Democracy & Governance Advisor
The Democracy and Governance Office manages bi-lateral programs in the areas of economic governance, rule of law, anti-corruption, legislative strengthening, civil society, media, elections, conflict mitigation and management, and cross cutting issues such as information technology and gender issues. These programs are implemented through an annual average budget of $36 million in USG funds.
The Governance Advisor is a program implementation specialist for USAID/Liberia's Democracy and Governance Office and its senior management team in Monrovia on issues regarding governance in general and public administration reform. The Governance Advisor will provide timely and accurate input, advice and technically supported direction to the Democracy and Governance Office Team Leader as well as to the USAID Mission Director and Deputy Director. S/He will be well-versed in the political complexities of Liberia have a high degree of understanding vis--vis the development issues affecting the countries in Liberia and the West Africa region as a whole. The Governance Advisor will provide high quality and timely analysis, both written and oral, when requested as well as situational evaluation and assessment input to foreign policy dialogue and program strategy development.
The Governance Advisor is supervised by the USAID/Liberia Democracy and Governance Team Leader, a US Direct Hire employee. The Governance Advisor will supervise at least one Foreign Service National staff. S/he will serve as the USAID contracting officer's technical representative (COTR/AOTR) for several contracts and or grant awards to international and local non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and contractors.
The Governance Advisor must be a self-starter, able to work independently and as part of a dynamic team, as well as exercise independent judgment in areas such as program/project management. The Economic Governance Advisor has broad decision making latitude, though will consult regularly with the Democracy and Governance Team Leader. The Governance Advisor may be asked to serve as Acting Team Leader on occasion when the Team Leader is absent from post. The initial contract will last two years and will have an option to renew based on mutual agreement.
