Attachment D.3 Schedule of Labor Categories final.pdf

ATTACHMENT D.3: SCHEDULE OF LABOR CATEGORIES

LABOR CATEGORY LEVELS AND MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Offerors must take note that years of work experience required in the minimum qualifications will be counted concurrently with the years of work experience described in the level experience.

1. PROJECT MANAGERS:

This special category requires an individual with prior USAID or general grants management experience, specifically an individual who has prepared, negotiated, implemented, monitored, and evaluated grants and who has the ability to work with implementers and mission staff of USAID Office of Acquisition and Assistance (OAA), and Office of Financial Management (OFM). Prior grant or project management experience with other donors is desirable.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in any of the social sciences;

• 5 years continuous work experience in grants and project management with senior level work and a minimum of 3 years supervisory responsibility,

• Prior USAID grants management experience is preferred;

• Excellent communications and writing ability;

• Effective cross-cultural interpersonal skills and

• Demonstrated ability to resolve higher level work and issues with senior country counterparts, donor representatives and senior level USAID staff.

2. PARTNER:

This category includes a technically diverse range of senior level consulting professionals with international credentials and certifications and extensive domestic and foreign experience covering a broad range of sectors, including managing audits; and are usually partners/owners of CPA or other consulting firms. This class also includes Partners - Quality Control /Assurance category.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in a relevant field required

• Membership of any of the following professional accountancy bodies: Association of

Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) and Certified Public Accountant (CPA).

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• 10 years of diverse professional development experience, including country experience, with counterpart country, other donors, and private sector

• Knowledge of USAID policies for use of partners country implementation mechanism and details of the relevant instruments

• Effective cross-cultural interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to resolve higher levels issues with senior country counterparts, USG officials, and other donors

• Demonstrated professional excellence, excellent communication and writing ability

3. SECTOR EXPERT:

This category includes a large and technically diverse range of both industry and functional senior level specialists with international credentials and domestic and foreign experience covering USAID/Uganda development sectors’ (health, education, economic growth and democracy and governance) activities including:

• Public Procurement

• Financial Management – (Public and Private Sector Experts)

• Engineering – Architecture, Civil, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Human

Resource Management

• Development Professionals – Health, Education, Agriculture, Land Management and

Governance Sectors.

• Law Reforms

• Capacity Building

• Public Economics

• Human Resources

• Public Financial Management

For ATTORNEYS / LEGAL EXPERTS:

• A minimum of Bachelor of Law (LLB)

• Additional qualifications, Juris Doctor (JD) or LLM, or other professional certification is preferred.

• Admitted to practice law in the United States, country of residence, or any other developing country and

• An active member of the jurisdiction’s bar association;

• 8 years or more legal work experience of which 3 years in a related field with at least 2 years international/developing country experience.

4. ENGAGEMENT MANAGER:

This category includes a broad range of technically diverse mid-level consulting professionals with international credentials and certifications, domestic and foreign experience covering auditing and general consultancy; and are also lead managers of projects undertaken by CPA or other consulting firms.

Minimum Qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s degree in a required field, or a master’s degree preferred, additional professional certification from (ACCA, AICPA, CIMA, CPA) is desirable

• 10 years’ work experience in the required work area; at least 5 years’ experience in managing development related engagements.

• Excellent communications and writing ability.

• Demonstrated interpersonal skills with senior level personnel.

5. ENGAGEMENT SUPERVISOR:

This category covers a broad range of technically diverse mid-level consulting professionals with international credentials and certification and domestic experience covering audit and general consultancy.

Minimum Qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s degree in a required field, or a master’s degree preferred, additional professional certification from (ACCA, AICPA, CIMA, CPA) is desirable

• 5 years’ work experience in the required work area; at least 2 years’ experience in supervising development related engagements.

6. ENGAGEMENT JUNIOR ASSOCIATES:

This category includes newly recruited university graduates pursuing professional studies and building their career in related field.

Minimum Qualifications:

• A bachelor’s, master’s degree or progression in professional certification from (ACCA, AICPA, CIMA, CPA) is desirable

• 2 years’ work experience in the required work area.

7. CONTRACT SUPPORT:

This category encompasses all professional support to contract task orders such as contract related financial management and planning, professional management and administration, and other contract support to task orders.

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Minimum Qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s degree in a required field, or a master’s degree is desirable

• 5 years’ work experience in the required work area; at least 2 years’ experience in providing contract support services to development organizations. Past experience in managing USAID grants / contracts is also desirable.

8. TECHNICAL WRITER:

This category encompasses a broad range of technically diverse mid-level consulting professionals with international credentials and certification and domestic experience covering project development and management.

Minimum Qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s degree in a required field, or a master’s degree is preferred, additional professional certification is desirable

• 5 years’ work experience in the required work area; at least 2 years’ experience in proposal writing, project development and management.

Minimum Qualifications by Levels:

For Level I - Senior Experts:

• A Master’s degree in a relevant field

• Additional professional credentials preferred (such as, illustratively, a Ph.D. in a required field, CPA, ACCA, CIMA, CA, industrial or other professional certifications that denote specific technical, business, or industry qualifications relevant to the required area of work).

• At least 15 years work experience in the required work area with increasing senior level work experience and supervisory responsibility.

• At least 10 years’ experience working in developing countries.

• Demonstrated professional excellence, excellent communications and writing ability.

• Effective cross-cultural interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to resolve higher level work and issue with senior country counterparts, donor representatives, and senior level USAID staff

For Level II - Mid-Level Experts:

• A Master’s degree in a relevant field, additional professional credentials desirable (such as CPA, ACCA, CIMA, CA, industrial or other professional certifications) that denote specific technical, business, or industry qualifications relevant to the required area of work.

• At least 8 years work experience in the required work area with increasing senior level work experience and supervisory responsibility. At least 5 years’ experience working in developing countries.

• Demonstrated professional excellence, excellent communications and writing ability.

• Demonstrated cross-cultural interpersonal skills in problem resolution with senior level personnel.

For Level III - Junior Experts:

• A Bachelor’s degree in a required field, or a master’s degree preferred.

• At least 5 years work experience in the required work area; at least 2 years’ experience working in developing countries.