Amentum Hiring for MENAE Staffing Specialist at Jefferson City, Missouri Full Time

Macfadden, an Amentum company, seeks a Staffing Specialist to support the Office of Middle East, North Africa, and Europe (MENAE) within USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (USAID/BHA). BHA leads and coordinates the U.S. Government’s humanitarian assistance efforts overseas in response to natural disasters and protracted crises. The Bureau also supports early recovery efforts that restore and protect basic systems and services and invests in risk reduction programs that prevent or reduce risks associated with chronic and recurrent hazards.

The MENAE Staffing Specialist will facilitate office-wide recruitment by supporting the administrative and operational staffing responsibilities of MENAE leadership and staff. Day-to-day work assignments and oversight are provided by the MENAE Management and Integration Team (MIT) Team Lead or a delegate, with formal supervisory and evaluation functions performed by a Macfadden contract supervisor.

The responsibilities of the MENAE Staffing Specialist include:

• Managing and tracking the office’s recruitment actions and maintaining recruitment records, including emails, electronic files and spreadsheets, and file folders.
• Working closely with USAID’s Office of Acquisition and Assistance and the Talent, Acquisition, Management, Outreach (TAMO) and Workforce Planning teams in BHA’s Office of Humanitarian Business and Management Operations to ensure that the office is following guidelines related to bureau recruitment processes.
• Proactively following up with all parties involved in a recruitment, following through on timelines and deadlines.
• Drafting and distributing routine recruitment communications, including notes and staffing action items to office leadership.
• Maintaining and updating the office’s organizational charts on a recurring basis.
• Developing new systems and approaches to address ongoing recruitment challenges.
• Supporting planning processes for temporary staff activations, rotations, and details.
• Tracking personnel performance evaluation deadlines, contract end dates, and updates on security clearances and State Med medical clearances, and supporting the office to submit timely documentation related to personnel contract modifications.
• Facilitating administrative support, placement, and onboarding for new staff across various hiring mechanisms, including foreign service, detailees, and personal services contractors.
• Researching policy, guidance and processes, as they relate to various federal hiring mechanisms used at BHA, to support the execution of a variety of administrative and human resource actions.
• Serving on Technical Evaluation Committees in an administrative capacity, as needed, to participate in personnel contract procurement processes.

Education, Experience, and Skills Requirements

• Must have at least 6 years of related experience with a Master’s degree, 8 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree, or 10 years of related experience without a degree.
• A minimum of two years of experience managing human resources, staffing and/or project operations, including experience supporting senior- and mid-level managers, preferably in a government environment.
• Strong applied knowledge of the MS Office Suite (Word, Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint) and Google Workspace applications is required.
• Knowledge of USAID or U.S. Government rules and regulations related to personal services and institutional services staffing, recruitment, and contracting is preferred but not required.

Qualified candidates should:

• Possess strong communication and organizational skills;
• Be able to multi-task in a fast-paced environment with multiple, overlapping deadlines;
• Work well with others to ensure that tasks are completed well and on time;
• Be able to problem-solve and think critically;
• Have strong attention to detail;
• Be flexible and adaptable to changing circumstances; and
• Be willing to go the extra mile.

Must be able to obtain and maintain a US Government issued Secret clearance for the duration of your employment. Only applicants who currently hold an active Secret or higher-level security clearance or who are eligible to receive a Secret security clearance will be considered for this position.

Amentum is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender, national origin, age, United States military veteran’s status, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, family structure, medical condition including genetic characteristics or information, veteran status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law.

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