General Statement of Purpose of the Contract:
The incumbent serves as a USAID Development Program Specialist (Budget) in the Program Office (PO) of the USAID/Honduras Mission and supports the formulation and execution of USAID/Honduras’ development assistance budget. S/he performs a broad range of analytical, operational, and informational services in connection with USAID/Honduras’ development and humanitarian assistance program in addition to Washington-managed resources. The DPS (Budget) provides support to all offices on the full range of USAID programs, development assistance policies, and budgeting processes, and furnishes official information to USAID/Washington, the USAID/Honduras Front Office (FO), U.S. Embassy, the Government Honduras (GOH), and other donors on USAID/Honduras policies, development objectives, programs, activities, and resources. S/he supports the program budget and operations functions of the PO, including annual program planning as it relates to funding and budget documents. S/he supports the Mission’s annual Operating Year Budget (OYB), including the request, allocation, and distribution of funds for the Mission’s program objectives for all sectors of USAID’s assistance portfolio. S/he helps to communicate the programmatic impact of U.S. Government (USG) appropriation legislation and programming and policy directives established by USAID/Washington. S/he monitors the obligation, commitment of, and accrual against, all program funds. S/he helps craft responses to all program budget and operations-related inquiries from both Mission and USAID/Washington staff. S/he furnishes official, verifiable information of the appropriate format and content for USAID and U.S. Embassy senior management, USG interagency partners, the GOH, and other donor organizations in Honduras, related to the current, historical, and planned U.S. development assistance budget in Honduras. S/he serves as a resource person providing support to USAID program managers and local organization partners on USG budget policy, process, reporting, and sound financial management practices. S/he also acts on ad-hoc public inquiries about U.S. assistance to Honduras that are addressed to the USG leadership, such as the U.S. Ambassador, the USAID Mission Director, USAID/Washington bureaus and task forces, and the Honduras Desk Officer, as required and appropriate. S/he also assists with the preparation of bilateral agreements, amendments, implementation letters, and other related documents, and tracks the status of funds under those agreements.

EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree in a field relevant to development assistance, such as business administration, finance, management, accounting, or public administration. Applicants possessing higher level degrees are also strongly encouraged to apply.
 

PRIOR WORK EXPERIENCE: Minimum three years of progressively responsible, professional-level experience in financial management and coordination of development assistance programs, or related work for U.S. Government, other donors, host government, or private sector organizations. Experience in the analysis and interpretation of complex budget data is required. Experience in program planning and budgeting, or in an administrative area where emphasis is placed on solid analysis, critical thinking, excellent judgment, and writing, within a team framework is required. Those candidates with additional professional experience relevant to the position are strongly encouraged to apply.
 

LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY: Level IV in English and Spanish is required. High degree of proficiency in both the written and spoken language, including the ability to translate professional, official documents. On occasion, the Job holder may need to act as an interpreter. This may be tested.
 

JOB KNOWLEDGE: Knowledge of the concepts, principles, techniques and practices of activity planning and financial management is required. Must be able to acquire comprehensive knowledge of USAID program budget policies, procedures, regulations, key systems and platforms, and reports in order to fully perform key job functions, as well as be capable of learning USAID policies and procedures concerning programs and project development functions, including knowledge of ADS and Agency strategies. The incumbent must possess in-depth knowledge of Honduran development prospects, priorities, and resources, especially with regard to public sector budgeting, and financial management. Thorough knowledge or potential to acquire such knowledge, of U.S. legislation relating to Development Assistance, Economic Support Funds, Humanitarian Assistance, special supplemental funding appropriations, regulations procedures and documentation is required. The incumbent must also have thorough knowledge, or potential to acquire such knowledge, of Foreign Assistance Act requirements, the Mission’s CDCS, and activity portfolio.
 

SKILLS AND ABILITIES: Ability to establish and maintain a wide range of working-level contacts in the Mission and develop sustainable working relations with a limited number of GOH officials as well as NGOs and staff from local organizations; Ability to take initiative and to work independently; Ability to perform multiple responsibilities simultaneously, rather than just one task at a time plus good time management; Ability to operate efficiently and effectively in a multi-cultural, diverse organization; and to work under pressure within a team environment to meet tight deadlines for high quality products; Ability to analyze complex programs, budget data, and relationships, and to prepare and critique analytical reports; Ability to render advice with objectivity; Ability to provide advice on financial management practices to local partners Effective teamwork/interpersonal skills to create and maintain effective working relations with USAID Staff, GOH officials, and external partners including local and grassroots civil society organizations. Ability to provide objective, informed, and constructive perspectives and advice on multi-sectoral issues. Excellent verbal communication skills, tact, and diplomacy to convey ideas and excellent computer skills to carry out a full range of responsibilities and create and manage complex budget documents. This may be tested.

Suggested Checklist for proper submission of information and application requirements:
1. Complete Solicitation has been read.
2. Cover Letter in English
3. Curriculum Vitae in English.
4. Proof of diplomas to support the Education Requirement are included.
5. Copy Of Honduran ID Card.
6. Application Package converted in one single PDF. format.
7. Naming convention for Application Package in one single PDF. file is:
“First Name, Middle Name, Last Name”, i.e. “John Allan Doe Smith”.
8. The Subject Line on the email reads as follows:
“USAID Development Program Specialist (Budget)- SOL No. 72052224R10012”.
9. The application package is sent to the email addresses: [email protected]
10. The full application package must be submitted by March 20, 2024 (Midnight Local Time -Tegucigalpa, Honduras). Application packages submitted after this Closing Date/Time will not be accepted.