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$181,216 a year
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- Provides authoritative guidance to US Agency for International Development/Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (USAID/BHA) concerning international volcanic events and their potential to become disasters that require a humanitarian response from the U.S. government.
- Coordinates a team of USGS-BHA Geoscience Advisors who manage or represent USGS-BH funded projects including the Landslide and Earthquake Disaster Assistance Teams, the Volcano Disaster Assistance Program, and any other nascent or future USGS efforts.
- Independently provides programming and policy guidance to USAID and BHA for geological-hazard related projects, mainly for volcanic events; including the use of independent, decision- making authority to develop and plan funding for geological hazard-related programs.
- Provides high-level geological-hazard guidance to other USAID bureaus and programs as well as to other USG agencies.
- Leads and participates in international crisis-response activities on behalf of BHA and USGS, which may include on-site or remote assistance in the evaluation of potential hazards and risks to the U.S. and foreign governments, as well as appropriate response.
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