Inactive

The USPSC’s responsibilities will be world-wide, varied and dynamic to reflect changing circumstances facing USAID and the DRG Center. The USPSC is considered an expert in the democracy, human rights ... The USPSC’s responsibilities will be world-wide, varied and dynamic to reflect changing circumstances facing USAID and the DRG Center. The USPSC is considered an expert in the democracy, human rights and governance field and is expected to carry out work assignments using independent professional judgment to ensure the provision of effective field support and technical leadership. The USPSC receives minimal day-to-day technical or policy guidance. The USPSC will be responsible for work on countries or regions in transition where additional DRG attention is needed through a combination of TDYs and Washington-based support. The USPSC should expect to spend up to 30% of his/her time in temporary duty assignments (TDY) overseas in support of local USAID Missions. A principal duty of the USPSC will be to assist field staff to understand and adapt programing consistent with the Journey to Self-Reliance policy. Self-Reliance refers to a country’s ability to plan, finance and implement solutions to its own development challenges. In order to move towards self-reliance, it is critical that countries, have the capacity to generate and manage greater sums of public revenue and increasingly harness domestic and international private investment that can fund development needs across all sectors; and make a credible commitment to ensuring that these resources are spent in an accountable, transparent, and effective manner that support economic and social development in line with inclusively established country priorities. Our ability to achieve this vision depends on our ability to provide staff with the tools, skills, resources, and incentives to effectively strengthen partner country financial self-reliance. The USPSC will take a holistic approach to assessing the range of interrelated and interconnected elements that contribute to a country’s ability to transparently and inclusively resource its own development, and help the DRG Center and field missions adapt their strategies, project and activity designs, program practices, and monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) approaches accordingly. This will require greater coordination and collaboration between USAID functional areas, across sector-specific programming, partner country stakeholders, and among USAID’s many development partners.