Below are short descriptions of SOME of the positions covered under this announcement:
Regional Recruiter: This employee serves as a Recruiter of Volunteers under the general supervision of the Regional Manager, recruiting qualified applicants and screening those candidates for volunteer service in the PC and UN Volunteer program and to build awareness of all PC programs. Regional Recruiters may be assigned to 9 locations (Rosslyn, VA; Boston, MA; New York, NY; Atlanta, GA; San Francisco, CA; Los Angeles, CA; Dallas, TX; Seattle, WA; Chicago, IL).
Country Desk Assistant: This employee is located in a country desk unit of the operations division of IAP, EMA or Africa Regional offices and serves as headquarters representative of overseas staff, trainees and volunteers providing administrative coordination, operational support and program assistance to the Country Desk Officer.
General Administrative Positions: Employees may have responsibility for a wide range of administrative, data management, program management, or financial operations for a specific office. General Administrative positions include Administrative Specialist, Administrative Support Clerk, Executive Assistant, Placement Assistant, Program Specialist, Program Support Assistant, Overseas Support Assistant, Safety/Security Assistant, Data Analyst, etc. Most positions are located at PC Headquarters in Washington, DC, but Administrative Support Clerk and Administrative Specialist positions are available at all 9 Regional Offices (Rosslyn, VA; Boston, MA; New York, NY; Atlanta, GA; San Francisco, CA; Los Angeles, CA; Dallas, TX; Seattle, WA; Chicago, IL).
Medical Screening Assistant: This employee is responsible for the administrative support of the pre-service medical clearance process,. Employee is responsible for assuring the provision of all support functions with the Medical Clearance Unit in order to facilitate and expedite the screening review process.
Training Technician: This employee directly supports the needs of regions and oversees posts in registering new volunteer for service, orienting them to PC and preparing them for training at post. The unit conducts over 100 pre-departure training events annually. Other positions may be involved in staff training at headquarters.
Contract Specialist: This employee may be involved in a wide variety of operational and support contracting activities from acquisition planning, contract award, contract administration and contract closeout. Depending on placement assignment, employee may be assigned to the Operational Contracting Team which support domestic offices or the Overseas Support Team which supports Peace Corps Overseas Posts. Other duties may include working with the Purchase Card Program, direct negotiation with vendors prior to and after contract award, assisting customer offices in planning requirements, and providing support to the policy team concerning contracting processes and procedures.
Information Technology Specialist (Desk Support): This employee provides IT customer support to all staff members at PC HQ. This may include managing and implementing moves, adds and changes to staff workstations; troubleshooting hardware and software problems for staff PCs, peripherals, printers and scanners, testing and employing non-standards software and hardware and participating in other projects as assigned as appropriate within this position.
Financial/Budget Specialist: Financial Specialists process financial transactions, maintains financial records, researches, analyzes, and compiles financial data, and manages financial disbursement activities. Budget Specialists perform routine tasks to produce and disseminate resource utilization information, such as recording daily transactions, providing data for budget reporting, and monitoring authorized and actual expenditures.