Вакансія: Sub-NationaІ Anti-Corruption ComрІiance & ControІ Lead
ЗАВЕРШЕНО
Management Systems International (MSI), a Tetra Tech Company, is a Washington, D.C. metro area management consultancy with a 40-year history of delivering results for our clients. Our expertise is in the fields of monitoring and evaluation; democracy and governance; peace and stability; rule of law and accountability; education; gender and inclusion; strategic communications; and leadership and organizational development. MSI has implemented projects in 90 countries around the world such as Colombia, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Syria and Ukraine, and works domestically. We support clients ranging from the U.S. Government (e.g., the U.S. Agency for International Development, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Departments of State and Labor, and the Millennium Challenge Corporation) to large bilateral and multilateral donors (e.g., the World Bank and the United Nations Development Program). We also work with national and local governments, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), think tanks, foundations and universities. For more information, please visit our website at www.msiworldwide.com.
Project Summary:
The USAID Ukraine Pro-Integrity project is the follow-on to the six-year Ukraine Support to Anti-Corruption Champion Institutions (SACCI) program. The USAID Ukraine Pro-Integrity project will coordinate efforts to reduce incidences of corruption to contribute to the building of a better Ukraine. The activity will work across the following three objectives: (1) strengthen national level anti-corruption institutional capacity to advance corruption prevention, detection, and deterrence; (2) strengthen anti-corruption compliance and control in local governance; and (3) advance transparency and accountability in resilience, recovery, and reconstruction efforts. The project will be implemented over a five-year period with an estimated ceiling of $90 million at the national and sub-national level in the municipalities and communities most crucial for delivering Ukraine’s robust recovery. The Activity will be co-funded by USAID and the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) and managed by USAID. The candidate will be based in Ukraine and must be willing to be based in Ukraine during the entirety of the project (city to be determined).
Position Summary:
The Anti-Corruption Compliance Lead will oversee the Objective 2 team dedicated to strengthening anti-corruption compliance and control in local governance. The goals under this objective include enhancing institutional capacities, developing and deploying cutting-edge anti-corruption tools, and facilitating robust civil society oversight to hold local authorities accountable. This position is conditional upon MSI winning the proposal.
Responsibilities:
- Reporting to the Deputy Chief of Party, the Anti-Corruption Compliance Lead will oversee a team of diverse technical experts, program staff, and partner organizations working at the national and local levels to advance ant-corruption policy implementation, with a focus on the following project sub-objectives:
– Strengthen local government institutional arrangements to promote the independence, effectiveness, and efficiency of anti-corruption efforts.
– Build the capacity of the National Agency of Corruption Prevention’s ability to set standards, establish methods, create materials and work with state regional administrations to audit and inspect local government compliance with anti-corruption standards in accordance with international principles.
– Strengthen the capacity of anti-corruption compliance officers in local governments.
– Support civic monitoring and oversight of target local government activities with high corruption risks.
– Support initiatives to strengthen the enabling environment for civic oversight through local government reforms resulting in greater access to public information, open data, and establishment of civic oversight councils, among others.
– Support citizen engagement with the help of digital tools at local level and the digitalization of local government budgeting and decision-making allows for participatory approaches, maximum transparency, and resulting government open data.
– Facilitate experience sharing between local self-government bodies to amplify positive deviance, best practices, and lessons learned.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in public administration, public policy, economics, law, or a related field. Master’s degree preferred.
- At least five (5) years’ experience working in designing, implementing and monitoring anti-corruption initiatives.
- Experience managing technical staff and building cohesive teams.
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience in implementing effective accountability, transparency, public oversight, audit and anti-corruption activities.
- Strong analytical and communication skills, including ability to engage stakeholder in dialogue, lead formal meetings, design and conduct training, and produce high quality practical analytical reports and knowledge products.
- Familiarity with the Ukrainian anti-corruption reform agenda and leading anti-corruption agencies.
- Fluency in the Ukrainian language with excellent written and oral communications skills required, with proficiency in English strongly preferred.
- Knowledge of and prior experience working on USAID-funded activities strongly preferred.
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