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Liberia

Serves as a Mission expert responsible for providing and advising on all acquisition and assistance related matters and instruments necessary to support USAIDs programs at USAID/Liberia when required to ensure successful achievement of the Mission's strategic objectives. Leads the management of a procurement portfolio with a total estimated value of approximately $102 million. Responsible for providing professional level acquisition and assistance (A&A) support to Mission Technical Offices, DO Teams, and any designated regional clients. USAID programs are diverse and multi-sectoral. TheSpecialist is required to guide designated Technical Offices, and/or DO Teams, through acquisition and assistance processes to support a variety of activities. These activities are implemented through complex A&A mechanisms, including but not limited to purchase orders, competitively negotiated contracts, task orders, cooperative agreements, Interagency Agreements (IAA), and sole source or limited competition awards, requiring the Specialist to be expert with regard to the full range of USAID instruments.

Montserrado County, Liberia

The primary purpose of this position is to support the cognizant MissionContracting/Agreement Officer, by performing a variety of A&A duties including, writing grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, and other procurement instruments, and preparing amendments/modifications to suchinstruments in support of the Mission. The Specialist reviews and recommends approval or revision ofrequisitions in the Global Acquisition and Assistance System (GLAAS); reviews and recommends approval or revision of statements of work (SOW); drafts A&A solicitation documents; performs cost and price analysis; analyzes A&A offers or applications received; drafts A&A award instruments and modifications; analyzesbudgets; recommends special A&A award requirements; writes memoranda of negotiation; and, prepares other required documentation. The Specialist maintains up-to-date A&A files and records, manages Contractor Performance Assessment Reports (CPARs), and supports award closeout. The Specialist provides guidance to supported Teams related to A&A award modifications. The Specialist is responsible for carrying out day-to-day activities under the mentorship of more senior Office employees.

Liberia

Supervised all staff of the procurement/purchasing department excluding the Purchasing Manager; solicited and reviewed all local and foreign requisitions for compliance with the above specified institution’s guideline; reviewed all local and foreign requisitions from various department to ensure that all required information is included: Sent out Request for Proposals/Applications and analyze proposal/applications received in accordance with fairness, reasonableness and quality; Prepared different kinds of procurement related reports such as monthly status reports of both local and foreign purchase orders. Reviewed Purchase Orders, Purchase Requisitions, and Ensure that accurate data was posted in the systemReviewed construction contractor’s documents to ensure legality and prepared all contract documents and coordinated all contracts in accordance with the scope of work; and performed other duties as assigned by the supervisor.Solicited and reviewed all local and foreign requisitions for compliance with the above specified institution’s guidelines.

Liberia

Recorded all cash receipts and disbursements, prepared cost centers monthly reports and coordinated activities of cost centers; Maintained subsidiary accounts by verifying, allocating, and posting transactions