U.S. Agency International Development (USAID), RRB, ROOM 7 09-070, Office of Procurement, 1300 Pennsyvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20523-7908

R -- PERSONAL SERVICES SOL M-OP-99-1148 DUE 071499 POC Contact,Contacting Officer, Kathleen Hunt, 202/712-1446,Charity Conrad, Contracts Specialist, 202/712-5078 or Email: cconrad@usaid.gov WEB: http://www.info.usaid.gov/procurements_bus_opp/procurement/announce/cb d, http://www.info.usaid.gov. E-MAIL: http://www.info.usaid.gov, cconrad@usaid. USAID is seeking a personal services contractor to fill the position of a Energy an Social Reform Advisor. USAID is assisting countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)and the New Independent States (NIS) former Soviet Union on the reform of the energy, particularly electric power. This position involves working with senior energy officials of host government USAID Missions in CEE and NIS, multilateral financing institutions, and private sector organizations on a range of energy assistance programs particularly in electric power (and also, oil and gas, energy efficiency and global climate change), providing support for the management, monitoring and evaluation of US-AID funded technical assistance and training activities. Selective factors include: (1) Minimum 5 years related experience; (2) Experience in energy program or project management; (3) Experience in economic and institutional aspects of energy sector reform/restructuring; (4) Experience with power sector and regulatory reform related to unbundling electric utilities, creation of competitive markets and asset divestiture and purchase strongly preferred; (5) International experience is essential. The market value is a GS-14 Equivalent. Final compensation will be based upon the candidate's past salary, work history and education background. See minimum qualification guidelines for GS-14 equivalent levels found on the OPM web site: WWW.USAJOBS.OPM.GOV. This CBD notice can be reviewed and downloaded using the Agency Web Site. The PSC solicitations can be downloaded from the Agency web site. The Worldwide Web address is: http://www.info.usaid.gov. Select "Business and Procurement Opportunities" from the Home Page, then "USAID Procurements". On the following screen, select "PSC Solicitations". Receipt of the PSC solicitations through the INTERNET must be confirmed by written notification to the contact person noted above. It is the responsibility of the recipient of this solicitation document to ensure that it has been received from the INTERNET in its entirety and USAID bears no responsibility for data errors resulting from transmission or conversion processes. Posted 06/14/99 (W-SN342717). (0165)

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