Senegal: Sr. M&E Specialist - USAID/Senegal Mission-Wide Monitoring and Evaluation Project

COMPANY PROFILE

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 has implemented over two hundred projects. IBTCI has served governments, private sector companies and several donor agencies in the practice area of Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) across many sectors including democracy and governance, education, economic growth, environment, and global health.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

IBTCI is seeking staff for the USAID/Senegal Mission-Wide Monitoring and Evaluation Projectto support the USAID/Senegal. The purpose of this award is to conduct studies and evaluation activities, including, but not limited to; activity/project design and progress assessments, performance evaluations, baseline data collection, target setting, and statement of work (SOW) development for evaluation activities. Overall, this award seeks to improve performance management at all levels to help the Mission meet Agency requirements, make better informed strategic and management decisions, and advance Agency learning.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Senior Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Specialist will be responsible for leading and managing the technical work related to performance monitoring under this contract. The M&E Specialist will:

· Be responsible for the design, quality, development and completion of all assessments, analytical reports and evaluations;

· Oversee, recruit for, and participate in evaluations, assessments, and baseline surveys throughout the life of the contract;

· Serve as the evaluation team leader of select evaluations conducted under this contract;

· Ensure the short-term technical experts and evaluation team members recruited are of a high caliber and possess required technical expertise;

· Lead and oversee the review of Performance Management Plans (PMPs), support such technical work as reviewing reporting methods, carrying out training needs, designing tools and advising on USAID and Implementing Partners on their M&E work, including field monitoring and DQAs;

· Contribute substantively to the design and field testing of the evaluation methodology, participatory data collection methods and protocols, data verification techniques, and other technical evaluation and analytical tasks as needed.

QUALIFICATIONS

The M&E Specialist must have:

· An advanced university degree in the social sciences, international development, Public Administration, Public Policy, or other relevant field;

· Demonstrated experience in indicator development, data collection and analysis, data quality assessments, and performance monitoring and reporting;

· Strong qualitative and quantitative skills;

· Demonstrated experience in providing guidance to technical teams in developing and updating PMPs, as well as creating and managing PMPs;

· Demonstrated experience in leveraging performance monitoring data for improving ongoing project management;

· Demonstrated experience in designing and implementing performance and impact evaluations of development interventions;

· Experience in designing and field testing surveys and other data collection instruments.

· Project management skills;

· Familiarity with USAID policies related to evaluation and performance management;

· Strong written and oral communication and excellent interpersonal skills; and

· Fluency in both English and French is preferred.

Please submit all application materials along with three references here https://ibtci.devhire.devex.com/.