Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist
JOB OPPORTUNITY
DRC MECC/19.001
Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist
International Business & Technical Consultants, Inc.(IBTCI), a U.S. based international development consulting company established in 1987, has worked in over one hundred countries and implemented over two hundred projects. IBTCI serves government agencies, private sector companies and several donor agencies. IBTCI specializes in Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) across many sectors including, but not limited to, conflict and crisis, democracy and governance, economic growth, education, environment, and global health.
Job Title: Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist
Department/Location: Kinshasa, DRC
Reports To: Deputy Chief Of Party, Assessment/M&E Specialist
Type: Regular Full-Time
Classification: Managerial. Not eligible for overtime
Overview:
USAID/Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) intends to solicit and award a contract to provide coordination, monitoring, evaluation, analytic, and research services for the Mission’s Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS) and a Joint Education Program between the USAID/DRC and the United Kingdom Government (represented by the U.K. Department for International Development [DFID]). For the purpose of this SOW, the Contractor will provide to USAID performance management services to monitor, evaluate, and assess implementation of the Mission’s CDCS. The Contractor will also provide coordination, monitoring, evaluation, analytic, and research services for the USAID/ DFID Joint Education Program. This position is open to Congolese nationals only.
Responsibilities
Essential Duties/Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Lead technical assistance related to monitoring and evaluation systems, performance management, theories of change and M&E Plans.
- Support the development of M&E Plans for IPs through on-going and hands-on technical assistance to IP M&E and management teams, in close coordination with the donor. This support will be in program areas such as democracy and governance, stabilization, agriculture and economic growth, education/human capacity development/youth.
- Coordinate and lead ongoing and user-friendly analysis and presentations of IP results.
- Provide oversight of all verification activities in the field, conducted through DRC Third Party Monitoring agents, to ensure their timely and professional deployment of verifications, as well as the analysis of findings.
- Support the technical development of a web-enabled clearinghouse for donor data collection, integration and reporting activities.
- Supervise and provide technical support to program evaluations and assessment throughout the life of the program.
- Occasionally represent IBTCI in meetings with senior Mission, Embassy and Government officials.
- Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Demonstrated technical expertise in the implementation of complex M&E Performance Management Plans, including definition and determination of metrics and methods to best measure results and impact.
- Experience providing technical leadership or support to the development of qualitative and quantitative data collection instruments; field-based, hands-on and long-term M&E implementation experience is preferred.
- Proven experience on USAID-funded projects. Experience with DFID is preferred.
- Superior development analysis and communications skills are required.
- Experience facilitating and coordinating workshops is desirable.
- Significant experience in similar positions in the DRC.
Minimum Requirements:
- Minimum of 7 years of demonstrated technical expertise in the development of Monitoring and Evaluation systems and/or performance-based management.
- Oral and written fluency in English and French.
- DRC Citizenship
Education:Bachelor's Degree in the relevant field
Working Environment: Work is typically performed in an office environment.
Physical Requirements:This is largely a sedentary position that requires the ability to speak, hear, see, and lift small objects up to 20 lbs.
Supervisory Responsibility:This position does not have supervisory responsibilities.
Travel:Travel to field sitesmay be required
Work Authorization:Must be authorized to work in the DRC.
How to Apply
Please apply for this job online at
https://careers-ibtci.icims.com/jobs/2057/m%26e-specialist/job
And please send a copy of updated CV along with 3 contact persons in pdf or Word format to meccrecruitment@gmail.com by the deadline of March29, 2019 COB Kinshasa Time.
No phone calls please. All candidates will be acknowledged, but only final candidates for particular activities will be contacted.
IBTCI is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity for all persons without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, national origin, disabled veteran or Vietnam-era veteran, or any other classification protected by applicable anti-discrimination laws. We prohibit and do not tolerate any form of discrimination or harassment.
