Anti-Corruption Task Force Technical Officer - USAID

WWC Global is seeking an experienced Anti-Corruption Task Force Technical Officer (TO) to to support USAID's Bureau for Development, Democracy and Innovation, Center for Democracy, Human Rights and Governance (DRG Center) located within the ACTF for a period of twelve (12) months, with the possibility of extension. The TO will provide technical expertise and design support in the areas of anti-corruption, democracy, and/or governance.

Serving as a member of the ACTF Pillar 1 (Technical Leadership, Programming, Integration and Response) team, the TO will support the implementation of the ACTF’s Anti-Corruption Technical Clinics, designed to promote understanding and uptake of the USAID Anti-Corruption Policy and new anti-corruption directions; provide technical expertise and demand-based support to USAID missions looking to design new and enhanced anti-corruption programs; support ongoing programmatic procurement efforts; and contribute to efforts aimed at furthering integration of anti-corruption across USAID’s work (including the development of relevant guidance). This work will help position USAID to deliver on the Administration’s ambitious anti-corruption agenda, including enhancing USAID’s ability to play a leading role in the fight against corruption and elevate efforts to integrate anti-corruption approaches across the Agency. The U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Anti-Corruption Task Force (ACTF) was created to elevate, strengthen, and integrate anti-corruption across USAID’s work and rapidly enhance the Agency’s capacity to play a central role in developing and implementing the Biden-Harris Administration’s ambitious anti-corruption agenda.

The TO will serve as an anti-corruption advisor and will have significant knowledge and experience in the anti-corruption and governance field, including in programs aimed at preventing, detecting and sanctioning corruption. Under the direction of the ACTF Deputy, Programs/Pillar 1 Lead, the TO is expected to carry out work assignments using independent professional judgment to ensure that effective Mission support and technical leadership is provided. The TO will perform work of outstanding difficulty and responsibility. Under Pillar 1 leadership, the TO will work closely with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders, including other ACTF colleagues, USAID staff in other bureaus and operating units, and may consult with interagency colleagues at the Departments of State, Justice and Treasury, and implementing partners as requested. The TO's responsibilities will be geographically worldwide, varied, and dynamic to reflect changing circumstances facing USAID and the ACTF.

Responsibilities will include:

• Supporting the implementation of ACTF’s Anti-Corruption Technical Clinics, which are designed to promote understanding and uptake of the USAID Anti-Corruption Policy and new anti-corruption directions, including running clinics and follow-on sessions with missions, as needed;
• Serving as a technical advisor to USAID missions and operating units in designing innovative and evidence-based activities, programs, policies and strategies aimed at strengthening country capacity and commitment to prevent, combat and sanction corruption. This includes providing demand-driven, innovative, and responsive technical design support to USAID missions as they seek to adapt and align their anti-corruption programming to the U.S. Strategy, and/or design new programs and activities. This may also include supporting the development of strategy and country-level plans; participating in the development of anti-corruption-related performance indicators; conducting anti-corruption and other assessments; integrating best practices and lessons learned into cross-sectoral programming; and providing technical support to the Agency’s regional bureaus. This may also include helping Missions with the monitoring and evaluation of anti-corruption programs to help them adapt to changing circumstances and to further expand the anti-corruption sector’s evidence base and learning.
• Supporting design and finalization of procurements related to ACTF’s bold new suite of global anti-corruption programming;
• Participating in and supporting the ACTF’s Bureau and Independent Office (B/IO) Working Group, including maintaining a continuous interchange with other technical officers in USAID, especially within the other Pillar Bureaus, for information-sharing, identification of opportunities and constraints to cross-cutting programs, best practices, joint mission support and trainings, as well as research platforms and monitoring and evaluation systems;
• Contributing to the development of technical guidance and products to inform USAID’s anti-corruption programs, including anti-corruption programming and integration guidance produced under ACTF’s Pillar 1. This includes translating state-of-the-art technical expertise