Technical Advisor, E3 Analytics and Evaluation Project,
Washington, D.C.
Company Profile:
MSI is an international development firm in the Washington, D.C., metro area with a 30-year history of helping to deliver results across the developing world. In 2008, we became part of Coffey International Limited. Since that time, we have greatly expanded our ability to respond seamlessly and flexibly to client needs with Coffey’s international development offices in the United Kingdom and Australia. We operate in some of the most challenging political and economic climates in the world, including Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, and South Sudan. MSI currently employs 800 development experts in the fields of public sector management, monitoring and evaluation, governance, and anticorruption. For more information on MSI, please visit our website at www.msiworldwide.com.
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Project Summary:**
The Project’s focus is the design and implementation of rigorous evaluations as well as analytic support for USAID project design efforts across E3 technical sectors including education, global climate change, and biodiversity. The USAID/E3 Local Sustainability Office has requested support from the E3 Analytics and Evaluation Project to provide technical assistance for a strategic review of its Limited Excess Property Program (LEPP – www.usaid.gov/partnership-opportunities/ngo/limited-excess-property-program)). LEPP provides registered private voluntary organizations (PVOs) with access to U.S. government surplus property to support humanitarian assistance and development projects abroad. Since its inception in 1987, LEPP has leveraged more than half a billion dollars’ worth of excess federal property and uses a model of recovery and reuse of federal surplus property to support agricultural, education, and health initiatives in developing countries. Beneficiaries of LEPP have used gifted equipment to outfit hospitals, clinics, group homes, infant feeding centers, vocational facilities, and schools, and USAID overseas Missions have used property provided through LEPP to respond to local needs ranging from disaster response to capacity development. The strategic review is expected to examine the structure and implementation of the program to date in order to provide recommendations for USAID regarding the future scale and implementation of the program.
Position Summary:
MSI is currently seeking an expert in logistics and supply chain management with experience working with USAID or similar international development clients to serve as a technical advisor to support the strategic review of LEPP. The initial phase of this strategic review is expected to begin immediately and conclude in early 2016, and may include one or more follow-up phases in 2016. The ideal candidate will be based in or near the Washington, DC area, but it is not required.
Responsibilities:
- The technical advisor will support the design and implementation of the strategic review. Responsibilities are expected to include:
- Consultations with the Project team, USAID staff, and other relevant stakeholders to define the scope of the review and other key considerations to ensure it aligns with USAID’s objectives
- Providing inputs to inform the design of the review methodology, including drafting data collection instruments, data collection and analysis plans, and other relevant sections of the design document.
- Depending on relevant experience, possibly serving as a team leader for this review, supervising other review team members in carrying out the required research and analysis.
- Carrying out research based on the approved methodology for the review. This may include reviewing and analyzing secondary documents, conducting interviews in person or by phone, and other approaches to collect and analyze data.
- Contributing to the development of summary reports for the review.
- Participating in presentations to USAID regarding findings and recommendations from the review.
Qualifications:
- 10+ years of experience in logistics or supply chain management, required.
- Graduate degree in a relevant field, required.
- Exceptional English-language written and oral communication skills, required.
- Demonstrated familiarity with USAID institutional structure, policies and relevant regulations, strongly preferred.
- 5+ years of management consulting, organizational restructuring, or change management, strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated experience conducting empirical research using qualitative and quantitative methodologies, strongly preferred.
- Experience in communications and/or public diplomacy, desirable.
- Experience working with teams carrying out evaluations or similar analytic research of USAID. or other donor-funded programs, desirable.
- Physically based in or near the Washington, DC area, preferred.
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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