Evaluation Assistant, MozMEL Activity
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- International Development
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- Nov 20, 2023 Post Date
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- 21600001667 Requisition #
Management Systems International (MSI), a Tetra Tech Company, is a Washington, D.C. metro area management consultancy with a 40-year history of delivering results for our clients. Our expertise is in the fields of monitoring and evaluation; democracy and governance; peace and stability; rule of law and accountability; education; gender and inclusion; strategic communications; and leadership and organizational development. MSI has implemented projects in 90 countries around the world such as Colombia, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Syria and Ukraine, and works domestically. We support clients ranging from the U.S. Government (e.g., the U.S. Agency for International Development, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Departments of State and Labor, and the Millennium Challenge Corporation) to large bilateral and multilateral donors (e.g., the World Bank and the United Nations Development Program). We also work with national and local governments, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), think tanks, foundations and universities. For more information, please visit our website at www.msiworldwide.com.
Project Summary:
The Mozambique Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MozMEL) Activity is a five-year initiative to support the Mission in monitoring, evaluation, learning, training, and logistical support.
**Please note: Only Mozambicans citizens are eligible for this position**
Position Summary:
The Evaluation Assistant will support the Team Lead in conducting a mid-term process evaluation of the Mozambique Local Governance Strengthening (LOGOS) contract, which completed two and a half years of implementation by September 2023. The report produced from the evaluation will inform USAID/Mozambique on how the LOGOS contract has implemented activities planned, assess resources allocated towards achievement of objectives, determine if interventions are sufficient to reach desired outcomes, and guide the USAID/Mozambique for future programming. LOGOS’ assistance to targeted geographic areas included the Nampula, Zambezia and Cabo Delgado provinces. This will be a short-term position, with an estimate of 15 days level of effort during the period of January 2024 to April 2024.
Responsibilities:
- Assist the Team Lead to prepare the fieldwork.
- Participate in fieldwork and manage specific data collection tasks as assigned by the Team Lead.
- Produce transcripts of all data collected.
- Gather and document lessons learned, best practices and areas of improvement from implementation.
Qualifications:
- High school diploma is required. Bachelor’s degree is preferred.
- Minimum seven years of experience in data collection tasks is required.
- Experience in the field of institutional capacity development and proven track record of working on design of capacity development programs for public institutions is required.
- Knowledge and understanding of the Mozambican political context, particularly the decentralization strategy and legal framework is required.
- Good analytical, writing and presentation skills is preferred.
- Ability to meet deadlines is required.
- Fluency in Portuguese is required. Working proficiency in English is preferred.
*Deadline for applying for this position – December 1, 2023*
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