USAID
STATEMENT OF DUTIES
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.
MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The USAID Development Assistance Specialist (Mission Environmental Officer) provides a high level of technical guidance on environmental compliance, as follows:
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION
Education: The work requires a bachelor’s degree in environmental studies, Ecology, Integrated Sustainable Development, Natural Resources Management, or a closely related field.
Prior Work Experience: A minimum of five years of progressively responsible experience in an area involving application of environmental impact assessment 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 implementing environmental management plans.
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