Colombia: Lead Assessment Specialist, EVAL (Evaluation and Analysis for Learning), Bogotá, Colombia
Country: Colombia
Closing date: 24 Oct 2013
Lead Assessment Specialist, EVAL (Evaluation and Analysis for Learning), Bogotá, Colombia
Company Profile: 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, and South Sudan. 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, a leading geoscience, international development and project management firm, and a publicly traded company on the Australian Stock Exchange. Alongside the international development arm of Coffey, MSI has corporate offices in 17 countries. Together, MSI and Coffey employ more than 1,400 professionals worldwide. For more information on MSI, please visit our website at www.msiworldwide.com.
Project Summary:
EVAL is a five-year USAID/Colombia-funded project to provide impact evaluations, performance evaluations and assessments to support mission learning and support implementation.
Position Summary:
The successful applicant will coordinate and ensure the quality of EVAL’s efforts to provide a wide range of assessments, ranging from assessments of government institutions, to understanding the USAID/Colombia’s experience with USAID Forward and Public/Private partnerships, to exploring issues of gender and masculinity as the country moves towards peace. The Lead Assessment Specialist will report to the Chief of Party.The position will be for a minimum of two years, based in Bogotá.
Responsibilities:
- Working with EVAL’s Colombian subcontractors and the EVAL team: develop SOWs for assessments, review teams for appropriateness, lead assessment team planning meetings, follow-up on assessment team progress, inject technical inputs, and edit reports, as necessary;
- Provide quality management and coordination of EVAL’s assessment portfolio;
- Lead team efforts involved in assessment of GOC institutions;
- Contribute, as necessary, to support execution of EVAL’s evaluation portfolio, depending on workload;
- Serve as an active team member in EVAL implementation beyond assessment activities.
Qualifications:
- Significant experience leading and managing assessment, evaluation, and monitoring teams in diverse contexts;
- Significant experience in performing institutional assessments;
- Significant Latin American experience is a must, with Colombia knowledge a big plus;
- A minimum of a master’s degree in a related discipline;
- Extensive experience with USAID;
- The ability to travel throughout Colombia; and
- Fluency in Spanish and English.
Only candidates who have been selected for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls,please.
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