Vacancy ASEAN-USAID PROSPECT - Procurement Assistant

ASEAN-USAID Partnership for Regional Optimization within the Political Security and Socio-Cultural Communities (ASEAN-USAID PROSPECT)

Procurement Assistant

DAI is seeking a Procurement Assistant for a 5-year USAID-funded project focused on providing technical support and institutional strengthening to help ASEAN achieve its goal of building a more inclusive, rules-based, and prosperous Southeast Asia. The Procurement Assistant will provide administrative assistance to the Procurement and Grants Officer to support activities under the ASEAN-U.S. PROSPECT program. 

Responsibilities:

·       Support competitive and transparent procurement processes, ensuring cost reasonableness, allocability, and allowability under USAID regulations and DAI policies and procedures;

·       Develop bid documentation, including scopes of work, specifications, evaluation criteria, performance indicators, and Requests for Proposals as needed;

·       Support training of the project team to ensure compliance with all applicable USAID regulations and DAI policies and procedures;

·       Assist in the administration of grants under contract as needed;

·       Analyze and evaluate vendor bids, ensuring adherence to requested information and established DAI policies and procedures;

·       Maintain procurement and grants databases, including vendor records, consulting with other DAI projects in Indonesia and the region as appropriate;

·       Help ensure grantee and vendor understanding of and compliance with USAID regulations and DAI policies and procedures; and

·       Perform additional tasks assigned by the Procurement and Grants Officer as required.

The Procurement Assistant will be based in Jakarta, Indonesia. She/he will report to the Procurement and Grants Officer.

Qualifications:

·       Bachelor’s degree in administration, accounting, or related field.

·       Minimum of 3 years professional experience in procurement, project administration, and/or accounting, preferably in an international development environment.

·       Experience working on USAID-funded projects preferred..

·       Able to work under tight deadlines with minimal supervision.

·       Able to work in a team.

·       Written and spoken English language fluency required.

·       Excellent computer skills and familiarity with computer software programs, including MS Word and Excel.

Please submit your CV to prospectrecruitment@dai.com by January 25^th, 2019. Only finalists will be contacted.