Northern Uganda Advisor

1. Position Title: Northern Uganda Advisor. 2. Market Value: GS-14 Equivalent ($81,093- 105,420). Final compensation will be based upon the candidate past salary history and work experience. 3. Place of Performance: Gulu, Uganda 4. Period of Performance: One year contract with an option for one additional year extension depending on continuance of need, demonstrated performance and availability of funds. 5. The Northern Uganda Advisor position requires an individual possessing a high level of technical expertise in the area of conflict resolution to head the field office in Gulu Northern Uganda. 6. Education: Bachelor's or Advance degree with significant study in or pertinent to the specialized field including, but not limited to, international relations, international law, economics, anthropology or a related field. 7. Experience: Nine or Seven years of professional experience respectively working within a USG foreign affairs agency, PVO, NGO and or international organization in humanitarian assistance and or immediate post-conflict development environments with a focus on displaced persons, which must include five or four years of on-the-ground field experience again respectively. Excellent verbal and written communication skills required. Notice to Applicants: Must be a US citizen able to obtain secret security and medical clearance. Candidate must submit supplemental document specifically addressing the four Quality Ranking Factors. ONLY ADULT FAMILY MEMBER WILL BE AUTHORIZED TO ACCOMPANY THE ADVISOR TO POST. The USAID reserves the right to obtain from previous employers relevant information concerning the applicant's past performance and may consider such information in its evaluation. Introduction: USAID Uganda seeks to hire a U. S. citizen to head the field office in Gulu, northern Uganda. The incumbent will serve as a senior advisor to USAID/Uganda, OFDA's East Africa Regional Office (ECARO) in Nairobi and US Embassy/Uganda on policy and program issues regarding northern Uganda. He/she will represent the U.S. Government in northern Uganda; liaise with appropriate GOU, UN and international/local NGO offices and personnel, monitor and report on USAID activities; supervise Gulu office staff; and provide a conduit for relevant institutions to the appropriate personnel at the USAID Mission in Kampala and others as deemed necessary by the Mission. The Northern Uganda Advisor shall specifically: 1. Serve as the USAID (including OFDA) liaison to northern Uganda field offices of UN Agencies, international and local NGOs. 2. Serve as USAID (including OFDA) liaison to northern Uganda central and district government offices. This includes, the Chairperson, Local Council Five (LC5), Resident District Commissioner (RDC), District Disaster Management Committee (DDMC), District Agricultural Officer (DAO), District Department of Health Services (DDHS), and other district offices for example, the District Education Officer (DEO), District Engineer (DE) for OFDA water and sanitation projects when appropriate. 3. Serve as a conduit for UN, international and local NGOs and GOU officials to the appropriate USAID (including OFDA) officials in Kampala, Nairobi, and Washington as deemed necessary. 4. Represent USAID (including OFDA) by communicating the USG policies and objectives in relief, transition and development activities to UN field offices, GOU Officials, NGOs, and the Ugandan citizens and recipients of the USG foreign assistance. 5. Participate in the development, dissemination and implementation of the USG strategy and plans for northern Uganda with a view towards appropriate transitional linkages between relief and development activities. 6. Per Embassy approval, travel throughout the northern districts to monitor the effectiveness and progress of USG funded programs and to ensure consistency with USAID objectives, and obtain real time information on the ground situation. In addition, the Northern Uganda Advisor or designate will accompany the OFDA teams on their periodic trips to northern Uganda to monitor OFDA relief assistance activities. 7. Represent USAID (and on occasion the USG) in appropriate GOU district sector, sub-sector and working group meetings, as well as bi-weekly NGO contact group meetings, and other meetings of USAID interest. 8. Provide guidance to NGOs and UN Agencies that are developing proposals for USG financing to ensure that any submissions reflect the goals and objectives of USAID (including OFDA) policy for relief, transition and development activities. 9. Assist in the planning, logistics and support for USG and other key TDY visits to northern Uganda. 10. Manage and supervise a staff and office including up to two USPSC and seven FSNs. The USPSCs include one Office of Transition Initiatives Deputy Country Representative who receives technical direction and supervision from the OTI Country Representative and a PSC managing a labor intensive infrastructure program. The FSNs include but not limited to one FSN Administrative Assistant/Office Manager, two FSN drivers, and three FSN Program Management Specialists for 1) Peace Building and Conflict Mitigation, 2) Food Security and Humanitarian Assistance, and 3) Health, HIV/AIDS and Education. Supervision includes oversight of all office activities, preparation of personnel performance evaluations, and maintenance of financial controls. The Program Management Specialists will receive programmatic and technical direction and guidance from their appropriate backstop officers in Kampala and OFDA/Nairobi. 11. Issue a bi-weekly report to the Mission Deputy Director or her designee. The report should summarize relevant meetings, conversations and visits, and provide field analysis and insights into key areas of USAID concern. These key areas are currently envisaged to be: Problems or issues in all USAID (including OFDA) funded programs noted during monitoring visits of the Advisor or the USAID Gulu staff; The movement of IDPs to land access camps or to homes of origin, and implications for relief and assistance strategy; The effectiveness of the UN Cluster approach as viewed by partners and other key field based organizations; Changes in the conflict and security situation; The identification of gaps and issues in humanitarian assistance, including protection, human rights, status of IDP land access and its implications related to food security; The GOU (including district governments) ability and limitations in responding to the needs of the conflict affected and displaced population; The political climate of northern Uganda and the interplay between the national government, the district governments, and when appropriate the cultural/traditional leaders, the religious leaders, and other civil society. 12. The Northern Uganda Advisor shall be supervised by the Mission Director or designee. For detailed scope of work and evaluation criteria, please send email to gnakaddu@usaid.gov, copy, rheller@usaid.gov