Country: Liberia
Closing date: 27 Nov 2015
Civic Engagement Specialist, The Local Empowerment for
Government Inclusion and Transparency (LEGIT) Project,**Liberia**
Company Profile:
MSI is a Washington, DC metro area international development firm with a 30-year history of helping to deliver development results across the developing world. In 2008, we became the America's operation of the international development arm of Coffey International Limited. Since that time, we have greatly expanded our ability to respond seamlessly and flexibly to client needs with our sister offices in the UK and Australia. We operate in some of the most challenging and political and economic climates in the world, including Pakistan, Afghanistan, South Sudan and Iraq. MSI currently employs 800 development experts in the fields of public sector management, monitoring and evaluation, governance and anti-corruption. For more information on MSI, please visit our website at www.msiworldwide.com.
Proposal Summary:
The purpose of this five-year project is to increase accountability, transparency, and effectiveness of sub-national government resources in Liberia. The project seeks to increase capacity of Government of Liberia institutions to make and sustained progress in the implementation of the National Policy on Decentralization and Local Governance, to improve performance and capacity of county and city administrations to manage revenues and deliver key services, and to increase citizen representation in planning and decision-making of service delivery in counties and cities. This is a full-time position.
Position Summary:
The Civic Engagement Officer will increase citizen representation in planning and decision-making of service delivery in counties and cities. The officer will develop citizen-engagement mechanisms by focusing on strengthening Government of Liberia institutions, and improving the Government of Liberia's capacity to fulfill its responsibilities and mandates at the sub-national level by supporting citizens' abilities to participate in inclusive and transparent decision-making.
Please note: Only Liberian citizens are eligible for this position
Responsibilities:
- Provide technical assistance and support to the development and facilitate the implementation of a model for inclusive participatory budgeting process and monitoring public expenditures on the county and city levels. Lead the development of the participatory planning, budgeting and monitoring manual and training materials.
- Design and lead the implementation of the activities to raise awareness and understanding of the local governments, CSOs and communities for sub-national planning, budgeting, and decision-making in preparation for fiscal decentralization as envisioned by the National Policy on Decentralization and Local Governance and the Draft Local Government Law.
- Work with and build capacity of CSOs and community based organizations to facilitate participatory budgeting processes. Promote women's inclusion in participatory decision-making processes.
- Contribute to the program activity planning, monitoring results and reporting.
Qualifications:
- Preferred Master's degree (although bachelor's degree is acceptable) in political science, economics, law, public administration or in similar fields.
- Minimum five (5) years of relevant work experience.
- Knowledge of the national decentralization policy and budgeting process and existing participatory processes.
- Experience working with national and sub-national governments and engaging CSOs in policy development process.
- Experience developing and conducting training and organizing and conducting public events.
- Strong communication skills.
- Experience working on USAID or other donor-funded projects is preferred.
Only candidates who have been selected for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls, please.
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