*This vacancy is open to Malagasy citizens and non-Malagasy citizens lawfully admitted for permanent residence in Madagascar. Non-Malagasy citizens, if selected, will be compensated on the same schedule of salaries and benefits as are Malagasy citizens.

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The USAID Development Assistance Specialist (Mission Environmental Officer) serves as a technical resource in strategic planning, program and activity design, budgeting, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of the entire Mission portfolio for environmental compliance. The Specialist is officially designated as Mission Environmental Officer (MEO). As MEO, the Specialist ensures all Mission programs/projects/activities are in compliance with Title 22 of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulation (22 CFR 216 or “Reg. 216”). The Specialist contacts and collaborates, at technical level, with counterparts and staff in the host government, with the private sector, with other donor and international organizations, and with other USG entities. The Specialist exercises extensive judgment in planning and carrying out tasks, in resolving problems and conflicts, and in taking steps necessary to meet deadlines. In addition, it is anticipated that the Specialist will be in a travel status to remote areas of the host country and/or the Region at least 25% of the Job Holder’s time.

1. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION

Offers will be initially screened by the Human Resources Office to determine whether they have met the minimum qualifications below. A list of qualified offers will be referred to the evaluation committee for further consideration and screening.

1. 1. Education: At least Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Studies, Ecology, Integrated Sustainable Development, Natural Resources Management, or a closely related field is required.
2. 2. Prior Work Experience: A minimum of five years of progressively responsible experience in an area involving application of environmental impact assessments or closely related regulations, standards, policies and best practices in a developing-country setting is required. This experience must demonstrate the ability to prepare and/or review environmental scoping statements, environmental impact assessments, and implement environmental management plans as required.
3. 3. Language Proficiency: Level IV (advanced professional proficiency) fluency in both oral and written English and French is required.
4. 4. Job knowledge: The Specialist must have in-depth professional-level knowledge of development principles, concepts, and practices, especially as they relate to environmental impact assessment, environmental policies, host country regulations, and environmental best practices and international standards in international development. The Specialist must have knowledge and understanding of the economic, political, social, and cultural characteristics of the host country and the region; the development problems in the environmental sector in the host country and the region; an understanding of the resource constraints, and overall development prospects and priorities of the host country and the region. The Specialist must have knowledge and understanding of the organization and respective roles of the different levels of the host government, in order to enhance effective communication, and to develop consensus on USAID strategy and program/project/activity implementation.
   5. Skills and Abilities: The Specialist must have strong advisory and facilitation skills and be able to demonstrate experience applying these skills. The Specialist should possess strong interpersonal and teamwork skills, and proven ability to work independently, with minimal supervision or guidance; and proven ability to communicate quickly, clearly, and concisely, both orally and in writing, including in the preparation of substantive environmental reports. The Specialist must be able to obtain, evaluate, and interpret factual data, to prepare precise, accurate, and complete reports using computer software applications, and to develop and present briefings; and apply this knowledge to complex problems in the host country and the region.