Mozambique: Evaluation Team Leader USAID/Mozambique Malaria Project, Mozambique Monitoring and Evaluations

Evaluation Team Leader USAID/Mozambique Malaria Project,

Mozambique Monitoring and EvaluationsMechanism Services

(MMEMS), Mozambique

Company Profile: MSI, a Tetra Tech Company, is a Washington, DC metro area international development firm with a 35-year history of delivering development results across the world. Our core expertise is in the fields of monitoring and evaluation (M&E), institutional development, public sector management, governance and anti-corruption. MSI implements nearly 100 projects in 90 countries around the world such as Jordan, Morocco, Lebanon, Syria, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Colombia, and Mexico. As one of the leading companies in our field, MSI has partnered with more than 80 organizations across all sectors of international development with clients ranging from large bilateral and multilateral donors such as USAID, the World Bank and the UNDP to national and local governments, NGOs, think tanks, foundations and universities. For more information on MSI, please visit our website at www.msiworldwide.com.

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Project Summary:**
MSI manages the Mozambique Monitoring and Evaluations Mechanism Services (MMEMS) contract, which has the goal of helping USAID/Mozambique become a more effective and adaptive development organization. In support of this goal, MMEMS provides high quality, timely evaluations of Mission projects and activities. USAID/Mozambique has asked MMEMS to carry out an evaluation of a key Malaria prevention and treatment activity. MMEMS seeks a highly qualified evaluation team leader with experience evaluating Malaria prevention and treatment projects.

Position Summary:
The evaluation team leader will spearhead the evaluation of a Malaria prevention and treatment project in Mozambique with field work of up to three weeks in July-August and the final report completed by the end of September 2017. The consultant will take the lead in developing the mixed-methods evaluation design, developing data collection instruments, and conducting data collection, analysis and report writing. The team leader will coordinate and oversee the work of the evaluation team members and report to the MMEMS Chief of Party and Senior Evaluation Adviser.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the design and implementation of all evaluation activities.
• Supervise other evaluation team members in carrying out required design, data collection, and analysis and report writing tasks.
• Ensure that evaluation processes and products meet the requirements and quality standards of MSI and USAID.
• Oversee and conduct desk research and provide inputs to inform required evaluation design documents.
• Lead the drafting and finalization of the evaluation design documents including: data collection instruments, data collection and analysis plans, work plans, sampling plans and criteria, and other relevant sections of the design document.
• Carry out research and analysis based on the approved evaluation design and methodology; this may include reviewing and analyzing secondary documents, conducting key informant interviews in person or by phone, and supervising data collection and other approaches to collect and analyze data.
• Lead the drafting and finalization of the draft and final evaluation report; including responding to comments from MSI's MMEMS team and the client.
• Participate in presentations to USAID and external stakeholders regarding findings and recommendations from the evaluation.

Qualifications:

• A graduate degree in the social sciences.
• A minimum of 8 years of evaluation experience, including experience leading evaluation teams.
• A minimum of 10 years' experience in international development work.
• Demonstrated experience evaluating Malaria programs.
• Knowledge and experience in applying USAID's evaluation guidelines.
• Proven communication skills.
• Specialist expertise in working with databases, electronic communication methods and software to collect and analyze data.
• Staff supervision experience.
• Outstanding team leadership skills and experience.
• Fluency in English required. Fluency in Portuguese preferred.
• Experience working in Mozambique a plus.

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

MSI is an EEO/AA/ADA Veterans Employer.

To apply: Please visit our website, www.msiworldwide.com

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