Position Title: Senior Food for Peace Officer. 2. Market Value: GS-13 Equivalent ($66,951- 87,039). Final compensation will be negotiated within this range and determined based on past salary and work history, experience and educational background. 3. Place of Performance: USAID Uganda, Kampala. 4. Period of Performance: An initial two year contract, and dependent upon needs, satisfactory performance and availability of funds, three one year options to extend up to a maximum of 5 years. 5. Education: Graduate degree with preference given to degrees relating to agriculture e.g. food production, agriculture economics, and natural resources, humanitarian assistance, or international development. An individual with a BS degree will be considered, if candidate has extensive experience and qualifications related to the implementation of food aid and humanitarian assistance programs. 6. Professional Experience: A minimum of six years of progressively more responsible experience in humanitarian, transition and development experience is required, with preference given to individuals with incountry field living experience in the ECSA region. Experience working in a long term basis in a developing country. Experience with programming and procedures and substantive experience directly managing and achieving results under donor funded humanitarian and development programs. Operational experience to understand the legislative and policy mandate, objectives and functions of the P.L. 480 Title II Food for Peace Program and how it relates to advancement of the Agency?s Food Aid Policy and U. S. foreign assistance objectives. Past performance on contracts with similar terms of reference. Statements provided by references will be reviewed. 7. Program Management Skills. Strong analytical and management skills, as well as the ability to multi-task. Ability to develop activities effectively and to recommend policies, strategies, and procedures related to the effective use of the food aid resources, including the area of commodity management. Professional knowledge and skills to generate and apply new concepts in planning, implementing and evaluating emergency and transition activities or proposals for the solution of complex food security goals. Ability to understand and interpret Bellmon and Usual Marketing Requirement analyses to correctly advise cooperating sponsors, USAID, USDA and the U. S. interest groups on the appropriate U.S. commodities and tonnage for individual activities. Analytical skills to review and evaluate regulations, reporting, and other relevant material as a basis for implementing agency and office guidelines and or procedures. Demonstrable analytical skills and understanding of the pertinent statistical, accounting, and budget principles needed to review and analyze financial information and budgets. 8. Teamwork and Interpersonal Skills. Level V English ability (fluent) required. Must possess a high degree of proficiency in both written and spoken English. Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing in a multi cultural environment. Strong interpersonal, cross cultural, team work and team building skills. Evidence of ability to work with decision makers at all levels of program development, including government officials, non governmental organizations, business leaders, donor representatives, community leaders and project implementers. Demonstrated ability to consistently perform in a complex institution and multi cultural environment.Introduction and Overview: The USAID/Uganda Senior Food for Peace Officer (SFFPO) is an integral member of the Economic Growth Team. The Senior Food for Peace Officer is the principal staff person at USAID/Uganda responsible for the coordination and management of the Mission?s PL-480 Title II Program. The PL-480 Title II Program has two components: (1) the Non-emergency Program, which was valued at approximately $19 million in FY07; and (2) the Emergency Program, which has grown substantially as a result of the crisis in northern Uganda and was nearly $45 million in FY07. In addition, the Senior Food for Peace Officer is responsible for oversight of the USAID Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) program in Uganda. Under this program, OFDA provided approximately $13 million of humanitarian relief assistance to Uganda in FY07. The Senior Food for Peace Officer performs representational, policy advisory, technical leadership, and program management roles. As a senior development professional, he, she is responsible for providing technical guidance and policy advice to USAID senior management and the U.S. Ambassador to Uganda. He, she is also responsible for ensuring that USAID and Embassy senior staff and host country counterpart officials, to include the Ministerial level, are informed of the U.S. food aid program as a whole, as well as the current situation vis-a-vis the humanitarian crisis in the north. He, she is also responsible for ensuring that senior USAID Washington officials, including at the Assistant Administrator level, are well informed of the humanitarian and food security situation on-the-ground in Uganda. The Senior Food for Peace Officer is also responsible for building strong and constructive relationships with other donors, the World Food Program, and the senior staff of U.S. Private Voluntary Organizations and Ugandan Non-Governmental Organizations. The Senior Food for Peace Officer is also responsible for maintaining strong and supportive relationships with the USAID technical offices in Washington, i.e., the Office of Food for Peace and the OFDA, as well as in the USAID East Africa Regional Office in Nairobi. The Senior Food for Peace officer is also responsible for maintaining close working relationships with his or her counterparts in the U.S. Department of Agriculture. As a senior technical advisor, the Senior Food for Peace Officer is responsible for ensuring that the food aid program in Uganda reflects best practices and state-of-the-art knowledge about food aid policies and approaches, including food distribution, monetization, and humanitarian assistance. He, she will also play a key role for the USAID Mission and the Embassy in monitoring the humanitarian crisis in northern Uganda and ensuring that policy makers in Washington have the accurate information they need to make Agency-level resource allocation decisions. Other specifics. 1. The non-Emergency Program consists of four multi-year Development Assistance Programs or Multi-year Assistant Programs, and involves both direct food distribution and the monetization of food aid. The total estimated like of activity value of the non Emergency portfolio is over Dollars 110 million. The current Title II Cooperating Sponsors are: ACDI VOCA, Save the Children, World Vision, and Catholic Relief Services. Two of the current DAPs end in FY08, and there are four anticipated FY08 MYAP submissions. Approximately 10 million Dollars in local currency is generated annually through the Title II monetization consortium in which all the Title II non-Emergency partners participate. Funds generated through commodity monetization are provided to all cooperating sponsors based upon their approved commodity tonnage percentage. Title II resources are used in the support of agricultural food security programming, HIV AIDS and MCHN feeding, improved feeder roads, rural financial services, and improved household nutrition. 2. USAID?s partner in the implementation of the Title II Emergency program is the World Food Program. USAID is WFP's most important donor in Uganda, providing 50 percent of the resources implemented by WFP. Title II emergency resources are directed at IDPs, refugees, and drought affected and other vulnerable populations. 3. Meanwhile, OFDA humanitarian relief assistance is currently channeled through 15 partners, 12 of which are PVOs and three of which are UN agencies i.e., FAO, UNICEF, and OCHA - the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. The sectoral areas of coverage for OFDA funding include water and sanitation, health and nutrition, shelter, food security, and the distribution of basic non food commodities to conflict affected populations. The OFDA funded NGOs work throughout northern Uganda. 4. The Senior Food for Peace Officer will also provide oversight to selected activities carried out in northern Uganda using USAID Uganda resources. 5. Reporting Requirements. The Senior Food for Peace Officer reports to the SO7 Team Leader; an FS 01 General Development Officer, who in turn reports to the Deputy Director of USAID Uganda. For detailed scope of work including overall duties and responsibilities and evaluation criteria, please send email to [email protected], copy [email protected].

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