USAID Development Assistance Specialist (Localization Advisor) - 72052223R100023 (Cooperating Country National only)

The Development Assistance Specialist (Localization Advisor) is in the Office of the Mission Director at USAID/Honduras and is supervised by the Mission Director or his or her designate.

The Localization Advisor serves as the Mission’s expert on local capacity strengthening and is responsible for coordinating the Mission’s efforts to work with local partners. The Advisor will work with all offices across the Mission to implement locally led programming and promote the use of local systems to achieve development objectives.

The Advisor provides strategic information, mentoring, and advice to technical, program, and support offices within USAID/Honduras on the integration of locally led development initiatives. The Advisor will ensure that strategy development and project and/or activity design will promote the involvement of local organizations. S/he will serve as a Contract Officer’s Representative/Agreement Officer’s Representative (COR/AOR) or Activity Manager and provide senior-level programmatic and technical guidance to the planning, implementation, and monitoring of localization-related programs. The Advisor will also coordinate efforts to build the capacity of local organizations when appropriate in financial management, monitoring and reporting.

In addition, s/he provides information and guidance to US Government (USG) interagency counterparts and other stakeholders (i.e., implementing partners, donors, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), private sector, and Government of Honduras) on the integration of USAID’s localization agenda into program planning, implementation, and reporting. The Advisor serves as the mission’s public advocate and thought leader at the global and country level, leveraging USAID’s authority, partnerships, voice, and the power of example to catalyze a broader shift to locally led development. He or she will also lead efforts to identify local organizations as potential partners.

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