Early Childhood Education Specialist, TALEEM
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:
MSI manages several monitoring and evaluation (M&E) contracts, included the Teaching and Learning for Education Excellence in the Middle East (TALEEM) activity awarded in October 2022. MSI is preparing for several task orders, under various M&E platforms, focusing on early childhood education (ECE). For example, TALEEM is implementing the West Bank Gaza (WBG) Learning Plan, which provides overall learning, research and evaluation support to the USAID/WBG Basic Education Activity (BEA). The BEA activity has two major components: the first is to improve the education and SEL delivery capacity of early childhood centers. The second component supports after-school remedial learning programs and academic-based extracurricular activities for students in grades 1-6.
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Position Summary:
The Early Childhood Education (ECE) Specialist will be responsible for the overall management of research studies focusing on ECE under TALEEM and other M&E contracts. The ECE Specialist will serve as the primary point of contact with USAID, implementing partners, and MSI local staff and partners. The ECE Specialist will also work closely with the MSI education practice area staff to support evaluation and research design, data analysis, reporting and presentation. The ECE Specialist will also work closely with MSI research partners and provide quality control over data collection. The position is on a part-time basis, estimated at 50% to 70% time for up to three years, depending on the requirements of the studies being implemented. The ECE Specialist will report to the TALEEM Chief of Party (COP) and/or MSI’s Education Practice Area Leader.
Responsibilities:
- Oversee all research activities under the TALEEM BEA Learning Plan and other ECE focused studies under other M&E contracts.
- Ensure quality control systems and oversight to all research training and data collection.
- Manage the development of data collection tools.
- Ensure timely delivery of all research data.
- Work closely with the MSI Education Practice Area Team to analyze and develop reports and infographics related to the research findings.
- Work with MSI’s data visualization team to design infographics and data visualization tools for learning events, as requested.
- Work closely with the TALEEM COP and or MSI’s Education Practice Area Leader to mitigate contextual changes in WBG that directly affect the research approach.
- Develop technical progress reports as requested by client(s).
Qualifications:
- Minimum master’s degree in education, social sciences, or related area required.
- Minimum 10 years of experience working in international education, especially in early childhood development and education required.
- Experience in monitoring, evaluation, and research in the education sector required.
- Experience in quantitative and qualitative data analysis using statistical and transcript software such as Stata, R or Python and MaxQDA, NVivo or Atlas.ti to manage, process, and analyze data preferred.
- Experience working in the MENA region preferred.
- Experience working with USAID and other donors in the education and early childhood education sector.
- Strong knowledge of and experience in education components such as evidence-based instructional practices, teacher training, curriculum development, materials design, foundational learning preferred.
- Ability to travel to conflict zones if required.
- Spoken and written fluency in English required. Fluency in other languages such as French, Arabic, and/or Spanish, preferred.
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We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. In accordance with applicable law, we make reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as any mental health or physical disability needs.
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