- Agency: U.S. Agency for International Development
- Organization: Office of the Chief Economist (OCE)
- Location of Position: Anywhere in the U.S.
- Telework: Employees have the option of up to four days per pay period (two days per work week)
- Remote: The position is remote-eligible.
- Open Period: March 21, 2024-April 5, 2024
- Appointment Type: This is an excepted service, a time-limited appointment that is not to exceed five (5) years with the potential for two 2-year extensions.
- Salary: $132,860 - $191,900 (annually) (Washington, DC locality only)
- Number of Vacancies: Two
Description of Organization: The independent Office of the Chief Economist (OCE) supports USAID in improving the effectiveness of its programming by bringing stronger economic evidence, theory, and tools to bear on the Agencyโs work. Toward this end, OCE (1) promotes the use of high-quality evidence of โcost-effectivenessโ (i.e., how much impact does an intervention deliver per dollar spent) in Agency decision-making; (2) promotes the generation of more cost-effectiveness evidence that the Agency is uniquely placed to catalyze; and (3) provides analysis and advice to Agency leadership on pressing macroeconomic issues.
Description of Position: As a senior member of OCEโs Evidence Use team, this FSL position will be a key part of OCEโs efforts to promote the use of cost-effectiveness evidence in Agency programs to improve the Agencyโs impact per dollar on a variety of development outcomes. Specifically, the incumbent will:
- Field Support: Provide direct support (virtual or TDY) to USAID Missions to advance the use of cost-effectiveness evidence in program design and implementation..
- Program Cycle Management: Guide USAID Operating Units that OCE is supporting (including Missions) in using and generating cost-effectiveness evidence in USAID activity design and implementation and in collaborating with OCE and PLR colleagues on roll-out of revisions to the ADS 201 Program Cycle chapter.
- Activity Design: Lead or assist in the design and development of USAID activities, supporting Operating Units to bring cost-effectiveness evidence to bear throughout the design process. Includes, for example, serving on Activity Design Teams in other Operating Units as an embedded evidence advisor throughout the process, serving as a Subject Matter Expert to Activity Design Teams on bringing a specific body of cost-effectiveness evidence insights to bear in the design process, supporting an Operating Unit in drafting solicitation language that builds on cost-effectiveness evidence, and serving on Technical Evaluation Committees,
- Budget and Resources: Provide expertise for budgeting of foreign assistance resources, including advising on relatively more and less cost-effective programmatic approaches for achieving development outcomes with limited resources.
- Development Cooperation and Partnering: Support and advocate for donor and host government strategic engagement on cost-effective approaches to improving development outcomes of mutual interest. Includes supporting ongoing collaboration with other bilateral and multilateral donors on synthesizing cost-effectiveness evidence and advancing the use of cost-effectiveness evidence.
- Monitoring, Evaluation, and Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting (CLA): Advise USAID Operating Units on bringing a cost-effectiveness lens to monitoring and evaluation of activities. Support Operating Units to use cost-effectiveness evidence in adaptive management.
- Outreach and Communications:
FL-0343-02 - Program Officer (Senior Evidence Officer)
- Added Date: Saturday, 23 March 2024
- Deadline Date: Friday, 05 April 2024
- Organization: United States Agency for International Development
- Post Level: Unspecified
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