Civic Engagement and Public Outreach Leader
Support to Anti-Corruption Champion Institutions (SACCI) Program
Kyiv, Ukraine
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:
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 Ukrainian citizens are eligible for this position
Position Summary:
The Civic Engagement and Public Outreach Leader will lead and coordinate implementation of the SACCI program's second and third objectives (Objective 2: Support/engagement in anti-corruption efforts increased; and Objective 3: Public tolerance of corrupt practices reduced). The Lead will be responsible for ensuring that activities under both Objectives are implemented effectively and reach established targets on timely basis. The Civic Engagement and Public Outreach Leader will also be responsible for developing high-quality programing and reporting documents, as well as analytical reports and any other deliverable related to the given objectives. Lead will closely coordinate with other project objectives and contributes to overall project success. This is a long-term technical assistance position.
Responsibilities:
- Manage, coordinate and provide technical leadership of the Objective 2 and 3 technical teams including SACCI staff and local partners
- Develop, engage and maintain strong relationships and cooperation with relevant counterparts, beneficiaries and stakeholders
- Organize and lead technical support to selected governmental institutions on the national and regional/municipal levels to implement programs for engaging citizens in anticorruption activities and to strengthen their public outreach capacity and implement affective communication strategies
- Oversee and provide technical leadership for project interventions engaging public, the mass media and CSOs in anticorruption activities
- Provide technical input to and oversights of the grants program and service procurements
- Contribute to the development the project annual work plan, periodic reports, special reports and deliverables such as project fact sheets, success stories, policy analysis, and any other documents upon request of the COP
- Conduct research, develop best practices, and draft annually a two-page summary of studies
- Coordinate the implementation of the SACCI communication activities
- Ensure that data from achieved results and targets is regularly and accurately collected
- Contribute to the regular political economy assessments (PEA) to advice SACCI programming approach and support annual strategy reviews
- Participate in the SACCI Solutions Hub as a collaborative space for counterparts, experts and beneficiaries to analyze evidence and design and test innovative and actionable ideas
- Foster an atmosphere of teamwork productivity, creativity, fairness, equity, and innovation, and support for diversity
- Provide technical support to short-term consultants' missions in Ukraine
- Report to the DCOP and COP on major technical, managerial and financial issues related to the project and consult on making decisions related to program activities, contractors, local staff, USAID, other donor organizations, etc.
Qualifications:
- Bachelors or higher degree in public administration, political science, or other relevant areas
- Minimum of five years of experience of management and technical leadership of civic engagement and public outreach projects and activities
- Knowledge of the Ukraine anti-corruption reform agenda
- Experience working with governmental and/or non-governmental organizations focused on anti-corruption
- Experience with USAID-funded or other international organization projects is an asset
- Organizational skills, ability to meet deadlines (time management, reporting, negotiations skills), and produce deliverables (work plans, performance reports, analytical studies, etc.)
- Ability to work independent and as a self-starter
- Ability and willingness to travel within Ukraine
- Strong communications skills – both oral and written
- Fluency Ukrainian and proficiency in English is required
*Deadline for applying for this position – September 30, 2020, 18:00 Kyiv time*
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