South Sudan: Deputy Chief of Party, USAID/South Sudan Monitoring and Evaluation Support Project (MESP), South Sudan

Deputy Chief of Party, USAID/South Sudan

Monitoring and Evaluation Support Project (MESP), South Sudan

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Project Summary: **

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), program office requires support to assist USAID/South Sudan to effectively monitor, evaluate, and relay information about project interventions. The Monitoring and Evaluation Support Project (MESP) provides USAID/South Sudan with flexible, demand-driven technical, analytic, advisory, training, monitoring, evaluation, and related support services for performance measurement, planning, monitoring, evaluation, reporting, communications, activity mapping, and performance information and management.

Position Summary:

Under the supervision of the chief of party (COP), the deputy chief of party (DCOP) is responsible for leading and managing the technical work related to performance monitoring and conflict analysis. Among other tasks, the DCOP leads and oversees the work of the third-party monitors and supports them in data analysis and presentation of the data and findings to USAID, and undertakes and supervises conflict assessment and analysis of the ongoing unrest and violence in South Sudan in order to help USAID understand and adjust to the impact of the conflict on USAID programs and implementing partners (IPs). The DCOP may also serve as the team leader of select assessments conducted under task orders and as Acting COP during absence of the COP.

Responsibilities:

• Organize and supervise day-to-day programmatic activities, including third party monitoring, evaluations and assessments, data quality assessments, and other activities as requested by USAID such as IP meetings.
• Manage the technical staff on the program, including M&E specialists, third-party monitors and the information management advisor.
• Oversee analysis from third party monitoring, evaluations and assessments, data quality assessments, and other activities requested by USAID in order to capture the interaction between USAID programming and the context of the conflict.
• Ensure quality control in the production of written deliverables from the integrity of the data collection to its analysis and technical drafting.
• Support the COP to effectively manage in-country partner relations with governmental and implementing partners' representatives.
• Conduct troubleshooting with South Sudan partners on programming issues to help resolve issues in a timely manner.
• Represent the project in a favorable light to the project's partners, the broader development community in South Sudan, and USAID/South Sudan.
• Represent the project at events or functions, as designated by the COP.
• Participate, lead, or oversee evaluation/assessments/special study teams.
• Work closely with the director of finance and administration to coordinate the operational support for monitoring, evaluation, assessment, and other activities.
• Perform other tasks as needed.

Qualifications:

• At least ten (10) years of international experience in the design and management of evaluations (impact and performance), analyses and assessments, including the design of the evaluation methodology, participa t ory data coll e ction methods and protocols, and data verification techniques.
• A graduate degree in the field of evaluation, peacebuilding, conflict mitigation, international development, or a related technical field.
• At least five (5) years of experience recruiting and successfully managing teams with a focus on high quality of their products.
• Excellent English writing, speaking, and presentation abilities.
• Significant experience in conflict/post-conflict environments.
• Experience in South Sudan preferred.

Only candidates who have been selected for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls, please.

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