Organization:
Management Systems InternationalCountry: Mexico
Closing date:
15 Sep 2013Consultant: Identify and Document Best Practices, Mexico Rule of Law III, Mexico
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 atwww.msiworldwide.com.
Project Summary:The USAID/Mexico-funded program entitled "Mexico Rule of Law III: Justice and Security Program" (JASP) stems from the Merida Initiative objective to prevent and eradicate organized crime. The Program seeks to strengthen public transparency, accountability and oversight, thereby reducing the transnational threats of trafficking of arms, humans, drugs and money laundering that affect both Mexico and the United States. The Program aims specifically to support implementation of the New Criminal Justice System, resulting from the 2008 constitutional reform in Mexico, focusing on the professionalization of law enforcement officials and bringing Mexico in line with global human rights standards through policy reforms, technical assistance, specialized training and public outreach.
Background:This USAID/Mexico-funded program supports Mexican implementation of criminal justice reforms at the state and federal level. The objectives of the JASP are: 1) to increase the capacity of Mexican states to implement comprehensive justice reform; and 2) to support the implementation of justice reforms at the federal level by strengthening the legislative and policy frameworks and engaging civil society to participate in the process. Program technical assistance has allowed for the enactment of legislation, the institutional strengthening and capacity building of justice sector institutions and operators, and the engagement of key civil society partners in the justice system reform process. During the four years of JASP´s implementation several best practices for planning, organization, managerial and/or operational have emerged and since proven successful in particular circumstances, which can have both specific and/universal applicability. These best practices demonstrate what works most effectively in a specific context, and MSI seeks to identify and document them in order to evaluate how they could work in different situations and contexts, and be adopted and replicated by various justice institutions.
Position Summary Under the general supervision of the Director of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) the incumbent will be responsible for the following:
Identifying programs, activities or methods that have the highest degree of proven effectiveness supported by objective and comprehensive research and evaluation; these will have proved to work effectively and produce successful outcomes and are supported to some degree by subjective and objective data sources, having the potential for replication among other institutions.
The consultancy isn’t-to-exceed 30 working days to be carried out for 15 days in Mexico between August and November 2013.
Responsibilities*Develop a work plan to comply with all responsibilities and deliverables of the consultancy. The work plan will be subject to the feedback and approval of the Director of Planning and M&E.*Develop a methodology and criteria to identify best practices, using methods or techniques that have shown superior results to be used as a benchmark.*Request technical teams to identify and provide materials on what they perceive as ideal practices in their area of work. It is important to impose deadlines for receiving this information and review with the M&E Director.*Identify the core essence of the practice, how it is implemented, if it can be replicated and adapted to local conditions.*Describe potential vulnerabilities that could lead a good practice to fail — these weaknesses are "generic vulnerabilities.” Two types of vulnerabilities are worth particular attention: 1) poor general management capacity, which makes it more difficult to effectively implement a good practice; and 2) weaknesses inherent to the practice itself.*Identify and gather data on the exemplary practice.*Propose structure of the final report for the approval of the M&E Director*Submit final report that includes at least six well documented best practices. This report should include written and visual information (e.g. charts, graphs, photographs, maps).*Respond to M&E Director's feedback on the final report according to set dates in the work plan.Qualifications *Five years’ experience in program evaluation. Demonstrated experience in the evaluation of rule of law programs preferred.*Master’s degree, preferably in public administration, political or social sciences, law, economics.*Excellent knowledge of evaluation concepts.*Thorough knowledge of how to identify and document best practices.*Strong strategic and analytical thinking.*Familiarity with the justice sector in Mexico, Colombia or Chile an advantage.*Ability to understand written legal, and other technical documents related to criminal justice reform.*Ability to work under pressure and under tight deadlines.*Personal commitment, flexibility, efficiency and drive for results.*Ability to communicate with colleagues, counterparts and/or partners in a professional manner.*Ability to work independently in the field with little supervision.Languages*Excellent writing and communication skills in English.*Fluency in Spanish (written and oral), bilingual preferred.
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