Ukraine: Civic Engagement Manager, USAID Donbas Activity, Ukraine

Civic Engagement Manager, USAID Donbas Activity, Ukraine

Company Profile: MSI, a Tetra Tech Company, is a Washington, DC metro area international development firm with a 35-year history of delivering development results across the world. Our core expertise is in the fields of monitoring and evaluation (M&E), institutional development, public sector management, governance and anti-corruption. MSI has implemented projects in 90 countries around the world such as Jordan, Morocco, Lebanon, Syria, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Colombia, and Mexico. As one of the leading companies in our field, MSI has partnered with organizations across all sectors of international development to support clients ranging from large bilateral and multilateral donors such as USAID, the World Bank and the UNDP to national and local governments, NGOs, think tanks, foundations and universities. For more information on MSI, please visit our website at www.msiworldwide.com.**Proposal Summary:**

The anticipated USAID-funded Donbas Activity will promote inclusive civic identity and common civic values by addressing the divisive impacts of Russian aggression, Ukrainian ultra-nationalism, and the consequences of ongoing armed conflict. The activity will promote civic awareness, social and economic entrepreneurship, and improve democratic engagement between citizens and government institutions, as well as improve community services in areas most affected by these divisive influences. This five-year project is expected to start in mid-2018. This position will be based in Kyiv.

**Please note: Only Ukrainian citizens are eligible for this position

Position Summary:

The civic engagement manager will be responsible for working with civil society organizations, civic activists, professional associations, mass media, and private sector to promote engagement of citizens and different target audiences in local self-governance through implementing social accountability activities, participating in local government decision making process, mobilizing citizens in participation in community activities, and raising citizen awareness about governance, democratic value and citizen rights. This is a full-time position.

Responsibilities:

• Facilitate networking and collaboration among constituency-based non-governmental actors (civil society organizations, activists, professional associations, etc.) to mobilize communities to play active role in local self-governance.
• Build, through training and mentoring, capacity and skills of the constituency-based non-governmental actors to engage citizens and target groups in local self-governance activities.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships and cooperation with relevant counterparts, beneficiaries and stakeholders and seek to engage them in the program activities.
• Facilitate fruitful cooperation between governmental institutions and non-governmental actors.
• Assist program government counterpart institutions with developing and implementing policies, procedures and tools for engaging citizens in government oversight and decision making process.
• In collaboration with communication team engage mass media in reaching out to pubic and target groups to build their awareness of democratic values, country reforms, and citizen rights.
• Contribute to the design of the small grants program to civil society organizations, participate in the selection and work planning process and provide technical oversight and quality assurance of the projects implemented by grantees.
• Contribute to the development of high-quality project documents and deliverables as well as analytical research.
• Demonstrate diplomacy and leadership to foster an atmosphere of teamwork productivity, creativity, fairness, equity, and innovation, and support for diversity.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or higher degree, preferably in public administration, business administration, political science, or other relevant areas.
• Knowledge and experience working on issues related to local self-governance and government accountability and transparency.
• Familiarity with the key social, economic and political issues in the Donbas region. Experience working in the Donbas region is preferred.
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience working with civil society organizations.
• Prior experience with USAID-funded or other international organization project is an asset.
• Highly motivated, energetic, independent and self-starter.
• Ability and wiliness to travel to the government-controlled Donbas region.
• Native fluency in Ukrainian and Russian and spoken and written fluency in English required.

Only candidates who have been selected for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls, please.

MSI is an EEO/AA/ADA Veterans Employer.

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