Municipal Initiatives Coordinator

Overview

Counterpart International helps people build better lives and more durable futures, community by community. We equip individuals, organizations, and communities-our counterparts- to become solution creators in their own families, communities, regions, and countries. We work with them in some of the world’s most challenging places to tackle social, economic, environmental, health and governance issues that threaten their lives and undermine their futures.

For more information on Counterpart, please visit our website at www.Counterpart.org

Counterpart International is currently seeking a Municipal Initiatives Coordinator for the anticipated USAID (United States Agency for International Development) Transparency in the Public Sector Activity. This activity will be designed to enhance government transparency and accountability, and compliance with anti-corruption policies; and to increase citizen pressure on and oversight of government to combat corruption.

Responsibilities

The Municipal Initiatives Coordinator will be part of the technical team and will support the day-to-day technical leadership and management of the activities to be implemented in the 35 target municipalities for the Activity. This person will proactively build strategic alliances with key government actors and other stakeholders at the municipal level to champion transparency and accountability initiatives and process improvements to respond to citizens requests and promote improve dialogue between municipal authorities and citizens more efficiently. S/he will be responsible   S/he will be responsible for introducing and adapting best practices and training in transparency and anticorruption issues that curb corruption. The Municipal Initiatives Coordinator will provide daily oversight and technical support for municipal officials. S/he will coordinate closely with other members of the technical team for the Activity, including the Government Initiatives and Civil Society Coordinators.

Qualifications

• Graduate degree in relevant subject matter fields such as law, public policy, public administration, political science, or a similar field.
• At least 8 years of progressively responsible experience in relevant programming.
• Experience working and building relationships with municipal government officials.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively collaborate and coordinate activities with multiple stakeholders, including government, civil society, and individuals.
• Demonstrated expertise in transparency, accountability, or anti-corruption.
• Experience supervising teams of diverse staff and demonstrated leadership capacity.
• Knowledge of the Salvadoran political context, particularly with respect to transparency, accountability, municipal government, and relevant policies and initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience in working effectively in advanced, complex, and politically sensitive contexts.
• Demonstrated project management experience.
• Excellent technical writing skills in both English and Spanish, preferred.
• Excellent and demonstrated interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment, able to work effectively with government, civil society organizations, USAID, project staff, and other beneficiaries.
• Demonstrated ability to meet deadline and deliver quality outputs.

Language

• Excellent oral and written communication skills in Spanish, required.
• Professional proficiency in English is preferred.

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