The Senior Democracy Specialist will serve principally as the Middle East Regional Coordinator in the PLI Office, while also providing policy and integration support. As Regional Coordinator, the incumbent will be the primary liaison between the DRG Bureau and the Middle East Bureau and the field missions in the Middle East region. The incumbent will also assist other Regional Coordinators covering other regions as needed. The four primary responsibilities of the Regional Coordinator are: (1)  to engage, advise, and support USAID field missions on a broad range of DRG issues, providing intensive backstopping in times of high need and high visibility, and connecting field staff with various sector experts and DRG mechanisms when needed; (2) to provide counsel on DRG strategic and budget planning for USAID missions in the region and to the intra and interagency; (3) to participate in intra- and inter-agency policy engagement on country-specific DRG issues; and (4) to provide direct technical assistance to missions, for example related to DRG assessments, evaluations or project designs.