PMCG is seeking a Senior Program Development Specialist works in a staff capacity, assists in all aspects of the “Program Cycle” from strategic planning to implementation and achieving to monitoring and evaluation to policy formulation. Implements, with regular guidance and supervision, policies, practices, and procedures based on a demonstrated understanding of development theory, USG development and foreign policy priorities, USAID policies and guidance and the legislative framework governing foreign assistance and USAID. Engenders critical thinking within the Mission and the interagency that examines assumptions and fully explores alternatives in plans, operations, and resources. Primary Work Location: Remote with On-Site or In-Country support as needed Dates required: January 2023 to June 2024 TDY: TDY Trips (base period): 3 x 2 weeks to Tunis
TDY Trips (option period(s)): 4 x 2 weeks to Tunis Major Duties and Responsibilities 1. Advises and guides strategic planning including the work of technical and Development Objective teams on strategic analysis and results frameworks. Based on expert knowledge and experience understands and applies Agency strategy guidance including strategic planning and analytical requirements to create sound development hypotheses and results frameworks with clear causal linkages and corresponding indicators at different levels. Promotes collaboration by technical and functional teams in the strategy development process, including collaboration with host country and inter-agency priorities. 2. Assists in the design and development of projects and activities based on approved Mission strategy and results framework. Demonstrates an understanding of project development and corresponding analytical requirements and how to apply them. Has adequate knowledge needed to participate on Project Design Teams and apply Agency policy, directives, and sector strategies regarding project design. Promotes technical team collaboration in the project development process. 3. Provides expertise for budgeting of foreign assistance resources. Demonstrates and applies an understanding of budget cycle and resource management processes including legislative requirements to optimally align program budget resources with strategy and policy objectives. Implements project-level multi-year budgeting processes that reflect all resources required to implement a project. Prepares draft annual reports and analysis related to the budget cycle. Receives and processes budget allowances and coordinates with technical teams regarding funding requirements. Analyzes budget data in order to propose budget solutions to pipeline issues, changes in the country context, USG priorities and programmatic performance. 4. Supports and advocates for donor coordination and strategic engagement to leverage development resources with external partners, including non-traditional partners. Applies a basic awareness of alternate and novel sources of funding and is able to identify potential for funding from non-traditional sources. Demonstrates and applies knowledge of aid and development effectiveness principles and supports donor coordination and assists in U.S. government interagency coordination to achieve common USG objectives. 5. In support of the Operating Unit monitoring, evaluation and learning agenda, applies a basic understanding of monitoring and evaluation principles, associated USAID policy and guidance, and USAID’s agenda for learning and research for development. Plans, budgets, and manages monitoring and evaluation activities. Monitors and assesses program performance, progress, and follow-up from portfolio reviews. Assists technical offices to design data-quality assessments, project and activity monitoring and evaluation plans and to determine indicators to be reported. Applies a basic understanding of reporting requirements and formats through preparation of planning, budgeting, and performance reporting documentation. Assists in applying learning to project design and implementation. 6. Assists in gathering and analyzing information and data for performance reporting; programming and performance-based budgeting; and program/policy coordination with other donors and USG agencies. Assists in providing staff support to the Mission Director on the application of development paradigms and aid and development effectiveness principles with host country and international partners on matters of broad USG interest. Specific Deliverables:
? Drafting program design documents, activity approvals and other programmatic memoranda, conducting program design analyses.
? Coordinating and drafting Operational Plans, Mission Resource Requests, Congressional Budget Justifications, and other budget planning documents.
? Drafting or coordinating USAID strategies, Integrated Country Strategies, and other strategic planning documents.
? Other deliverables as per duties.