Solicitation for U.S. Personal Services Contractor (USPSC) as a Executive Officer, USAID/West Africa

This position is located in the Regional Executive Office (REXO) of USAID/West Africa and will be based in Accra with periodic travels to Benin, Cameroon, and Cote d’Ivoire. The REXO is responsible for administration and internal management activities of the USAID Missions of USAID/West Africa (USAID/WA), including its field offices in Cote d’Ivoire, Cameroon, and Benin) and USAID/Ghana. It also provides management guidance to USAID/Benin.

The REXO provides administrative and logistical support to all program operations. It is in charge of USAID communications and records, non-ICASS local and offshore procurement (within the warrant limits of the Executive Officer and Mission Director), cross-border motor pool operations for USAID/WA, personnel functions, information technology systems, property management, implementing partner support, travel and space management.

Other functions include developing, executing and monitoring the operating expense (OR) budget in coordination with the Financial Management Office; reviewing program implementation documentation regarding management support requirements; assessing efficiency of internal management policies and procedures; and issuing USAID Administrative management regulations and procedures.

The office is responsible for maintaining liaison with Embassy Administrative Officers and for monitoring the quality and quantity of services provided as agreed between the agencies under the Inter-Agency Cooperative Administrative Support Services (ICASS) agreement. The USPSC Executive Officer (EXO) will report directly to the Supervisory Executive Officer (S/EXO). The USPSC/EXO serves the mission on the full range of support services, activities, and oversight to the complex daily operations of the REXO Office.

The USPSC/EXO will be expected to provide leadership, guidance, and professional expertise and knowledge and collaborate closely with staff in all management and logistical EXO functions. The USPSC/EXO may serve as acting Supervisory Executive Officer in the absence of USDH EXOs. When the USPSC EXO is in an acting capacity, the EXO will report directly to the Deputy Mission Director and Administer on day-to-day operations of the Executive Office