objectives.
5. Assists with building coalitions, facilitating communities of practice and encouraging open and transparent information sharing to improve coordination and collaboration for effective WASH programming.
C. Engineering administrative and support duties: (10%)
1. The Specialist will provide support to USAID/Yemen in a wide variety of assigned tasks related to engineering, infrastructure and WASH such as providing assistance and support for high-level visits, responding to urgent requests for information, assisting with USAID special events, and providing basic written and oral translation periodically.
2. The contractor is eligible for temporary duty (TDY) travel to the United States, or to other Missions abroad, to participate in the "Foreign Service National" Fellowship Program, in accordance with USAID policy.
3. Supervisory Relationship The Specialist will report to the WASH Director/Engineer or the designee. The Specialist performs duties and responsibilities on their own initiative exercising independent judgment.
The Specialist is expected to use their initiative in planning and managing program activities, in analyzing and interpreting data, and to work independently.
4. Supervisory Controls The Specialist shall refer to, and abide by, applicable USAID policies, procedures, directives; circulars, Mission Orders and regulations, as well as Yemeni laws regulations and policies, to guide their work.
12. PHYSICAL DEMANDS The work requested does not involve undue physical demands.
