Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist (Crown Agents USA)- Employment, career opportunity in Tanzania

Job Title: Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist (Government of Tanzania – Partnership for Growth)
Organization: Crown Agents USA
Country: United Republic of Tanzania
Deadline: 31st Dec 2013
Date Posted: 12th Sept 2013

Crown Agents USA, Inc. (CA-USA) is seeking a Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist (Government of Tanzania – Partnership for Growth) for an anticipated USAID Tanzania Mission Monitoring and Evaluation Mechanism project located in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.

Our Business

Crown Agents is an international development company employing over 600 personnel worldwide with a presence in more than 40 countries, subsidiaries in 12 countries, and permanent staff working on the ground in 22 corporate offices in Africa, Asia Latin America, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Crown Agents provides direct assistance, management consulting, and human and institutional development for public and private sector clients in customs and trade facilitation, public financial management, procurement, logistics, and health systems strengthening.

Crown Agents USA (CA-USA), the U.S. incorporated subsidiary of CA Group, provides direct procurement services, technical assistance, and training to improve health outcomes, establish good governance, and stimulate economic growth across the developing world. Established practice areas include Health, Supply Chain Services, Food Security, and M&E. Since its incorporation in the United States in 1998, CA-USA has provided technical assistance services and support to U.S. Government agencies and international organizations such as the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA), and the Gates Foundation.

Project Description

USAID/Tanzania seeks offerors to improve upon and implement the Mission’s monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system based on the Agency’s guidance, policies and Mission order requirements over a five-year period.

Offerors shall include participatory methodologies that will engage program stakeholders, especially programs Implementing Partners, Contracting Officer Representatives (CORs)and Assistance Office Representatives (AOR) , in the ongoing implementation of the M&E system which shall also include a participatory learning and knowledge sharing component for implementation improvement across the mission portfolio. Offerors should consider innovative approaches and reporting in the M&E system design, including technological approaches such as the use of cell phones for data collection, the use of case studies, real time data collection, use of GIS, etc., USAID/Tanzania plans to use monitoring and evaluation data generated during program implementation as the evidence upon which to demonstrate the extent to which Development Objective (DO) teams are fulfilling their specific objectives. DO teams are interested not only in measuring key results/outcomes to better understand program effectiveness, but also in systematic documentation that can foster critical reflection, knowledge sharing and learning.

Roles & Responsibilities

• The Senior M&E Specialist will facilitate performance improvement in monitoring and evaluation as indicated in Partnership for Growth (PFG) work plans and score cards.
• Duties will include conducting or facilitating data collection and preparing reports, and communicating effectively to meet the needs of pertinent Government of Tanzania (GOT) ministries and agencies.
• He/she will work regularly with the GOT-PFG secretariat to coordinate M & E efforts and develop and implement a strategy for sustainability of performance monitoring & evaluation processes.
• The Senior M&E Specialist will also facilitate training and capacity building activities.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree in International Development, Statistics or Economics is required.
• Candidate must have at least 10 years of senior-level experience in M&E systems design, and management and implementation of development projects.
o OR a Master’s degree/ Ph.D with 5 years of experience in the areas listed above.
• Technical expertise in evaluation design, implementation and analysis, evaluation methodologies, developing performance management plans, participatory data collection methods and protocols, and data quality verification techniques preferred.
• Experience working in Government of Tanzania ministries and familiarity with MKUKUTA framework required.
• Fluency in both English and Kiswahili is required.

How to apply:

Application Process

To apply to this position, please email your CV to careers@crownagents.com. Include your name, along with the title of the position you are applying for, in the subject line.
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