USAID Kosovo Compete Activity
JOB DESCRIPTION AND STATEMENT OF WORK
Cardno is a professional infrastructure and environmental services company, with expertise in the development and improvement of physical and social infrastructure for communities around the world. Cardno is implementing a USAID funded project in Kosovo and is looking for qualified individuals to join our Kosovo based team.
Description of Project: USAID has awarded Cardno a five year, $16.4M contract to promote resilient, self-sustaining market systems, and to facilitate the private sector’s improved competitiveness in local, regional and global markets.
Through the USAID Kosovo Compete Activity, Cardno will work to empower firms, organizations and institutions to improve market systems. The Activity will focus in three key export-oriented sectors, ICT, Wood and Food processing to sustainable increase their competitiveness. By working to address constraints across the system, the Activity will enable scalable and systemic change to occur, stimulating job creation and growth and private sector increased ability to engage in local, regional and international markets. The expected results of the Activity across all three sectors are 1) Market systems are strengthened to increase sector competitiveness and 2) market actors within those market systems are more productive and competitive.
The Activity is recruiting for the following position on the Project:
Name of Position | Grants Assistant |
General Responsibilities
| The Grants Assistant has primary responsibility to provide daily support to the Grants and Subcontracts Manager. The Grants Assistant will assist the Grants and Subcontracts Manager in ensuring that all procurements and grants are provided in full compliance with applicable Federal Acquisition Regulations and other USAID rules contained in relevant Automated Directives System documents, and in Compete Activity Operations Manual and Grants Manual. The position helps maintain complete files of all documents evidencing compliance with these rules, regulations, and procedures. |
Specific Tasks and Responsibilities | Grants Responsibilities:
Deliverables, Outputs, and Outcomes
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Minimum Education Requirement | University Degree required |
Minimum Professional Experience/Capabilities |
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Period of Performance | September 2022 - August 2025 |
Level of Effort | 100%, full-time (260 days per year) |
Supervisor | Grants and Subcontracts Manager |
Supervisory role | None |
Application:
To apply please submit your CV and a one-page cover letter in English.
Please send the requested documents electronically to the following email: [email protected]
All submissions must be received on or before Wednesday, August 31, 2022. Only shortlisted candidates will be interviewed.