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About MSI-AMELA

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.

Job Description

Position Summary:

The Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Specialist, in conjunction with the Third-Party Monitoring (TPM) technical team, will be responsible for managing the monitoring and verification (M&V) activities of multiple international development and humanitarian USAID-funded projects in Afghanistan. The M&E Specialist will also be responsible for liaising with the local data collection partners in coordinating site visits, maintaining an issue log, and oversee other aspects of field data collection. The M&E Specialist will be involved in providing cross-functional support to team members working across multiple assignments. This is a full-time position. The Specialist must reside in Afghanistan and have the ability to work remotely with limited travel within Afghanistan.

Responsibilities:

• Liaise and coordinate with the local data collection partners to ensure that monitoring site visits are conducted smoothly, and issues are communicated in a timely and organized manner.
• Manage third party monitoring of multiple development and humanitarian projects including data collection, processing, analysis, and reporting.
• Train and supervise STTA M&E Specialists, Field Monitors, and local sub-contractor’s staff on M&V techniques/protocols.
• Assist in development and management of data management processes.
• Oversee and/or participating in site visits validations as necessary to capture and analyze data in a timely and accurate manner.
• Develop data collection tools and protocols.
• Manage the implementation of a multi-pronged data quality assurance and control approach and work with the project team to improve the approach regularly.
• Perform other tasks as designated by senior management.

Skills Required

• Excellent Supervisory, team worker, analytical, and troubleshooting skills
• Excellent report-writing skills
• Good command of written and spoken English, Pashto and Dari

Submission Guideline:

Submission Email:

https://tetratech.referrals.selectminds.com/msi/jobs/monitoring-and-evaluation-specialist-amela-remote-37521