Vacancy Announcement: Project Management Assistant

The United States Embassy in Hanoi, Vietnam is seeking an eligible and qualified applicant for the position of Project Management Assistant in its U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

1. VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT NO.: USAID-2021-04
2. OPENING DATE: April 02, 2021
3. CLOSING DATE: May 01, 2021, 17:00 Hanoi time
4. AREA OF CONSIDERATION: All Interested candidates/All sources who are Cooperating Country National. Cooperating country national (CCN) means an individual who is a cooperating country citizen, or a non- cooperating country citizen lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the cooperating country.
5. POINT OF CONTACT: Quyen Hoang, Human Resources Specialist at qhoang@usaid.gov; Tel: +84-24-3850-5000 ; ext. 2763 ; and Loan Nguyen, Human Resources and Travel Assistant at loannguyen@usaid.gov; Tel: +84-24-3850-5000; at ext. 2673.
6. POSITION TITLE: Project Management Assistant, 50003997
7. MARKET VALUE/Salary (per annum): US$ 20,075.00 – US$ 30,125.00 (FSN-09) Added by attractive allowances, cash and non-cash benefits and incentives according to U.S. Embassy Vietnam’s Local Compensation Plan.
8. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE/Length of the contract/ WORK SCHEDULE: Definite term - five years / Monday through Friday (40 hours per week). USAID expects the services under this contract to be continuing in nature for the contractor to perform under a series of sequential contracts, subject to the availability of fund.
9. PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: USAID/Vietnam/Ho Chi Minh City/ 8 Floor, Diamond Plaza, 34 Le Duan, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
10. SECURITY LEVEL REQUIRED: Local Security Certification or Public Trust
11. BACKGROUNDINFORMATIONOFTHEPOSITION

The Project Management Assistant (Vulnerable Populations Portfolio) is located at the United Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission in Ho Chi Minh (HCMC), Vietnam and is assigned to support the Contracting Officer’s Representatives/Agreement Officer’s Representatives (CORs/AORs), who are primarily responsible for managing

awards to support vulnerable populations, particularly persons with disabilities, for USAID/Vietnam’s Social Sector Development Office (SSDO). Within SSDO, the Activity Manager (AM) is assigned to participate in the work of the organization by supporting CORs/AORs in order to increase efficacy in meeting Vulnerable Populations Team, SSDO, USAID and USG goals and objectives. The AM’s tasks include supporting project design, budgeting, compliance, performance monitoring and evaluation, and project close-out. S/he conducts a variety of complex research, analysis and reporting, and supports internal cross-cutting efforts and external coordination with USG and GVN stakeholders and implementing partners (IP). S/he may be asked to directly respond to non-technical questions and provide advice and opinions on technical matters related to Disability programs to the AOR/CORs for final decision. Work includes a variety of research, reporting, communication, monitoring and analytical duties and coordinating work with COR/AORs, the SSDO Director or his/her designees, other USAID mission offices, inter-agency contacts and host country government and non-government counterparts.