Country: Ukraine
Closing date: 13 Mar 2019
STTA, Anti-corruption Institutional Development Consultant for the Ministry of Health of Ukraine (Local)
Support to Anti-Corruption Champion Institutions (SACCI) Program in Ukraine
Project Summary:
The Support to Anti-Corruption Champion Institutions (SACCI) Program in Ukraine is a five-year USAID initiative that has an objective to assist Ukraine to reduce corruption and increase the accountability and transparency of governance in Ukraine. The program seeks to empower key government institutions to fight corruption, build public support for and engagement in anticorruption effort, and reduce citizen tolerance to corruption.
**Please note: Only citizens of Ukraine are eligible for this position
Position Summary:
The SACCI project provides support to several governmental institutions including the Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers, the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine, the Sumy Oblast State Administration, and the Ministry of Health. SACCI assists these institutions with identifying corruption risks in their operations, developing and implementing corruption prevention measures, and strengthening compliance with anti-corruption policies and standards.
Within the Ministry of Health (MOH), SACCI worked with the Authorized Unit (sector) to determine areas where it would need strengthening, including better coordination of Authorized Persons in agencies subordinate to MOH. SACCI committed to further empower and strengthen the role of the Unit, and to provide methodological support and training assistance.
To better cater to the needs of its institutional partner, SACCI is seeking an expert who will be embedded into the everyday work of MOH (likely, having status of an official adviser to MOH leadership) to contribute to the work of the Ministry's relevant Authorized Unit (sector), facilitate everyday implementation of the MOH-SACCI cooperation plan, serve as liaison officer between the Ministry and the Project by offering ideas on strengthening MOH internal anti-corruption controls and involve constructive civil society initiatives in communications with th e Ministry.
The embedded expert will:
- Build capacity of and provide technical and methodological support to the AU, including contributing to the development and implementation of internal regulations, conducting anti - corruption screening of regulations, and conducting inspections as necessary and as authorized;
- Work with the AU to improve interaction with 90+ authorized persons working in agencies subordinate to MOH, including through development and management of an online portal for corruption prevention;
- Facilitate and provide technical assistance to the implementation of the MOH-SACCI Action Plan including legislation drafting, trainings, measures taken to reduce or eliminate corruption risks and ensure timely delivery of results;
- Provide policy advice to the top and middle level management of the Ministry and subordinated agencies and state-owned companies on anti-corruption issues as requested;
- Provide technical support to implementation of the MOH anti-corruption program vis-à-vis the Ministry and subsidiary agencies and state-owned enterprises;
- Keep constant contact with the leadership of the Ministry and appointed officials who are involved in the activities implemented in the framework of the SACCI Project (as per Action Plan);
- Provide technical contribution to the internal committees, working groups and other entities aimed at the identification of corruption risks, development and implementation of the anti-corruption programs;
- Provide regular updates for SACCI on progress of planned activities implementation (issue briefs / bullets, reports and analytical materials);
- Monitor and measure results and impact of the SACCI activities on the progress in prevention of corruption within the Ministry and assist SACCI M&E expert to collect relevant data.
Expected level of effort is up to 190 expert days between 15 March and 31 December 2019.
Qualifications:
- Specialist / Master's degree in law, political science, public policy, public administration or other relevel field;
- Over 5 years of experience in anti-corruption, transparency and integrity in the public sector (government entities or non-governmental organizations);
- Experience of work in state institutions at the national level and knowledge of Ukrainian public service is a strong asset;
- Experience in developing anti-corruption policies, codes of conduct, conflict of interest guidelines, internal audit guidelines for use by government entities;
- Excellent organizational skills and ability to meet deadlines (time-management, reporting, negotiations skills);
- Fluency in Ukrainian, at least intermediate-level English language knowledge required.
*Deadline for applying for this position – 22 February 2018, 18:00 Kyiv time*
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