Activity Manager

Added: Oct 11, 2017 3:45 pm The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) seeks an experienced professional to provide administrative and program support as an Activity Manager in the Democracy and Governance Division of the Technical Support Office (TSO) of USAID's Bureau for Europe and Eurasia.

USAID is committed to its long-term vision of a democratic, prosperous, and peaceful Europe and Eurasia and is squarely focused on its mission to achieve the transformation of E&E countries into sustaining partners by supporting democratic development economic growth, and broad based human progress. The Democracy and Governance Division supports field Missions with technical and strategic expertise on policy and strategies; program design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation. The Division is located within the Technical Support Office (TSO) and provides technical assistance for field support and democracy programs in USAID/W and the field; assesses and evaluates programs and activities; identifies research needs and lessons learned in furthering the state-of-the-art knowledge and backstops Mission democracy programs. The Team manages a significant number of regional projects in both presence and non-presence countries. This position represents an exciting opportunity to engage on democracy programs, particularly in the area of independent media in a challenging and dynamic environment.

The successful candidate will be responsible for enhancing and strengthening the DG Division's capacity to manage and to monitor several regional programs. The Activity Manager will support the effective management of DG resources by ensuring the effective implementation of monitoring and oversight systems for DG-funded assistance programs, with a particular focus on independent media development programs.