Anti-Corruption Advisor,
Afghanistan's Measure for Accountability and Transparency (AMANAT),
Kabul, Afghanistan
Company Profile:
MSI, a Tetra Tech Company, is a Washington, D.C. 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, peace and stability, governance and anti-corruption. MSI has implemented projects in 90 countries around the world such as Jordan, Kenya, Indonesia, Syria, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Ukraine, 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 United Nations Development Program to national and local governments, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), think tanks, foundations and universities. For more information on MSI, please visit our website at www.msiworldwide.com.
Project Summary:
“Afghanistan's Measure for Accountability and Transparency” project (AMANAT) is a USAID activity focused on supporting Afghan government and non-government institutions reduce and prevent corruption in the delivery of public services. The project will work closely with local counterpart agencies to identify public services that are particularly vulnerable to corruption, develop mitigation strategies, implement those initiatives, and monitor their impact. Examples of AMANAT's reforms will include administrative streamlining, improved internal controls, e-governance applications, more open data, and establishing ethics units in government agencies. The project will also promote better communication of these reforms to generate more public trust in government. In addition, civil society, business and the media will play major roles in AMANAT by conducting robust monitoring and oversight of these institutional reforms and their impacts.
Position Summary:
The Anti-Corruption Advisor is responsible for advising the project team on activities related to anti-corruption, addressing corruption in public service delivery institutions, and strengthening the capacity of CSOs to demand accountability and monitor institutions to support anti-corruption efforts
Responsibilities:
- Work closely with Afghan staff, government institutions, and CSOs to train, build capacity and mentor them to conduct Business Process Reengineering (BPR) techniques that are aimed at reforming/adjusting inefficient and corrupt procedures.
- Support the use of BPRs in beneficiary institutions to develop detailed recommendations and Action Plans for anticorruption reform initiatives that will reduce or prevent corruption in selected public service functions
- Work with Asan Khedmat on programming with beneficiary institutions using BPR and administrative streamlining approaches
- Provide guidance and training to government institutions in support of implementing their anticorruption action plans and reforms
- Manage internal audit teams that are embedded in different ministries to enhance assessments and institute controls that will improve accountability
- Manage improvements to complaints handling mechanisms used by government entities
- Coordinate with other anticorruption-related programs supported by USAID and other donors in Afghanistan
- Assess linkages and points of possible coordination and leverage between AMANAT and these programs
- Work with AMANAT M&E Manager to develop an approach to monitor progress in implementation of beneficiary institutions' anti-corruption action plans
- Support development of key deliverables and reports under AMANAT
Minimum Qualifications:
- A J.D., L.L.M., Ph.D. or M.A. in management, international development or a related field
of study is preferred
- A minimum of ten years of working on anti-corruption development efforts, including
designing activities and understanding international best practices, preferably with
experience working in challenging security environments
- Demonstrated experience in institutional capacity development and in working effectively
with a broad range of counterparts, including high-level government officials and CSOs on
corruption issues
- Strong communication skills, including interpersonal
- Strong written and oral English skills, as well as proficiency in Dari and Pashto preferred
Reasonable Accommodations: MSI is dedicated to hiring an inclusive workforce. If you would like to request reasonable accommodations during the application process, please email MSI.Dept.HRRecruiting@tetratechinc.onmicrosoft.com with “Reasonable Accommodations” in the title. Our recruitment team looks forward to engaging in an interactive process to provide reasonable accommodations for candidates.
Only candidates who have been selected for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls, please.
MSI is an EEO/AA/ADA Veterans Employer.
To apply: Please visit our website, www.msiworldwide.com
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