Subject Matter Expert Consultant, PIMMELA
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 is implementing the Philippines, Pacific Islands and Mongolia Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Activity (PIMMELA) in the Philippines, 12 Pacific Island countries and Mongolia. PIMMELA will provide monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) support services to the USAID Missions within the geographic area of coverage. Presently, PIMMELA is working with the USAID Mongolia in the conduct of its mid-term evaluation of the Mongolia Energy Governance (MEG) Activity. MEG has three overarching objectives: 1) to improve planning and operational performance of electricity and heating systems, 2) to increase market competitiveness in the power sector, and 3) to enable adoption of modern energy technologies. This evaluation has two equally important purposes: 1) to identify appropriate management and implementation strategies that need to be adjusted or adapted during the remaining duration of the activity, and 2) to inform the conceptualization, design and implementation of any follow-on activities that may evolve from the current MEG activity.
**Please note: Only Philippines, Fiji, Mongolia, and Pacific Island citizens are eligible for this position**
Position Summary:
The Subject Matter Expert Consultant will be responsible for providing technical inputs to ensure the appropriateness of evaluation approaches and methods to the energy sector in Mongolia broadly, and to the MEG Activity, specifically.
Responsibilities:
- Provide input throughout the course of the evaluation, drawing from expertise in the energy sector to ensure technical soundness and cultural appropriateness including inputs to the evaluation design, data collection instruments, evaluation work plan, presentation materials, evaluation report, and recommendation workshop.
- Ensure that the evaluation approaches, methods, and tools used are properly contextualized to the energy sector in Mongolia and to the MEG Activity.
- Provide clear guidance on navigating sources of information relevant to the policy and governance, competition, and changing political economy in the energy sector.
Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in engineering, environmental science, economics, or any of the relevant social science fields in required.
- Minimum three years of experience in the energy sector required, preferably in energy systems and technology, and in energy markets and competition policy. Minimum five years of experience preferred.
- Minimum three years of experience working in development projects and programs required.
- Experience in supporting donor-funded projects required.
- Experience in USAID projects preferred.
- Experience doing evaluations, research, studies, and/or assessments in Mongolia preferred.
- Familiarity with the development context in Mongolia required.
- Ability to write clear, concise, and complete message-driven reports of evaluations, assessments and research required.
- Strong analytical and interpersonal skills required.
- Professional written and verbal language skills in English required.
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