Uganda: Monitoring and Evaluation Specialists, USAID/Uganda Learning Contract, Uganda

Monitoring and Evaluation Specialists, USAID/Uganda Learning Contract, Uganda

Company Profile: MSI, a Tetra Tech Company, is a Washington, DC metro area international development firm with a 35-year history of delivering development results across the world. Our core expertise is in the fields of monitoring and evaluation (M&E), institutional development, public sector management, governance and anti-corruption. MSI has implemented projects in 90 countries around the world such as Jordan, Morocco, Lebanon, Syria, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Colombia, and Mexico. As one of the leading companies in our field, MSI has partnered with organizations across all sectors of international development to support clients ranging from large bilateral and multilateral donors such as USAID, the World Bank and the UNDP to national and local governments, NGOs, think tanks, foundations and universities. For more information on MSI, please visit our website at www.msiworldwide.com.

Proposal Summary:
The five-year USAID Learning Contract will help USAID/Uganda strengthen its performance and, to a lesser extent the performance of its implementing partners, in collaborating, learning and performing in order to fortify the impact and sustainability of USAID-supported contributions to Uganda's development.

Position Summary:
MSI is seeking 2-3 long-term monitoring and evaluation (M&E) specialists to coordinate the project's M&E efforts, with a solid track-record in M&E and/or research. The M&E specialists will be responsible for coordinating the work of evaluation teams, designing data collection instruments, facilitating the logistics of collecting data from sites throughout Uganda, analyzing M&E data, and preparing reports. These are long-term positions over the course of the five-year length of the project.

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate the project's efforts on specific M&E assignments, including for evaluations, assessments and special studies and for assignments related to performance monitoring in support of USAID's Performance Monitoring Plan.
• Review Activity M&E plans submitted by USAID implementing partners and recommend improvements to ensure they generate high quality performance data and are aligned with USAID's needs.
• Assist in developing scopes of work for M&E assignments and also in developing position descriptions and scopes of work for short-term consultants who will carry out many of the assignments.
• Assist in finalizing evaluation designs and in developing data collection instruments.
• Aid teams of short-term consultants in identifying the best ways to collect data from sites throughout Uganda.
• Accompany data collection teams to the field for some assignments.
• Support teams in analyzing data and drafting reports.
• Assist in identifying and hiring consultants for short-term evaluation assignments.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of five (5) years of professional experience
• Demonstrated expertise in M&E of donor-funded programs or in research on development related topics required.
• Experience working with USAID-funded projects preferred.
• Experience in developing quantitative and qualitative instruments for data collection.
• Experience overseeing collection of data in Uganda required.
• Experience in data analysis and reporting.

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

MSI is an EEO/AA/ADA Veterans Employer.

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

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