Technical and Management Staff, Monitoring & Evaluation in East Africa

MSI is a Washington, D.C.-based international development firm providing specialized short- and long-term technical assistance. Since its 1981 founding, MSI has grown in size and technical scope, now implementing and managing more than 70 projects worldwide. More than 30 are long-term, many in conflict-prone or fragile states that include Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Today, our range of technical expertise includes analytical and field projects in democracy and governance, economic growth, strategic planning, organizational capacity building, health and the justice sector. MSI focuses on helping our local partners foster progress, manage change and improve the effectiveness of development assistance. We expanded our global footprint in 2008 by becoming part of Coffey International Development, a leading development firm that is part of Coffey International Limited, a publicly traded company on the Australia Stock Exchange. Alongside Coffey, MSI has corporate offices in 17 countries. Together, MSI and Coffey International Development employ more than 1,400 professionals worldwide. For more information on MSI, please visit our website at www.msiworldwide.com.

Project/Proposal Summary:
The purpose of this project is to provide technical, analytic, advisory, training, monitoring, evaluation, and related support services to assist USAID to effectively monitor, evaluate, and relay information about interventions. The contract will support the Mission to implement activities that promote inclusive development, in line with the Agency’s new policies on gender and youth. USAID will use the products and deliverables from this task order to (a) more effectively monitor and evaluate programs and activities; (b) make informed program management decisions, based on empirical evidence; (c) disseminate performance and impact information about these programs and activities to stakeholders; and (d) develop new programs, activities, and strategies that are informed by the results of monitoring, evaluations, assessments, and special studies.

Position Summary: The Senior-level staff will provide USAID with flexible, demand-driven technical, analytic, advisory, training, monitoring, evaluation, and related support services for performance measurement, planning, monitoring, evaluation, reporting, activity mapping, and performance information management and dissemination activities. Please note: this is an unaccompanied post.

Responsibilities: • Lead program implementation and oversee all technical and managerial decisions related to monitoring and evaluation systems, performance management, strategic communications, and public information products. • Produce deliverables related to development results reporting and analysis, data collection, and reporting. • Provide technical guidance in relevant program areas. • Recruit and supervise short-term U.S., third country, and local experts for evaluations and monitoring. • Represent MSI in meetings with senior Mission and Embassy officials. • Ensure quality oversight of all services rendered for the project, including those from short-term experts for evaluations and other assignments.

Qualifications: • Demonstrated international development programming and management experience. • Proven management experience on USAID-funded projects strongly preferred. • Demonstrated technical expertise in program evaluation and design, along with substantial experience selecting and managing teams of evaluators. • Experience facilitating and coordinating workshops and coordinating logistics preferred. • Excellent development analysis and communications skills. • Experience in East Africa or post-conflict posts, strongly preferred.

Only candidates who have been selected for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls, please.

How to apply:

To apply, please visit our website: www.msiworldwide.com.