USAID Development Program Specialist (Design & Planning)

The USAID Development Program Specialist (Design & Planning) position is located in USAID/ Program Office, which leads the Mission’s strategic planning, project design, budget management, monitoring, evaluation and learning, and environmental compliance. The Program Office is responsible for ensuring that technical teams and Mission leadership are adequately supported to develop, implement, and achieve USAID’s foreign assistance goals for the host country and to meet Agency programming standards and policies.

The primary function of the Design and Planning Specialist is to be the Mission’s subject matter expert in project design and in that role provide expertise in program development, activity design and implementation, to all Technical Teams. The Specialist will lead a group of program office staff to backstop each technical office and assist other staff in executing the Office’s core functions. The job holder will be involved in all sectors supported by USAID and will coordinate closely with technical teams as well as lead all project design support efforts for technical teams. The key functions of the position include: 1) Program/Activity Design, and 2) Activity Implementation and Monitoring. The job holder will report to the Program Office Director and/or designee. When necessary, the job holder will also provide oversight to the daily tasks of the Administrative Assistant. The job holder is required to perform work- related travel up to 15% of the time to conduct field visits and oversee program design and implementation.