Policy And Regulatory Lead, Usaid/Mexico

About Us:DevTech Systems, Inc. (DevTech) is an international consulting firm dedicated to development, with 37 years of experience providing advisory services and technical assistance to government, private sector, and civil society stakeholders in more than 100 countries.We are a data driven organization that specializes in informing policy making by delivering focused data-driven evidence-based analysis products and services.DevTech's core practice areas include: Economic and Data Analysis, Monitoring and Evaluation, Education and Youth Development, Gender and Inclusive Development, and Public Financial Management.Overview:DevTech is seeking a Policy and Regulatory Lead to help implement an anticipated USAID program in Southern Mexico.The program seeks to increase the sales and market linkages for selected value chains in the Southern states of Oaxaca and Chiapas.The Policy and Regulatory Lead will be responsible for managing all the activities under Objective 3.S/he will provide technical direction to promote stakeholder coordination and dialogue and policy and regulatory environment that is conducive to investment and innovation.The Policy and Regulatory Lead will work closely with the Objective 3 team to facilitate multi-stakeholder dialogues between policy makers, private sector, and local communities to generate and implement a common agenda to address challenges related to entrepreneurship, opening a business, agribusiness development, and trade, leveraging existing policy dialogue and information sharing mechanisms to the extent possible.**Responsibilities**:- Responsible for overall technical direction of SURGES Objective 3.- Identify the binding regulatory barriers to value chain growth.- Develop a framework for analyzing existing policy, suggest reforms, and regulatory changes and identify necessary areas for capacity improvement.- Support project activities related to streaming policies, regulations, and procedures to improve the enabling business environment for targeted value chain growth.- Develop technical vision to form a stakeholders group of private sector, non-governmental, and governmental champions for each value chain.Qualifications:- Master's degree in a relevant field such as public policy, business, agricultural development, business and marketing, or international development.- At least 10 years of professional experience, with experience in Southern Mexico preferred.- Leadership and senior management experience in leading complex operations and program strategy advising and developing policy decisions in private and public institutions.- Strong understanding of enabling environment issues in Southern Mexico, including positive working relationships with the Government of Mexico and public institutions, and knowledge of Mexican counterparts preferred.- Demonstrated experience in planning and implementing technical assistance for policy reform and institutional capacity building in a variety of agricultural and non-agricultural value chains.- Work experience in the private sector and in a development project environment is preferred.- A minimum of five years of relevant experience in the private sector or a development project environment.- Experience managing a team of local staff.- Excellent oral and written communication skills.- Fluency in Spanish and English.EEO Statement:This job posting should not be construed to imply that the requirements are the exclusive standards of the position nor will it be the sole basis for any subsequent employee evaluations.Incumbents will follow any other instructions and perform any other related duties as may be required by their supervisor.All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or other status protected by applicable law.