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Agency: U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
Organization: Bureau for Development, Democracy, and Innovation, Center for Environment, Energy, and Infrastructure, Energy Division (DDI/EEI/E)
Location of Position: Washington, DC
Open Period: April 19, 2022 – May 24, 2022
Appointment Type: This is an excepted service, time-limited appointment that is not-to-exceed five years
Salary: Foreign Service Pay table (FSL-03, Washington, DC Locality)
Number of Vacancies: One

Description of Organization: The position is located within DDI/EEI/E. DDI/EEI/E works to advance sustainable results in support of the Agency’s environment, energy, economic growth, and infrastructure priorities. DDI/EEI/E provides technical leadership and field support for energy programs. These programs promote energy sector reforms, climate change mitigation, and the scaling of innovative energy technologies. DDI/EEI/E supports the design, implementation, and evaluation of the Agency’s energy programs totaling approximately $300 million per year. DDI/EEI/E’s annual budget of approximately $9 million per year is used to support program-funded staff and a variety of global energy programs that provide capacity building, technical assistance, technical leadership, and knowledge management for the benefit of counterparts such as developing country ministries, regulatory agencies, utilities, and private sector developers and investors.

Description of Position: The Environment Officer serves as an Energy Advisor in DDI/EEI/E, which manages USAID’s Washington-based energy programs and provides technical and management leadership and support to USAID’s energy sector reform agenda implemented at the country-level, with a primary focus on the electricity sector in developing economies in Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Eastern Europe and Eurasia, and Latin America and the Caribbean where USAID Missions are located. The Energy Advisor will serve as a technical expert on a range of electricity sector issues, including energy sector reform, which encompasses legal, regulatory, and utility reform, clean energy, energy efficiency, energy access, and climate change mitigation. The Energy Advisor will provide high quality technical advice and assistance to USAID’s Regional Bureaus and in-country Missions to design, implement, and evaluate bilateral energy programs. Further, the Energy Advisor will develop and maintain high-level business relationships with USAID and U.S. Government counterparts, as well as multilateral development banks, other international financial institutions, donors, foreign government officials, energy sector professionals in both the public and private sector in developing countries, and private sector developers and investors. This is not a policy position, but rather focuses on consultation, design, and implementation of energy sector projects, programs, and activities in support of U.S. foreign policy objectives.

Please see the links under Additional Resources below for more information about this position. This is a remote-work eligible position.

Required Qualifications:

• U.S. citizen;
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret-level security clearance;
• Must have one year of specialized experience pertaining to the key duties described above and equivalent to the next lower grade level of FSL04/ GS-12;
• Excellent communication skills both verbally and written to internal and external stakeholders;
• Ability to work across cultures and contribute to diverse teams; and
• Ability to travel internationally up to 25 percent of the time once COVID-19 related travel protocols permit.

Desired Qualifications:

• Undergraduate or Graduate education with a major study in a relevant field, such as economics, finance, business administration, political science, public administration, history, business or commercial law, international trade, or international relations. Note: An engineering degree may meet this requirement, but this is not an engineering position.
• Experience taking the lead on substantive research with respect to international development projects, programs, and/or activities in a related field.
• Expertise in project development and/or project management for energy and infrastructure projects, as well as associated grant and contract activities.
• Experience with foreign assistance, trade policy, commercial development, finance, banking, or other activities that contribute to the development of infrastructure initiatives or other similar international initiatives requiring capital investment.
• Experience in strategic planning, analysis, design, implementation, and/or evaluation of energy programs, especially in low and lower-middle income countries.
• Experience advising and guiding officials and clients on energy decisions.
• Experience identifying, developing, and maintaining high-level business relationships with U.S. and foreign private sector representatives and government officials.

Interested candidates must submit the following:

• Cover letter expressing interest and clearly addressing the stated requirements for the position;
• A writing sample;
• Resume/CV and transcripts (as necessary for positions with an education requirement);
• Stated security clearance level, if applicable;
• Stated U.S. Citizenship (if citizenship is not stated, application will not be considered); and
• DD214 and other veteran status, if applicable.

Please submit your application package to DDIFSLJobs@usaid.gov. Please use the subject line: “FSL APPLICATION PACKAGE: Environment Officer, FSL-03, DDI/EEI/E, Position Number: 40659.” Application submissions are required by May 24, 2022, at 11:59 p.m. EST. Packages not submitted by the deadline with the specific subject line—or incomplete packages—will not receive consideration.

Additional Resources include: 

• Position Description: 40659 Environment Officer
• FSL-3 Environment Officer Additional Position Details
• EEO Policy Statement
• Reasonable Accommodation Policy
• Any questions concerning this notice may be directed to: