Regional Award Operations and Performance Specialist

Credence; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 144,000 - 184,000; Full time

Job summary

Credence seeks a Regional Health Awards Specialist to oversee G2G and SOAG activities, ensuring alignment of strategy and execution within the health sector contracts. The role emphasizes governance, risk management, and performance-based awards across multiple countries.

The position requires extensive experience with the contracts and grants lifecycle, providing cradle-to-grave SME support, and coordinating with contracting and grants officers to review and obligate funds.

Qualifications

• Experience with government-to-government contracts and grant mechanisms.
• Knowledge of SOAGs, G2Gs, and performance-based awards in health aid.
• Strong governance, risk management, and compliance capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple concurrent G2G risk assessments in assigned countries.
• Coordinate risk assessment scope, draft reports, and monitor financial management actions.
• Establish standardized tools for planning, field work and reporting of G2Gs and SOAGs.
• Provide strategic advice on awards mechanics, policy compliance, and performance metrics.
• Mentor mid-level personnel and support procurement lifecycle activities.

Skills

G2G Agreements

SOAGs

Performance-based awards

Contracts lifecycle

Mentorship

Education

BS in relevant field

MS in relevant field

PhD in relevant field

HS 16+ years experience

Tools

Microsoft Office

SharePoint

Job description

Overview

Join a team where innovation meets mission. Our AI, cloud, cyber, and modernization solutions save agencies thousands of hours, safeguard national security, and strengthen health and humanitarian missions worldwide. With 1,700+ team members, 1,500+ AI/data experts, and 100+ prime contracts, we deliver at scale and with purpose.

We’ve been recognized as a Top Workplace by The Washington Post for six consecutive years and named to the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies list in 13 of the past 14 years. Credence is a welcoming environment for those looking to grow and make a meaningful impact. We encourage employees to push boundaries and engage in solving critical, world-changing federal challenges.

Position Summary

The Humanitarian Assistance Support Contract (HASC) combines deep institutional expertise, technical leadership, and a strong commitment to U.S. missions. Through HASC, Team Credence provides operational and administrative support to the U.S. Department of State (DOS) to coordinate humanitarian assistance, disaster response, and foreign assistance efforts across multiple bureaus, maintaining a 24/7 response capability.

Credence has an immediate need for a Regional Award Operations and Performance Specialist.

The Bureau for Global Health Security and Diplomacy (GHSD) leads U.S. diplomatic efforts to advance global health security, prevent and respond to infectious disease threats, and strengthen health systems worldwide. GHSD seeks a consultant to provide compliance support for initiatives that advance the America First Global Health Strategy (AFGHS) in Asia.

The Regional Health Awards Specialist (procurement support) provides overall strategic guidance, oversight, and high-level expertise for ensuring that health assistance is driving operational excellence, addressing the governance, accountability, risk management, reporting, and continuous improvement requirements. This role serves as the operational backbone of grant and contract vehicles including strategic objective agreements (SoAgs), performance-based government to government agreements (G2Gs), and performance-based fixed amount awards (FAA) ensuring alignment between strategy and execution. The incumbent serves as a senior grants officer representative and is core to ensuring health assistance projects and their implementation is targeted, efficient, impactful, accountable, and strategically aligned with the AFGHS.

The Officer may work on several priority procurements at a time in multiple countries and as such must be self-driven, well organized, and knowledgeable about global health, the full procurement lifecycle, and compliance requirements.

Day-to-day oversight of the position will be provided by a designated DOS government technical manager (GTM), with formal supervisory and evaluation functions performed by a Team Credence contract supervisor.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Under the direction of designated GTM, the Regional Health Awards Specialist will:

Government to Government Agreements (G2G)

• Lead the performance of multiple, concurrent G2G Ministry-level (Stage 2) Risk Assessments in assigned countries.
• Coordinate with risk assessment team to finalize the scope of each risk assessment, draft the risk assessment report, prepare risk mitigation plans for COM approval, and monitor the implementation of the financial management aspects of the G2G activity, including corrective actions on the risk mitigation plan.
• Establish standardized tools to guide the planning, field work and reporting stages of the Ministry-level risk assessments.
• Participate in country-level Fiduciary Oversight, Risk Management Support and Measurement, Evaluation and Learning activities.

Strategic Objective Agreements (SOAGs)

• Lead the performance of multiple, concurrent SOAG establishment efforts in assigned countries.
• Coordinate with SOAG team to finalize the scope of each SOAG, draft the agreement, prepare approval package for COM approval, clear to package, and monitor the implementation of the financial management aspects of the SOAG activity, including corrective actions on the risk mitigation plan.
• Establish standardized tools to guide the planning, field work and reporting stages of SOAGs.
• Participate in country-level Fiduciary Oversight, Risk Management Support and Measurement, Evaluation and Learning activities.

Performance-Based Awards

• Provide authoritative advice to U.S. Mission on the use of performance-based awards to achieve assistance objectives;
• Substantive knowledge of health assistance areas and the associated metrics and outcomes used to measure progress with strengthening health systems and combatting health threats.
• Provide advice on compliance with policy and regulations for foreign assistance and Global Health funds.

General Award Support

• Extensive experience in the contracts and grants lifecycle—providing cradle to grave services and subject-matter expertise (SME) while ensuring rapid, efficient, and effective response to acquisition and assistance needs.
• Assist in developing and drafting documents for variety of different procurement actions supporting Contracting Officers, Grants Officers Directors, and Deputy Directors to review, approve, and/or obligate funds.
• Extensive experience in the contracts and grants lifecycle—providing cradle to grave services and subject-matter expertise (SME) while ensuring rapid, efficient, and effective response to acquisition and assistance needs.
• Mentor mid-level personnel.

Education and Experience:

• BS 12+ year of relevant experience
• MS 10+ years relevant experience,
• PhD 8+ years relevant experience, or
• HS 16+ of relevant experience.

• Exceptional attention to detail.
• Excellent communications skills – written and verbal.
• Required to have US citizenship with the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret Clearance.
• Required to work in GMT +7 time zone, spending approximately 50% of time in Asia.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a US Government issued Secret clearance for the duration of your employment.
• May be required to pursue a U.S. Department of State medical clearance for the duration of employment on this contract.

Preferred qualifications

• Knowledge of global health assistance programming and principles.
• Experience working in Asia.
• Technical expertise as well as knowledge of large procurement administration practices.
• Understanding of different procurement types and congressional funding rules and regulations.

Other Requirements

• Possess excellent judgment and reliability;
• Have strong organizational skills and exceptional attention to detail;
• Possess excellent oral and written communication skills;
• Have strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications and SharePoint;
• Be able to multi-task and work under deadlines in a fast-paced and collaborative environment;
• Be capable of prioritizing tasks and follow up on actions without prompting;
• Be flexible and adaptable to changing circumstances; and
• Be willing to go the extra mile and participate as an active team member who assists other team members as necessary.

Position-Specific Conditions

• Applicants must be U.S. citizens and able to meet all applicable program, security, and eligibility requirements.
• The final employment arrangement, duty location, and engagement mechanism for this position are subject to program requirements and approvals. Qualified candidates may be considered under different employment arrangements, as applicable.
• This position supports stakeholders operating primarily in the GMT+7 time zone and requires regular availability during those business hours. The role also involves approximately 50% travel within Asia. Relocation assistance is not available. Candidates must be able to work effectively within the GMT+7 time zone and meet the travel requirements of the position without employer-sponsored relocation.

Salary Range:For U.S.-based hires, the anticipated compensation range is $143,913-$183,833. Final compensation will be determined based on location, employment arrangement, experience, qualifications, and program requirements