Third-Party Monitoring Associate, MENA MELS Activity, Remote

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

MSI implements USAID’s Middle East & North Africa Monitoring, Evaluation, & Learning Services (MENA MELS) Activity, which supports the design and implementation of rigorous monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) activities for USAID’s Middle East Bureau and its operating units (OU) in 10 countries in the Middle East and North Africa, including the West Bank and Gaza. The USAID/ West Bank/Gaza (WBG) Mission has engaged MSI to conduct a wide range of evaluation, third-party monitoring and other MEL-related technical assistance for USAID-funded activities in the West Bank and Gaza.

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Position Summary

The Third-Party Monitoring (TPM) Associate will support the ongoing TPM activities in the West Bank/Gaza and will work closely with the MENA MELS WBG team including but not limited to the TPM Lead and Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Specialists in Amman, Ramallah, and Gaza. The TPM Associate will be supervised by the TPM Lead. The anticipated level of effort is 25 days from May 15, 2024, to September 22, 2024.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the TPM lead and M&E specialists to draft data collection instruments for different modalities including but not limited to youth, health activities, food assistance, and psychosocial support activities.
• Review existing TPM tools to adapt them to the changing situation in WBG and based on implementing partner (IP) activities.
• Support data analysis of TPM data as well as conduct quality checks on data collected by the data collection firms.
• Support the review and/or drafting of TPM reports.
• Support the training efforts of data collection teams before IP specific TPM activities.
• Coordinate TPM visits with data collection partners.
• Participate in the capacity building of internal teams or local partners.
• Assist in the maintenance and organization of monitoring data and reports for easy access and future reference.
• Support programming TPM tools on ODK/Fulcrum.
• Support other tasks, as and when requested by the senior leadership.
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in social sciences required.
• Minimum five years of experience supporting TPM projects including data collection, reporting, and analysis required.
• Minimum five years of experience working on humanitarian assistance related work, may include implementation or M&E experience preferred.
• Strong attention to detail, organizational, oral and written communication skills required.
• Language proficiency in Arabic and English required.
  
  

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.

MSI is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action/Americans with Disabilities/Veterans Employer.

Reasonable Accommodations

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Additional Information

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