Shields Point, LLC a subsidiary of Alutiiq, LLC has a potential opportunity for an (OCONUS) HNP Women, Children, Marginalized Communities Advisor.   The HNP Women, Children, and Marginalized Communities (WCM) advisor is responsible for providing policy guidance and coordination on women, children, and marginalized community issues under INL’s mandate, within the HNP and the prison system. In addition to other duties as assigned by INL, this cross-cutting position will: (a) serve as gender advisor to the HNP; (b) work with INL Port-au-Prince and INL Western Hemisphere Programs (WHP), coordinate, develop, implement, and oversee INL’s gender programs in Haiti; (c) identify marginalized communities around Haiti and report on their relationship with the HNP (d) improve the HNP’s relationship with women, children, and marginalized communities; (e) improve HNP recruitment of women and representatives of marginalized communities; and (f) draft reports and develop programs to improve conditions for women and minor prisoners in the Haitian corrections system. The position will be supervised by a PSC at Embassy Port-au-Prince and will be expected to travel independently around Haiti.

This opportunity is for a POTENTIAL CONTRACT award and is contingent upon the contract being awarded. Consideration for a potential contract may require a signed letter of intent. If the contract is awarded, another position posting will be available on the Company Careers portal.

Serve as Gender Advisor to HNP and INL/Port-au-Prince:

Monitor and report on INL-funded efforts in support of Haitian women; the status of Haitian laws relevant to the rights of women; Government of Haiti policies and procedures regarding women who work in the law enforcement and criminal justice system; the needs of Haitian women who work in the law enforcement and criminal justice system; the unique requirements of Haitian women with respect to drug demand reduction and the corrections system; and other developments related to women in the fields of law enforcement, justice, corrections, and counternarcotics. Assess current program efforts to improve women’s policing and gender justice capacities and structures in Haiti and the impact of ongoing programs; brief those assessments to HNP and INL; and propose future activities, and/or remedial actions. Provide expert advice on sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) issues in the Haiti portfolio to the INL/PAP Program Staff. Coordinate gender programming and information sharing related to gender programs between different INL programs and with other USG agencies represented at Embassy Port-au-Prince, as directed.  

Identify Marginalized Communities and Reporting on their Relationship with the HNP:

Travel to under-served and under-represented parts of Haiti, security permitting, meet with police officials and other local officials. Draft reports on under-served parts of Haiti, the needs of the law enforcement offices there, and their relationship with the local community. Build INL’s knowledge base on these areas in general.  

Improve HNP Recruitment of Women and Marginalized Communities:

Identify opportunities for increased HNP recruitment of women in general and from under-represented communities around Haiti, regardless of gender. Work with INL staff and other SMEs to draft/develop proposals to increase recruitment as appropriate.  

Improve Conditions for Women, Minors, and Disadvantaged Groups in Prisons:

Draft reports and develop programs to improve conditions for women and minor prisoners in the Haitian corrections system; work with INL staff and other SMEs to develop related programs, including training for corrections officers.

Payrate: $170,000 Annually