Sectoral Subject Matter Experts / Галузеві Експерти/ки з моніторингу та оцінки, MEASURE Project

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.

Project Summary:

The Monitoring, Evaluation and Audit Services for Reporting (MEASURE) in Ukraine Project  provides the U.S. State Department (DoS) with monitoring services to monitor the delivery and use of U.S. foreign assistance in Ukraine. The project will involve working with grantees to develop monitoring plans identifying performance indicators to report progress, compiling submitted data into reports for State Department review, and overseeing visits to sites where U.S. assistance is being utilized to verify assistance is being used as intended.

**Please note: Only Ukrainian citizens are eligible for this position.**

Position Summary:

The Sectoral Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) will work closely with the project Chief of Party and Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Specialists to provide expert opinions on sector-specific projects. The Experts will play a crucial role in informing and shaping MEASURE’s initiatives. Each SME will cover one or more of the following focus sectors for M&E exercises: economy and food security, governance and anticorruption, civilian security sector and cybersecurity, health (including psychosocial support), energy, climate change, natural resources, and the environment, media, civil society, and human rights, as well as justice, the rule of law, and war crimes. The assignments might be related to field monitoring visits or evaluations, in addition to USG agencies’ M&E frameworks. Assignments may last from days to weeks.

Responsibilities:

• Design, plan, lead, or support evaluations.
• Design, plan, lead, or support field monitoring exercises.
• Support USG agencies and implementing partners (IPs) in developing M&E frameworks, logic models, indicators, and other M&E-related documentation to help them continue to assess their progress toward achieving their goals.
• Review data collection instruments and processes to ensure that collected data is valid, reliable, and timely.
• Support the design and implementation of evaluability assessments for clusters of projects.
• Design and perform data quality assessments.
• Support the development of terms of references for evaluations and oversee the work of short-term experts involved in the evaluations.
• Design and implement primary data collection through observations, key informant interviews, and focus groups at partner assistance sites to ensure partner interventions are being implemented as designed and partner data collection approaches are being implemented in the field with sufficient rigor to assess results where necessary.
• Analyze data and synthesize research findings into succinct reporting.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Minimum five years of experience in M&E required.
• Experience with sectors such as economy and food security, governance and anticorruption, civilian security sector and cybersecurity, health (including psychosocial support), energy, climate change, natural resources, and the environment, media, civil society, and human rights, as well as justice, the rule of law, and war crimes preferred.
• Experience with USG-funded development programs and MEL systems for USG-funded programs is required.
• Familiarity with donor-funded programming in Ukraine is desirable.
• Proficiency in English, Ukrainian, or Russian is required.

To apply for the vacancy please go to Sectoral Subject Matter Experts, MEASURE – Tetra Tech Careers (selectminds.com)

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We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. In accordance with applicable law, we make reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as any mental health or physical disability needs.

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Reasonable Accommodations:

MSI is dedicated to hiring an inclusive workforce. If you would like to request reasonable accommodations during the application process, please visit Tetra Tech’s Disability Assistance Page. Our recruitment team looks forward to engaging in an interactive process to provide reasonable accommodations for candidates.

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