East Europe Foundation announces a competition for the position of Local Integrity Manager.

Project Background

The USAID and UK Dev Promoting Integrity in Public Sector Activity (Pro-Integrity), will concentrate on addressing three narrow development challenges within its manageable interest and influence to overcome corruption risks at the national institutional level, local government level, and related to Ukraine’s recovery and reconstruction. Specifically, these include:

• Objective 1: Strengthening national level anti-corruption institutional capacity to advance corruption prevention, detection, and deterrence.
• Objective 2: Strengthening anti-corruption compliance and control in local governance.
• Objective 3: Advancing transparency and accountability in resilience, recovery, and reconstruction efforts.

Under the second objective, twenty Hromadas will be selected for the first year and up to eighty during the Pro-Integrity’s five-year lifespan.

Position Description

The Local Integrity Manager will enhance the effectiveness of local government internal procedures and processes to strengthen institutional capacities, leading to increased integrity.

This position reports to the Team Leader of Objective 2.

Responsibilities:

• Establish and maintain working relations with local government partners.
• Contribute to developing methodologies for assessing the corruption risks and strengthening institutional mechanisms of local governance to support anti-corruption efforts.
• Ensure development and implementation of integrity improvement plans for local governments partners, working closely with external consultants, regional staff, and local stakeholders.
• Design scopes and coordinate work of the external consultants who will contribute to the implementation of Pro-Integrity assistance to local government partners.
• Taken into account the lessons learned from implementation, contribute to the development and promotion of the national integrity standards for local government.
• Collaborate with government bodies at national and local levels to ensure the development, promotion, and monitoring of anti-corruption standards for local governance.
• Contribute to reporting and data gathering for program monitoring and support design of evaluation and learning initiatives under Pro-Integrity support.
• Facilitate the creation and coordination of expert working group committees and discussion platforms to foster dialogue and cooperation on improving the integrity of local governance.
• Contribute to design of the grant programs and ensure its implementation to support local government integrity improvement activities.
• In close partnership with the Regional Manager, coordinate work of regional staff of the Program to ensure ongoing context analysis, monitoring of implementation and engagement with stakeholders in the regions.
• Coordinate with other international development projects and initiatives.
• Perform other tasks assigned by the program management.

Candidate Requirements:

• A minimum of a master’s degree in law, public administration, political science, or a related field.
• A minimum of 3 years of experience working with local or national government on integrity promotion.
• Knowledge of anti-corruption policies and mechanisms, experience in developing and implementing integrity-building initiatives at the local level.
• Understanding of political context around local self-governance, anti-corruption mechanisms, and recovery issues.
• Experience working with international donor-funded development activities in Ukraine is preferred.
• Communication skills, ability to work effectively with various stakeholders, analytical skills, and problem-solving abilities.

To participate in the competition, please send a motivation letter indicating the expected remuneration and a resume to the address [email protected] with the note “Local Integrity Manager” by August 13, 2024.