Country: Ukraine
Closing date: 19 Oct 2017
Short-Term Anti-Corruption Analyst, Support to Anti-Corruption
Champion Institutions (SACCI) Program, Ukraine
Company Profile:
MSI, a Tetra Tech Company, is a US-based international development firm with a 35-year history of delivering development results across the world. Our core expertise is in the fields of institutional development, public sector management, governance and anti-corruption, and monitoring and evaluation (M&E). MSI implements nearly 100 projects in 90 countries around the world. As one of the leading companies in our field, MSI has partnered with more than 80 organizations across all sectors of international development with 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.
Project Summary:
The Support to Anti-Corruption Champion Institutions (SACCI) Program in Ukraine is a five-year USAID initiative with the objective to assist Ukraine to reduce corruption and increase the accountability and transparency of governance. 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:
MSI is seeking a short-term Anti-Corruption Analyst to assist SACCI team in identifying program counterparts among governmental institutions on the national and regional levels through rapid assessment, according to the established criteria. The Anti-Corruption Analyst will work closely with the SACCI program team.
S/he is expected to travel to several regions of Ukraine. The assignment is expected to start in early October 2017. The anticipated level-of-effort for this assignment is approximately 25 days.
Responsibilities:
In consultation with the SACCI team, the Anti-Corruption Analyst will :
- Phase 1:
- Identify national- and regional-level governmental institutions for conducting rapid assessment.
- Conduct at least two (2) meetings (senior- and mid-level management) with each candidate institution.
- Conduct at least two (2) validation meetings with external stakeholders ( watchdog CSOs, sectorial associations or other actors).
- Draft a report (no more than five (5) pages, excluding annexes) summarizing findings and providing recommendations.
- Phase 2:
- Conduct desk research and consultations with experts regarding regions/municipalities as prospective SACCI program recipients, using criteria established by SACCI.
- Recommend a maximum of four (4) regions for rapid assessment.
- Develop trip schedule and list of stakeholders to meet with in the regions.
- Draft interview guide to be used for interviews in the regions.
- Travel to the regions together with SACCI project team, conduct meetings and gather information.
- Draft notes from each meeting and provide a summary report with recommendations for selecting institutions to serve as SACCI recipients.
Qualifications:
- Master's degree and/or specialization in political science, public policy, public administration or other applicable social sciences field.
- More than three (3) years of experience working in the fields of anti-corruption, transparency, and integrity within the non-government or government sectors.
- Demonstrated ability to work with social research methods, including work with focus groups, questionnaires, and summarize the findings into reports and analytical papers.
- Demonstrated ability to moderate events/ conduct interviews on sensitive issues.
- Excellent organizational skills to meet deadlines.
- Prior experience with USAID-funded projects is preferred.
- Fluency in Ukrainian and Russian required. English language knowledge is an asset.
Application submission deadline is September 24, 2017, by 6:00 PM Kyiv time.
Late applications will not be accepted.
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Only candidates who have been selected for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls, please.
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