MSI is a Washington, D.C.-based international development firm providing specialized short- and long-term technical assistance. Since its 1981 founding, MSI has grown in size and technical scope, now implementing and managing more than 70 projects worldwide. More than 30 are long-term, many in conflict-prone or fragile states that include Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Today, our range of technical expertise includes analytical and field projects in democracy and governance, economic growth, strategic planning, organizational capacity building, health and the justice sector. MSI focuses on helping our local partners foster progress, manage change and improve the effectiveness of development assistance. We expanded our global footprint in 2008 by becoming part of Coffey International Development, a leading development firm that is part of Coffey International Limited, a publicly traded company on the Australia Stock Exchange. Alongside Coffey, MSI has corporate offices in 17 countries. Together, MSI and Coffey International Development employ more than 1,400 professionals worldwide. For more information on MSI, please visit our website at www.msiworldwide.com.
Project Summary:
The project objectives are geared to support and strengthen the current USAID/Kenya strategy in meeting day to day information needs in order to make informed program management decisions, as well as to provide substantive support with qualitative, quantitative, and analytical information to assist in continually assessing and evaluating the Mission's development hypothesis. It shall also assist the Mission with its public education goals by providing qualitative and anecdotal evidence on the effects of projects on the lives of individual beneficiaries.
Position Summary:
MSI is seeking a Nairobi-based, M&V Manager for the full term of the contract to undertake activity-level monitoring and verification of results in the field in order to ensure that all USAID implementing partners' data are complete, accurate, and consistent with agreements and reports, and with USAID's regulations.
Responsibilities:
- Establish protocols for, training and managing a team of Regional Supervisory Field Staff and Field-Based Monitors that will become familiar with all Mission projects and randomly select and visit activity sites to monitor and report on the following activities:
- Monitoring of project performance and partner data collection methods and quality.
- Activity-level environmental compliance and mitigation measures, as required in ADS 204 and activity/project Initial Environmental Evaluations (IEEs) and Environmental Reviews (ERs), taking into account USAID Environmental Guidelines, and including the Pesticides Evaluation Report and Safer Use Action Plan (PERSUAP), when appropriate.
- Compliance with IP approved USAID Branding and Marking plan, per ADS 320.
- Based on the above, provide real-time, flexible, activity-level data analyses and reporting utilizing an electronic data collection system that can aggregate data and provide it in real-time to AORs/CORs.
- Lead on evaluations and other analytical products, as appropriate, and other duties as assigned by the COP.
Qualifications:
- A graduate degree in the field of evaluation, international development or a related technical field.
- At least seven years of international experience in the management, monitoring and evaluation of development programs, including experience developing monitoring tools, and training and managing staff in effective use of those tools.
- Excellent American English writing skills and speaking ability.
Only candidates who have been selected for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls, please.
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