Alaa Awwad

Alaa Awwad serves as a Human Resources Assistant at USAID/Jordan, supporting the agency’s mission to strengthen institutional capacity and technical governance through strategic personnel services. In this role, Awwad facilitates the acquisition of professional human resources and administrative support services critical to sustaining USAID’s development programs, particularly in water security and infrastructure resilience. Their responsibilities include coordinating the procurement of personal services contracts to engage local and international consultants, technical advisors, and management specialists who provide expert capacity-building support to Jordanian institutions. Awwad ensures compliance with federal acquisition regulations while aligning staffing needs with programmatic priorities, acting as a key liaison between program teams and contracting officers to streamline the acquisition of specialized human capital. Awwad works closely with a network of professional services firms and independent consultants specializing in human resources management, organizational development, and public sector capacity building. These partnerships are typically established through direct solicitations and task-order mechanisms under personal services contracts, ensuring flexibility in sourcing subject-matter experts aligned with USAID’s technical goals. While no single contractor dominates the portfolio, Awwad maintains consistent engagement with vendors offering tailored HR training, workforce planning, and institutional strengthening services, fostering long-term, performance-based relationships. Awwad’s procurement activity reflects a clear preference for open competition, with 100% of acquisitions conducted without set-aside designations. This approach prioritizes technical merit and qualifications over socioeconomic categories, enabling access to the broadest possible pool of qualified professionals. While small business participation is not formally incentivized through set-asides, vendors of all sizes are evaluated equally on expertise and past performance. The primary NAICS classification for Awwad’s acquisitions is 812990, All Other Personal Services, reflecting a focus on non-clinical, non-engineering professional services such as HR consulting, training facilitation, organizational assessment, and institutional advisory support. These services directly enable USAID/Jordan’s mission to build sustainable local governance and technical expertise.