Senior Project management Specialist – GHSD (All interested applicants)
Open Period: 06/12/2025 – 06/23/2025
Salary: 44,836,546 /Per Year


Summary
The U.S. Mission in Senegal is seeking eligible and qualified applicants for the Senior Project Management Specialist – GHSD (Foreign Assistance).

Duties
The Senior Project Management Specialist (Foreign Assistance) is a technical expert in Foreign Assistance (i.e. Public Health, or similar) and serves as a resource in strategic planning, program and activity design, budgeting, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of Department of State (DoS) Assistance program and component projects and activities. The job holder engages in the administration of DoS assistance programs through various foreign assistance mechanisms, to ensure that U.S. Government (USG) project objectives are achieved in accordance with financial, timing, and regulatory requirements. The position serves as a designated or alternate representative of the USG for the oversight and management of implementing mechanisms and activities. (e.g. Contracting/Grants/Agreement Officer’s Representative (COR/GOR/AOR), Alternate COR/GOR/AOR and/or Activity Manager.) The primary product of this position is the successful implementation of DoS Assistance Programs projects and activities.
The position is in the Foreign Assistance Section, which oversees DoS Assistance Programs in Senegal and West Africa and is supervised by the GHSD Officer.


Qualifications and Evaluations
Requirements
• All selected candidates must be able to obtain and hold a security clearance.
• All selected candidates will be subject to a background investigation and may be subject to a pre-employment medical exam.
• Selected candidate must be able to begin working within a reasonable period of time [80 hours a month] upon receipt of agency authorization and/or clearances/certifications or their candidacy may end.

Education Requirements
A master’s degree in fields relevant to Foreign Assistance, such as Public Administration/Project Management; Food Security/Agriculture; Public Health/Nutrition; International Development/Relations; Social Sciences, or similar, is required.
Evaluations
• You will be evaluated against the qualifications and requirements in this vacancy announcement.
• You may be asked to complete a pre-employment language or skills test.
• You must complete the application form and provide the required documents. Your application must address all the position qualifications and requirements including education, experience, language, and any knowledge/skills/abilities listed. If you fail to submit a complete application, then your application may be disqualified for this position.

Qualifications
Experience
A minimum of seven (7) years of professional work experience in Foreign Assistance, project management and oversight, technical leadership, and strategic planning is required. Including at least two years of relevant experience implementing USG assistance programs, projects, or activities.


Language
• English: Level 4 – Fluent; speaking/reading/writing, may include the ability to translate
• French: Level 4 – Fluent; speaking/reading/writing, may include the ability to translate

Job Knowledge
• Advanced knowledge of program and project management processes and practices, contracting, procurement and funding practices, administration of foreign assistance implementing mechanisms, as well as program/project financial regulations, procedures, and practices.
• Advanced knowledge of the host country and government institutions and bureaucratic processes, policies, and regulations. This entails high-level knowledge of host government laws, policies, procedures, and institutional doctrines.
• Advanced knowledge of research and analysis techniques to successfully study complex subjects and issues related to assigned program area.
• Good knowledge of legal and regulatory framework governing grants and project management in the host country, including local laws, regulations, and compliance requirements.
• Advanced knowledge of humanitarian project management and oversight; technical leadership and strategic planning; management and supervision; situational analysis and coordination.
• Senior-level understanding of in-kind and cash-based multi-sectoral assistance interventions, to include program objectives, design, modalities, implementation, monitoring methods, and reporting systems.
• Demonstrates a comprehensive understanding of humanitarian aid across all phases—preparedness, response, relief, and recovery—ensuring a holistic approach before, during, and after crises.

Skills And Abilities
• Ability to interpret technical requirements, ability to recommend needed contract and project changes, ability to monitor and evaluate project execution and -implementing partners’ performance, ability to review invoices, ability to inspect and accept project deliverables are required.
• Superior written and oral communication skills with the ability to work well in a bilingual environment to communicate effectively and persuasively with U.S., host government, and third-country counterparts.
• Ability to develop and maintain contacts at the senior, mid, and working levels with relevant host government institutions to successfully negotiate program and project goals and action plans.
• Proficiency in analyzing financial data, preparing budgets, and ensuring financial accountability.
• Effective users of the Microsoft Office suite, Gmail, and Google suite or other equivalent software for communication, document creation, and presentations.