Legal Advisors

The Bureau for Management, Office of Management Services, Overseas Management Division, (M/MS/OMD), is hiring Legal Advisors, who will be U.S. Personal Services Contractors (USPSCs) on intermittent contracts. The intermittent USPSCs for these awards will be members of the “Legal Tiger Team”.

The Legal Tiger Team members will provide rapid response to urgent demands, additional specialized skills, or requests for services that cannot otherwise be accomplished in a country where personnel have been displaced, or where there has been a surge of activity that exceeds the capacity of that of USAID’s personnel.

The USPSC must be prepared to work abroad in USAID missions and embassies, often with little time for preparations. Legal Tiger Team members are expected to deploy a minimum of 60 days per contract year to remain active Tiger Team members. Deployments can be for any period of time from two (2) weeks to almost a full year.

At the time the USPSC accepts the assignment, he/she is expected to commit for the duration of the assignment. The USPSC shall notify USAID at the time of assignment commitment if his or her existing schedule would preclude an extension. Notification of schedule conflicts shall not necessarily disqualify the USPSC from the assignment but will simply assist USAID in recruiting a replacement. However, if a USPSC is not available for the minimum number of work assignments offered during a contract year (a minimum of 60 cumulative days), or performance reviews are rated unsuccessful, USAID may choose not to exercise the option years of the PSC’s contract, thus terminating their contract after the first year.

USPSCs are considered employees of USAID for all purposes except programs administered by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) – such as federally sponsored health insurance, life insurance, and retirement benefits. However, there are several other similar benefits that USPSCs may participate in, such as partial reimbursement for health and life insurance costs, as well as full coverage of workers’ compensation, among other benefits.