USPSC Country Program Manager, U. S. Strategy to Prevent Conflict and Promote Stability, USAID/Togo

The USAID West Africa Regional Mission (USAID/WA) and U.S. Embassy Lomé seeks an offshore U.S. Personal Services Contractor (USPSC) for the position of the USAID Togo Country Program Manager to serve as the USAID focal point on the Global Fragility Act and the United States Strategy to Prevent Conflict and Promote Stability, as well as the resident point of contact and liaison for other USAID activities in Togo.

The USAID West Africa Regional Mission partners with regional organizations, the private sector and with local partners to achieve peace and prosperity. Our strategic vision focuses on transnational, transboundary, and multi-country issues. Our regional program, encompassing 21 countries including Togo, reinforces and supports the United States Agency for International Development and the United States Government’s bilateral investments, moving the region toward greater freedom, prosperity, health, resilience, and, ultimately, sustainability. Delivering our programmatic services at the local, national, and regional levels, USAID/West Africa engages with West Africans to leverage the benefits of collective action.

The landmark 2019 Global Fragility Act (GFA) presents a new and necessary opportunity for the U.S. Government (USG) to prioritize conflict prevention and transform how it partners with countries affected by fragility and conflict to foster a more peaceful and stable world. The 2020 U.S. Strategy to Prevent Conflict and Promote Stability (SPCPS) conceives an integrated, evidence-based, prevention- focused, coherent, and field-driven approach to address drivers of fragility that can threaten U.S. national security and ultimately cost millions of U.S. taxpayer dollars.

The new U.S. SPCPS reflects a response to emerging threats and opportunities and outlines guiding principles to inform our whole-of-government work, in partnership with other countries, institutions, and organizations, as we implement the SPCPS and its four goals. The GFA requires a holistic approach to help partners address the political, social, and economic drivers of fragility, expand effective and accountable governance, and bolster local conflict resolution mechanisms. The U.S. SPCPS recognizes the transnational nature of threats to stability facing certain regions, and the need for regional solutions to address them. SPCPS implementation in Coastal West Africa (CWA) provides the opportunity to build capacity to respond more effectively to shocks and emerging challenges and leverage the transnational social, economic, and political nexuses that contribute to resilience and peace.