ACQUISITION AND ASSISTANCE SPECIALIST

Position: CAI-D63 ACQUISITION AND ASSISTANCE SPECIALIST, FSN- 10 TAI-D63 ACQUISITION AND ASSISTANCE SPECIALIST, FSN-8 (TRAINING POSITION)

Opening Date: March 9th, 2012

Closing Date: March 23rd, 2012

Work Hours: Full-time; 40 hours/week

Salary: Ordinarily Resident: $480,699.36 Pesos per year (FSN-10 Starting Salary)
$271,821.12 Pesos per year (FSN-8 Starting Salary)

(Note: All ordinarily resident applicants must obtain the required work permit and/or must have the appropriate residency permit to be eligible for consideration.)

*Eligible Family Members and Members of Household must have at least one year remaining to their tour of duty to apply for this job.*

The U.S. Embassy in Mexico City is seeking an individual for the position of Acquisition and Assistance Specialist in the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Basic Function of Position

In coordination with the Regional Contracts Office in El Salvador, the employee has full responsibility for the planning, negotiation, execution and administration of a portfolio of acquisition and assistance instruments. The primary purpose of this position is to perform the full range of acquisition and assistance functions in support of USAID/Mexico programming. The employee serves as the subject matter expert for all acquisition and assistance awards, and is further responsible for the close-out of agreements that have ended.

Qualifications

Note: All applicants must address each selection criterion detailed below with specific and comprehensive information.

- Bachelor’s degree in relevant field such as Business, Finance, Marketing, Law , Accounting or International Trade is required
- FULL PERFORMANCE LEVEL At least Three (3) years of progressively responsible, professional experience in acquisitions/assistance, law, management, business, finance, accounting or a related field is required.
TRAINING LEVEL At least Two (2) years of progressively responsible, professional acquisition/assistance experience is required.
- Level IV (fluent) English and Spanish are required. (Please see “To Apply” on pg 2 for test instructions.)
- Must have excellent analytical, judgment, planning, management, organizational, oral and written communication, and teamwork skills.
- Must have a strong proficiency and comfort level with Microsoft Office software (Word, Excel).

ALL APPLICANTS MUST PASS A RIGOROUS SECURITY CERTIFICATION PROCESS

NOTE: Consideration of EFMs will be based on funding availability. Please contact the EFM Coordinator at x4096 for more details.

ADDITIONAL SELECTION CRITERIA

- Management will consider nepotism/conflict of interest, budget, and residency status in determining successful candidacy.
- Currently employed U.S. Citizen EFMs who hold a FMA appointment are ineligible to apply for advertised positions within the first 90 calendar
days of their employment.
- Currently employed NORs hired under a Personal Services Agreement (PSA) are ineligible to apply for advertised positions
within the first 90 calendar days of their employment, unless currently hired into a position with a When Actually Employed (WAE) work
schedule.
- All Locally Employed Staff (LES) who have less than one year working in a position are not eligible to apply.
- In adherence to the recent guidance from the government of Mexican (GOM) to comply with the Mexican Nationality Law, all Mexican-American dual nationals need to be aware that they will be recognized as Mexican nationals by the GOM. Dual nationals are hereby advised that this may affect their application for employment as well as their application for a security certification. Until further guidance is received from the Legal Office of the State Department, EFMs will continue to be hired under the American Pay Plan; however, should the new policy be implemented, their appointment may change to the Local Compensation Plan.

TO APPLY

Interested applicants for this position MUST submit the following or the application WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED:

- Universal Application for Employment (UAE ) form.
http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/136408.pdf plus
- Other documentation (e.g., copies of High School diploma, school transcripts, certificates, awards, essays) that addresses the qualification requirements of the position as listed in page 1.
- Non-Native Spanish speakers. For Spanish test, applicants should contact Amelia Bravo/Citlalli Millan at extensions 4175/4336 on M-W-F from 4:30 to 5:30. Non-EFMs, will be responsible for test fee.
- Test score of English language exam is required from the following institutions: (Cost is the applicant’s responsibility).
- TOEIC Standard Testing Services, Alpes #120-A, Esq. Prado Norte, Col. Lomas de Chapultepec, 11000 Mexico, D.F., tel. 5540-3555/5540 3959. (VALID FOR TWO (2) YEARS) OR
- TOEFL (iBT/ITP/PBT). Information: http://www.iielatinamerica.org/cgi-bin/contenido.pl?p=centrositp or http://www.usembassy-mexico.gov/bbf/bftoefl.htm (VALID FOR TWO (2) YEARS)
- The scores for Level IV English (fluent) are : (TOEFL iBT 106+ or TOEFL ITP/PBT620+ or TOEIC PBT 850+)
- Copy of typing test score (test may be taken at typingtest.com).
- Applicants who have completed a University Degree in the United States or any other English speaking country will be exempt from taking the ENGLISH TEST.

SUBMIT APPLICATION TO

Human Resources Office
American Embassy
Paseo de la Reforma #305 (PB)
Col. Cuauhtemoc
06500 Mexico, D.F. or

E-mail: MexicoCityHRHD@state.gov (Please refer to position number in subject line of e-mail.) i.e. CAI-D63 Acquisition and Assistance Specialist.

Please check the U.S. Embassy web site for future vacancy announcements: http://www.usembassy-mexico.gov/sPersonnel.html