Public Transparency and Anti-Corruption Lead, USAID/Sri Lanka Transparent and Accountable Governance (TAG), Colombo, Sri Lanka Job Listing at Tetra Tech in Colombo, WP (Job ID 43181)

Description

Management Systems International (MSI), a Tetra Tech Company, is a Washington, D.C. metro area management consultancy with a 40-year history of delivering results for our clients. Our expertise is in the fields of monitoring and evaluation; democracy and governance; peace and stability; rule of law and accountability; education; gender and inclusion; strategic communications; and leadership and organizational development. MSI has implemented projects in 90 countries around the world such as Colombia, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Syria and Ukraine, and works domestically. We support clients ranging from the U.S. Government (e.g., the U.S. Agency for International Development, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Departments of State and Labor, and the Millennium Challenge Corporation) to large bilateral and multilateral donors (e.g., the World Bank and the United Nations Development Program). We also work with national and local governments, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), think tanks, foundations and universities. For more information, please visit our website at www.msiworldwide.com.

Proposal Summary:  
MSI is pursuing the anticipated USAID/Sri Lanka Transparent and Accountable Governance (TAG) activity. Working in close coordination with USAID/Sri Lanka, the activity is designed to strengthen Sri Lanka's democratic and economic governance reform efforts by bolstering good governance, transparency, accountability, and anti-corruption.

**Please note: Sri Lankan citizens are highly encouraged to apply**

Position Summary: 
The Public Transparency and Anti-Corruption lead will oversee the Objective 2 technical team dedicated to spearheading TAG's public transparency and the implementation of anti-corruption frameworks. This will be a full-time position based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. This position is contingent upon award

Responsibilities: 

• Provide technical leadership of Objective 2 activities to strengthen public transparency and the implementation of anti-corruption frameworks. Activities will be determined by the project scope of work but will likely include some or all of the following:
• Develop strategies and action plans to strengthen government public transparency and anti-corruption ministries and/or organizations to promote good governance.
• Work with the Right to Information (RTI) Commission to promote implementation of the RTI law including strengthening the capacity of public sector transparency officers.
• Work with CIABOC to strengthen the implementation of the Anti-Corruption Act (ACA) including capacity building of CIABOC investigators and training of public sector anti-corruption officers.
• Develop training and technical assistance activities to improve audit and internal controls functions across the public sector.
• Work with civil society organizations and support civic monitoring and oversight of anti-corruption and transparency initiatives.
• Serve as a member of the project's senior management team and work with the team to coordinate and integrate approaches across the project's different objectives.
• Contribute inputs to performance monitoring and evaluation plan development, data collection, analysis and reporting.
• Develop communications materials to publicize Objective 2 achievements

Qualifications: 

• A bachelor's degree or higher is required, with studies in relevant subject area(s), such as international development, governance, anti-corruption, rule of law, institutional reform, transparency, or another relevant field is preferred.
• Five (5) years of experience working in designing, implementing, and monitoring anti-corruption initiatives.
• Demonstrated ability to establish strong working relationships with government officials, non- governmental organizations, private sector actors, and donors.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in implementing effective accountability, transparency, public oversight, audit and anti-corruption activities.
• Intimate understanding of the local context, Sri Lankan anti-corruption institutions, anticorruption legal framework, key anti-corruption stakeholders, and intended beneficiaries.
• Strong analytical and communication skills, including ability to engage stakeholder in dialogue, lead formal meetings, design and conduct training, and produce high quality practical analytical reports and knowledge products.
• Preferred experience with USAID rules and regulations.
• Prior experience in the region is preferred, with experience in Sri Lanka strongly preferred.
• Strong interpersonal, supervision, and written/oral communication skills.
• Fluency in written and spoken English, Tamil and/or Sinhala. 

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Reasonable Accommodations: 

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