The incumbent shall provide personal services as a Senior Acquisition and Assistance Specialist for PEPFAR in executing: 1. Direct contracts, task orders, purchase orders, grants and cooperative agreements, US Government Interagency Agreements such as PASAs and RSSAs, host country contracts and other agreements; 2. Modifications to all of the above; 3. Other miscellaneous administrative requirements associated with acquisition and assistance (A&A) awards; and 4. Provide A&A training to USAID/Ethiopia employees. Specifically, the incumbent shall assist the HIV/AIDS (PEPFAR) Team in preparing A&A plans, preparing announcements and solicitations, preparing and submitting pre-solicitation notices, creating pre-award documents, reviewing host country invitations for bids, instructing and providing expert guidance to technical evaluation committees, performing cost and price analyses, conducting negotiations, preparing award documents and award file documentation for the CO's review and signature as more fully described below. The incumbent also shall be available for consultation on A&A issues with Cognizant Technical Officers (CTOs) and Activity Managers for the PFEPAR Team. This effort includes advising the PEPFAR Team on the most appropriate procurement vehicle. This requires extensive knowledge of USAID and Federal Acquisition Regulations, USAID assistance regulations, OMB Circulars, assistance cost principles, the USAID Automated Directive System and USAID A&A Policy Directives and Contract Information Bulletins. In addition to execution of direct basic awards and modifications as identified above, the incumbent shall also research issues contained in, and draft responses to, miscellaneous items of correspondence as assigned. Examples include, but are not limited to the following: subcontract consent requests, authority to make grants under contracts, salary and personnel approvals, equipment approvals, and Congressional inquiries.

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