The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is the leading U.S. Government agency responsible for the U.S. foreign development assistance with the twofold purpose of furthering America’s interests while improving lives in the developing world. USAID carries out U.S. foreign policy by promoting broad-scale human progress at the same time it expands stable, free societies, creates markets and trade partners for the United States, and fosters good will abroad. Spending less than 1 percent of the total federal budget, USAID works in over 100 countries to :

Promote broadly shared economic prosperity ; Strengthen democracy and good governance ; Protect human rights ; Improve global health, Advance food security and agriculture ; Improve environmental sustainability ; Further education ; Help societies prevent and recover from conflicts ; and Provide humanitarian assistance in the wake of natural and man-made disasters.

VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT # : Ouaga-2018-26
AID Development Program Assistant FSN/08
BASIC FUNCTIONS OF THE POSITION :
The Office of Transitions Initiatives (OTI) Development Program Assistant serves as the principal assistant to OTI’s Country Representative and Deputy Country Representative as well as assisting other USAID offices when requested. The incumbent is the administrative focal point for the OTI northern Burkina Faso program and assists program staff in a variety of ways such as liaising with OTI and USAID’s Implementing Partner and awardees, setting up meetings and organizing events, drafting communications in English and keeping proper records and files among other administrative and clerical duties.

The complete position description listing all of the duties and responsibilities may be obtained under Career section of USAID website at https://bf.usembassy.gov/embassy/jobs/

CLOSING DATE : November 19, 2018

Applicants must submit the following documents to be considered :
• A cover letter
• An AID 302-3 form (form can be found on this website) : https://bf.usembassy.gov/embassy/jobs/
• A detailed resume
• 3 References
• Copies of relevant degrees

All the above mentioned documents are REQUIRED, must be prepared in ENGLISH and should be addressed as follows : Attention of the Human Resources Office, US Embassy, Ouagadougou at : HROouaga@state.gov
NOTE : Please include the Reference of the Vacancy Announcement you are applying for.

ONLY SHORTLISTED APPLICANTS WILL BE CONTACTED.