Description of Position: The Supervisory Humanitarian Assistance Specialist will:

● Lead the Humanitarian Policy and International Systems Division in identifying, distributing, and balancingworkload and tasks among three teams to ensure timely accomplishment of assigned team tasks; representthe team consensus and convey the team’s findings and recommendations.

● Advise BHA, Agency leadership, and various internal U.S. Government and external stakeholders, andarticulate new developments and effective approaches to humanitarian policy and assistance.● Serve as a technical liaison, coordinating efforts and ensuring alignment with USAID programs, policies,and approaches to humanitarian assistance.

● Be responsible for the development of strategies, plans, program guidance, and dissemination of research results for Agency-wide application and incorporation into humanitarian assistance and policy programs. ● Maintain relationships inside and outside of BHA to assess and review new or unusual circumstances, variations in approach, and incomplete or conflicting information.

● Maintain a strong understanding of the USG interagency, humanitarian policy issues, and BHA’s coordination responsibilities to help inform strategy toward the areas of expertise.

● Informs stakeholders of changes in organizational programs and operations, conducting briefings on major program changes in particular those impacting humanitarian assistance programs and operations overseas.

● Become certified and serve as an Agreement Officer’s Representative/Contracting Officer’s Representative (AOR/COR), performing a wide range of award management functions. Serve as an expert in award management functions, advising the team and providing oversight on related activities to ensure successful management of awards.

● Sign-up for and serve as needed multiple times throughout the year on Washington-based Response Management Teams (RMTs), which provide services and support to Disaster Assistance Response Teams (DARTs) deployed in response to disasters.