Subject Matter Expert (SME), Private Sector Engagement (PSE), USAID PSE Bullpen
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At Dexis, you will experience a corporate culture of inclusiveness, fairness, and trust. You will be given the means and mentorship needed to succeed, and your creativity will be rewarded.
POSITION DESCRIPTION
About the Project
Through the Private Sector Engagement Modernization Contract (PSEMC), Dexis supports the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID’s) Private Sector Engagement (PSE) Hub to expand and deepen collaboration with the private sector to achieve greater development outcomes. The PSE Hub’s mission is to create the institutional conditions, operating infrastructure, and capacity necessary to expand engagement with the private sector in the United States and partner countries. The PSE Hub works to transform and modernize how USAID does development by institutionalizing USAID’s PSE policy and delivering capacity- and systems-building support for PSE across all sectors, operating units, and countries where USAID operates.
About the Position
Dexis is developing a bullpen of subject matter experts (SMEs) in private sector engagement (PSE) to support USAID’s PSE Hub within the Bureau of Development, Democracy, and Innovation (DDI), as well as USAID’s Missions and Operating Units globally. The SMEs are eligible to provide institutional support to USAID in a short-term capacity, ranging from three (3) to twelve (12) months. They will possess expertise across a breadth of technical and administrative functions required to successfully implement USAID PSE policy.
Applicants will be screened for potential inclusion in a USAID-facing portal that program offices and Missions can use to find pre-vetted highly qualified consultants in PSE relevant areas listed below. Inclusion in the portal does not guarantee eventual employment, and all opportunities are contingent upon USAID needs and funding.
Areas of subject matter expertise include, but are not limited to:
- Mobilizing Finance/Leveraging Capital:
- Blended finance and risk mitigation strategies
- Development/innovative finance
- Financial inclusion and Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) finance
- Climate and other specialized industry finance
- Financial sector development/financial market deepening
- Municipal/sub-sovereign debt
- Corporate and other public debt instruments
- Development and Social Impact Bonds
- Securities exchanges and instruments
- Non-bank financial institutions
- Institutional capital
- FinTech
- Infrastructure financing and public-private partnerships and structures
- Securitization and alternative debt structures
- Investment funds and financing facilities (structuring and diligence)
- Disaster risk financing
- Relationships/Engaging with Companies:
- Partnership/alliance development
- Relationship management and customer service
- Industry, value chain, and market opportunity analysis
- Navigating USAID Processes:
- Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL), including development and implementation of MEL plans
- Acquisition and assistance, including federal purchasing, grant making, and fund management
- Program support, including project design, implementation and improvement
- Strategic planning
- Strategic communications, knowledge management, and brand management
- Human resources processes and their applications for PSE
- Business process engineering
- Customers, Market Segmentation, and Scaling Impact:
- Customer segmentation
- Product strategy and marketing
- Business model innovation
QUALIFICATIONS
Required
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (master’s degree preferred).
- For mid-level professionals, five (5) years of relevant work experience in one or more of the private sector engagement areas listed above.
- For senior-level professionals, eight (8) years of relevant work experience in one or more of the private sector engagement areas listed above.
- For some expert-level roles, ten (10) years of experience or more may be required.
Preferred
- Ability to obtain a Facility Access Clearance (Public Trust) or Secret clearance may be preferred for some opportunities.
Dexis is on a mission to help solve today’s most pressing global political, social, and economic challenges and create a world where all people are safe and prosperous. As a Dexis employee, you will be challenged, empowered, and mentored. Our motto is “find a way or make a way” — that’s how Dexis goes “all in.” How will you?
If you are passionate about this opportunity, apply now!
Only those applicants who meet the above criteria will be contacted for interview.
Dexis is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, religion, pregnancy, disability, age, genetic information, military service, veteran status, ethnicity, citizenship, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, childbirth and related medical conditions, including lactation, or any other protected class under applicable law.
As part of a competitive benefits package for eligible employees, Dexis provides healthcare insurance in addition to other staff welfare benefits and perks.
If you are hired for a position that is paid from the Dexis home office, you will be required to submit proof that you have received the COVID-19 vaccine unless you qualify for a legally recognized medical or religious exception to the vaccine requirement. This does not apply to AL, AZ, FL, KS, MT, NH, ND, or TX residents.
What We Do
Dexis is a professional services firm that solves the most pressing social challenges in complex environments, paving the way for a more secure and prosperous world.
We advance the mission of leading global engagement agencies, including USAID, the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Department of Defense, and the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. We specialize in stabilization and conflict mitigation, security sector assistance, rule of law, anti-corruption, and inclusive economic growth.
Our staff of over 500 full-time employees maintain an active presence across 80 countries. Our ISO 9001-certified quality management system (QMS) makes us a reliable partner with our clients.
Established in 2001, Dexis has grown at double-digit rates for over a decade and is now a solidly middle-market company, a feat demonstrated by 2.5% of small government services firms. Dexis’ agile, digital-forward workforce and robust business platforms ensure adaptive management is built into everything we do.
As a minority-owned company, we are committed to diversity and inclusion as the foundation of our corporate culture. Women make up seventy percent of staff and half of our executive leadership team. Forty percent of our staff and leadership team are from minority or historically under-represented communities.
We are an active member of the communities where we work and provide matching donations to employee-driven social causes. Our employees have top ranked Dexis in Glassdoor as a company with the best growth prospects among its peers.
