Learning and Capacity Building Manager, USAID Senegal Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Project, Dakar, Senegal

Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in social sciences, demography, development studies, or a related field.
• Minimum of four (4) years of demonstrated experience managing concurrent monitoring, learning, and capacity building activities for improved development outcomes.
• Experience playing a management role on complex, multi-stakeholder learning and capacity building efforts, including scoping, designing, data collection, analysis, and reporting to implement evaluations and other assessments.
• Experience supporting design or implementation of complex monitoring systems required. This includes designing indicators and data collection tools, conducting data collection, and analyzing/reporting on monitoring data to support learning events as part of CLA approach.
• Computer literacy and competency in use of Microsoft Office software (Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint).
• Use of quantitative and qualitative software analysis programs such as Dedoose, NVivo, Stata, SPSS or others.
• Experience in supporting collaboration and learning events with combined Government of Senegal, USAID and implementing partner participation.
• Experience developing the evaluation capacity of research/evaluation teams highly preferred.
• Experience managing complex relationships with a variety of stakeholders, including with government officials at different levels.
• Working knowledge of and experience with USG-funded program management, policies, regulations and procedures. Strong familiarity with USAID’s Evaluation Policy, ADS 201, CLA, and the Program Cycle. Experience with USAID’s Gender Policy and ADS 205 highly desired.
• Strong communication, supervision, and management skills required.
• Experience implementing these MEL activities in Senegal required; familiarity with USAID/Senegal Mission is preferred.
• Authorization to work legally in Senegal required.
• Superior written and verbal skills in French and working knowledge of written and spoken English required.

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