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Date January 29

SOLICITATION
ISSUANCE DATE: 1/8/99
CLOSING DATE: 1/25/99

1. SOLICITATION NUMBER:
2. ISSUANCE DATE: January 8, 1999
3. CLOSING DATE/TIME SPECIFIED
   FOR RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS: January 25, 1999
4. POSITION TITLE: Regional Advisor for South Asia
5. MARKET VALUE (INSERT SALARY RATE): $53,793 - $82,638
6. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE:  2/15/99 to 2/14/00
7. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: Kathmandu, Nepal or Delhi, India
8. JOB DESCRIPTION (TO INCLUDE EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND
EXPERIENCE REQUIRED FOR POSITION): Regional Advisor for South Asia (Kathmandu or Delhi)

The Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) of the U.S. Agency for International Development is recruiting for a Regional Advisor for South Asia (Kathmandu or Delhi) who will report to the Senior Regional Advisor for Asia, based in Manila.

RESPONSIBILITIES: Responsible for monitoring and implementation of the OFDA Strategic Plan for Asia; including responding to humanitarian emergencies in South Asia to perform assessments, make recommendations, and facilitate USG response. Carry out a region-wide hazard identification and analysis, maintain and update a hazard database, and identify opportunities for preparedness and mitigation activities. Assist and maintain relations with USAID Missions, US Embassies, host governments, and IO/NGO organizations. Serve as DART Team Leader or Member when necessary.

QUALIFICATIONS: Five years overseas work experience, with at least three in disaster management or related field and at least three in South Asia. Demonstrated ability to work with USG agencies, International organizations, Non-governmental organizations, UN agencies, and host governments. Demonstrated leadership and management abilities, verbal and written communication skills and interpersonal skills. Bachelors degree, Masters preferred. U.S. citizen. Employment is contingent on the candidate's ability to qualify for a secretclearance with USAID. Closing date: January 25, 1999.
Salary range is $53,793 to $82,638.
 

AS A MATTER OF POLICY, AND AS APPROPRIATE, A PSC IS NORMALLY AUTHORIZED THE FOLLOWING BENEFITS:

1. BENEFITS

Employee's FICA Contribution
Contribution toward Health & Life Insurance
Pay Comparability Adjustment
Annual Increase
Eligibility for Worker's Compensation
Annual & Sick Leave

2. ALLOWANCES (if Applicable). *

(A) Temporary Lodging Allowance (Section 120).
(B) Living Quarters Allowance (Section 130).
(C) Post Allowance (Section 220).
(D) Supplemental Post Allowance (Section 230).
(E) Separate Maintenance Allowance (Section 260).
(F) Education Allowance (Section 270).
(G) Education Travel (Section 280).
(H) Post Differential (Chapter 500).
(I) Payments during Evacuation/Authorized
    Departure (Section 600), and
(J) Danger Pay (Section 650).

3. CONTRACT INFORMATION BULLETINS (CIBs) PERTAINING TO PSCs

97-16 Class Justification for Use of Other Than Full & Open Competition for Personal Services Contracts with U.S. Citizens Contracted with Locally with
CCNs and TCNs Subject to the Local Compensation Plan, and for Overseas Contracts of $250,000 or Less

97-11 (Corrected) 1997 FICA & Medicate Tax Rates for Personal Services Contracts

97-6  Contractual Coverage for Medical Evacuation (MEDEVAC) Services

97-3  New USAID Contractor Employee Physical Examination

96-23 Unauthorized Provision in Personal Services Contract

96-19 U. S. Personal Services Contract (USPSC) - Leave

96-11 PSC's Annual Health Insurance Costs

96-8  Determining a Market Value for PSCs Hired Under Appendix D, Handbook 14

94-9  Sunday Pay for U.S. Personal Services Contractors (PSCs)

93-17 Financial Disclosure Requirements Under a Personal Services Contract (PSC)

LIST OF REQUIRED FORMS FOR PSCs

  1. Standard Form 171 or Optional Form 612.
**2. Contractor Physical Examination (AID Form 1420-62).
**3. Questionnaire for Sensitive Positions (for National Security) (SF-86), or
**4. Questionnaire for Non-Sensitive Positions (SF-85).
**5. Finger Print Card (FD-258).

NOTE: Form 5 is available from the requirements office.
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 * Standardized Regulations (Government Civilians Foreign Areas).
** The forms listed 2 thru 5 shall only be completed upon the advice of the Contracting Officer that an applicant is the successful candidate for the job.
 

STATEMENT OF WORK

REGIONAL ADVISOR for SOUTH ASIA (Kathmandu)

Asia is extremely vulnerable to both natural and technological  disasters which have worsened in recent years due to enormous population pressures,  large investments in infrastructure in vulnerable areas, and rapid  industrialization.   However, Asia's capacity to manage disasters has grown substantially in  recent years and Asian nations are now generally capable of managing disasters up  to moderate severity without external assistance.  In major events, however,  most nations of the region face a serious risk of having their overall coping  capacities overwhelmed by disaster response requirements.

OFDA's strategy seeks to reduce the demand for disaster relief,  chiefly by increased preparedness and mitigation activities at the community level,  and by strengthening governments' capacity to meet immediate post-disaster needs  so as to prevent deterioration in the situation of disaster victims.

 STATEMENT OF DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Regional Advisor for South Asia will be based at the USAID Mission, Kathmandu, Nepal, and will report to the Senior Regional Advisor for Asia,  based in Manila.  The South Asia Regional Advisor will be responsible for program  monitoring and implementation of the May 1998 OFDA Strategic Plan for Asia in  collaboration with the OFDA/Washington Asia Regional Team.  The specific duties and responsibilities of the Regional Advisor for South Asia will include:

a) Responding to humanitarian emergencies--natural, technological and conflict-related disasters--in South Asia (India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and  Bangladesh) and, as required, in other parts of Asia and worldwide.  The incumbent will  be required to travel on short notice for periods up to 30 days as a critical  component of U.S. Government disaster and humanitarian response capacity.  As a part  of this travel, the incumbent will conduct initial assessments of damage and  humanitarian needs, recommend appropriate relief assistance/interventions, and  facilitate and coordinate actual U.S. Government emergency response activities;

b) In close coordination with technical counterparts in OFDA/Washington, carrying out a region-wide hazard identification and analysis, and maintaining and updating a hazard database.  Based upon this assessment, the incumbent will identify opportunities for OFDA and other donors to engage in disaster preparedness and mitigation activities in South Asia, help to formulate programs and proposals to avail of such opportunities, provide technical advice to implementing agencies and governments, and provide coordination and managerial oversight of OFDA-funded activities in South Asia;

c) Maintaining close relations with USAID Missions, U.S. Embassies,  host governments, and with national, international and non-governmental  organizations that provide disaster relief assistance and/or engage in disaster  preparedness or mitigation activities in South Asia.  As required, the incumbent shall  assist (and coordinate, as appropriate) these entities with needs assessments and in  identifying appropriate program content, and shall facilitate liaison with other  regional, international and UN organizations;

d) Identifying opportunities for initiation of mitigation measures  that could be linked to disaster response activities, with a view toward reducing the  vulnerability of disaster-prone communities; and

e) Serving as Disaster Assistance Response Team Leader or DART Member when DARTs are dispatched from OFDA/W to Asia and/or the Pacific.

QUALIFICATIONS

The incumbent shall possess the following minimum qualifications:

a) At least five years relevant overseas work experience with the U.S. Government, an international organization or a non-governmental  organization, of which at least three years will have been in disaster management or a  related field;

b) At least three years work experience in South Asia;

c) Demonstrated ability to work with a wide array of organizations  involved in disaster response/mitigation and humanitarian assistance, including U.S. Government agencies (e.g., USAID, State, Defense, CDC, NOAA, USGS), international organizations (e.g., IFRC, ICRC), non-governmental  organizations, UN agencies, and host governments; and,

d) Demonstrated leadership and management abilities, verbal and  written communications skills, and interpersonal skills.