CHARITY JOBS IN AFRICA

Organization: The Mitchell Group
Country: Mali
Closing date: 06 Oct 2014

The Mitchell Group, Inc. (TMG), an international development consulting firm based in Washington, DC, is currently seeking expressions of interest from qualified applicants for a Senior M&E Specialist position in support of a potential project in Mali. This individual will be responsible for leading and managing the technical work related to performance monitoring under this contract. The individual will oversee, recruit for, and participate in evaluations and assessments and baseline surveys throughout the life of the contract. S/he will ensure the short-term technical experts and evaluation team members recruited under this contract are of a high caliber and possess the required technical expertise. The Senior M&E Specialist may also serve as the evaluation team leader of select evaluations conducted under this contract.

The proposed Senior M&E Specialist must have the following qualifications, education and/or experience:

• An advanced university degree in the social sciences, in particular: statistics, economics, public policy, public health or other relevant field. Desirable Experience:
• Indicator development, data collection and analysis, data quality assessments, and/or performance
• monitoring and reporting.
• Strong quantitative skills.
• Providing guidance to technical teams in developing and updating Performance Management Plans.
• Creating and managing Performance Management Plans.
• Leveraging performance monitoring data for improving ongoing project management.
• Designing and implementing performance and impact evaluations of development interventions.
• Designing and field testing surveys and other data collection instruments.
• Designing, working on and preferably leading an evaluation team.
• Project management skills are desirable.
• Familiarity with USAID policies related to evaluation and performance management highly desirable.
• Strong written and oral communication and excellent interpersonal skills.
• Fluent in French

The anticipated Roles of the Senior M&E Specialist are, but not limited to, the following:

• Lead/oversee the review of PMPs, and support such technical work as reviewing reporting methods; carrying out training needs; designing tools and advising DO teams on their M&E work, including field monitoring and DQAs.
• Contribute substantively to the design and field testing of the evaluation methodology, participatory data collection methods and protocols, data verification techniques, and other technical evaluation and analytical tasks conducted under this contract.
• S/he will be responsible for the design, quality, development and completion of all assessments, analytical reports and evaluations.

How to apply:

Interested and qualified candidates should submit the following documents as MS Word files via e-mail to courochek@the-mitchellgroup.com and zubairq@the-mitchellgroup.com. In the subject line, please indicate “Senior M&E Specialist Position - Mali”. CV’s/resumes will be reviewed as they are received. Early application is encouraged. No phone calls please. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

• Completed and signed USAID form No. AID 1420-17
• Brief cover letter that includes a one paragraph summary of your key qualifications
• Current CV/résumé with references.

This position will be for a project with a duration of up to five years.