Senior Acquisition & Assistance Specialist

The PSC will provide technical assistance to USAID/Burundi in the execution of program/project-funded contracts, cooperative agreements, grants, and United States Government (USG) Agreements in accordance with Agency Procurement Acquisition Lead Time (PALT) metrics, including providing staff support on all aspects of procurement and contract management relating to and affecting USAID's acquisition and assistance programs, policy and project planning, design, implementation and evaluation, and participating in project and mission policy formulation, project design resource assessments, sector analyses, and other studies. The PSC will serve as a primary contractual advisor to a number of programs and projects in the Mission. The PSC will prepare and negotiate modifications of basic contractual text, terms and conditions, specifications, scopes of work, program descriptions, and costs in the full range of award instruments. The PSC will plan for and provide procurement and contract management support to accomplish program objectives, and provide proper and timely administration of all assigned acquisition and assistance awards, to include clarifications and interpretations of directive correspondence, and other miscellaneous administrative modifications to procurement instruments. The PSC will seek resolution and settlement of contract disputes, termination and settlement of procurement instruments, close outs, and reporting of contractor performance. The PSC will compose and prepare all manner of contractual correspondence to include debriefing letters, responses to protest, congressional inquiries and audit recommendations.