Food Security and Humanitarian Affairs Advisor (U.S. Mission to the EU/USAID)

NOTE: The selected candidate must be able to obtain and hold a Secret Security Clearance. Therefore, only U.S. Citizens may apply.

The Food Security and Humanitarian Affairs Advisor plays a crucial role in coordinating U.S. and EU responses following disaster and crisis outbreak, thereby increasing efficiency and impact of assistance efforts on effected populations.

S/he monitors/evaluates EU policies, programs and budgets, provides guidance to senior USAID management on emergent and chronic humanitarian issues and flags potential areas of both agreement and disagreement in order to exploit opportunities for increasing shared action in the field and smoothing potential misunderstandings. The job holder designs advocacy strategies for engaging with EU institutions, NGOs, the private sector and European Member States on humanitarian and food security policies and programs in line with USG interests.

The job holder oversees and guides formal processes to develop joint positions in bilateral and multilateral fora, such as international treaty negotiations, and engages non-OECD-DAC donors, Diaspora, and the private sector, all with the aim to advance shared policy and program objectives with these common partners.

The job holder is also called upon to speak regularly in public venues and to seek out opportunities to explain U.S. policy to a range of European audiences.

The vacancy announcement can be found on the web site of the U.S. Embassy. Interested candidates that meet all qualifications of the position are invited to submit their application through the web site of the U.S. Embassy: http://belgium.usembassy.gov/jobs.html by July 21, 2014.