Mali: Team Leader/Evaluation Specialist, Integrated Rural Program to Improve Nutrition and Hygiene Mid-Term Evaluation, Mali

Team Leader/Evaluation Specialist, Integrated Rural Program toImprove Nutrition and Hygiene Mid-Term Evaluation, Mali

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.

Project Summary:

MSI Performance Monitoring and Evaluation Project (PMEP) is seeking a Team Leader to participate in the mid-term performance evaluation of the Integrated Rural Program to Improve Nutrition and Hygiene in Mali. The program aims to improve the nutritional status of women, and children under two years of age through the implementation of integrated water, sanitation, hygiene and nutrition activities at the community level. This mid-term performance evaluation is intended to identify needed improvements in the current program as well as to inform the design of future nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) programming.

**Please note: Only citizens of Mali are eligible for this position.

Position Summary:

The Team Leader will be responsible for providing technical leadership in designing and implementing the evaluation, analyzing the data, and writing the final report. The Team Leader/Evaluation specialist will hold regular meetings with both the project team, and USAID/Mali staff throughout the evaluation. The team leader will be based in Bamako, Mali with travel to the regions required.

Qualifications:

• Master's degree in evaluation, social science, business administration, nutrition, public health or related area.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in the evaluation of development programs in Africa, prior experience as a team leader preferred.
• Experience in nutrition, agriculture, and WASH projects in developing countries.
• Experience leading an external evaluation of a USAID project strongly preferred
• Demonstrated technical expertise in evaluating health programs
• Strong leadership, analytic, management, and organization skills. Ability to interact with a broad range of partners including international organizations, host country government officials and NGO counterparts.
• Demonstrated ability to produce high-quality documents that assess the effectiveness of the theory of change and effect of various components in achieving program goals.
• Excellent knowledge and experience in the use of at least one analytical software such as SPSS, EpiInfor, STATA, or SAS is required. Experience with Atlast.ti, NVIVO, or MAXQDA is a plus.
• Written and spoken fluency in French and English is required.

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

MSI is an EEO/AA/ADA Veterans Employer.

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