Democracy and Governance Consultant

XLA is looking for someone with Specialist knowledge on democracy, governance, and/or human rights issues. A highly detailed understanding of the overall USAID agency and USAID/Egypt mission goals and strategic plan as well as
procedures, policies, regulations, and the structure of USAID as an agency, USAID/Egypt, and the U.S. Embassy and Department of State. A detailed professional understanding of the history, current political, economic, social, key figures, and policies of the Egyptian Government. This includes a detailed knowledge of Egypt’s internal political situation, national development challenges and prospects, geography, and national development indicators. A specialist knowledge of the development priorities and strategies of the USG and Government of Egypt.

• A minimum of 15 years of progressively responsible, professional-level experience managing democracy, governance, and/or human rights activities is required. At least 10 years of experience in development-related work for donor agencies, Government of Egypt organizations, or non-governmental organizations/civil society.
• Advanced technical skills in democracy, governance, and/or human rights.
• Professional credibility/connections to establish and maintain effective working relationships with high-level counterparts, particularly with the GOE.
• Excellent verbal communication skills; tact; excellent presentation skills to assemble, analyze, evaluate, and present sector data.
• Excellent writing skills; excellent analytical ability to interpret public policies; strong training or capacity building skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment; ability to promote diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility principles; and solid computer skills to manage the achievement of goals and objectives of the Mission.
• Bachelor’s degree in political science, public administration or other business, liberal arts, humanities, sciences, social sciences, or international relations is required.

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): XLA is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, XLA will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations in the hiring process. We encourage qualified individuals with disabilities to apply. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process or to perform essential job functions, please contact our HR team by phone at 703-584-8317 or via email at humanresources@xla.com.  For persons who are deaf, hard of hearing, deafblind, or deaf-disabled, XLA will provide an American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter where needed as a reasonable accommodation for the hiring processes.