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Position Title: Chief of Party
Position Type: Full-Time (based on contract award)
Work Location: Washington, DC U.S.A.
POSITION SUMMARY
ME&A is recruiting a Chief of Party who will be responsible for managing and coordinating USAID monitoring and evaluation IQC Task Orders. The Chief of Party’s primary responsibilities are aimed at providing overall leadership management and general technical direction of Contract/Task Order, ensuring an integrated vision among different components, and focus on ensuring high quality Contract/Task Order deliverables. S/he will be the principal interlocutor between the evaluation teams and USAID. The Chief of Party will also be very involved in recruiting appropriate teams for the individual Task Orders and ensuring the application of appropriate evaluation and research methodologies and practical applications.
DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS
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- Provide support services for designing and conducting evaluations, monitoring performance, and applying learning and adaptive management, while ensuring sustainability through building the capacity of USAID and Implementing Partner (IP) staff as well as local stakeholders.
- Support technical teams in their indicator reporting and implementation of Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) systems on a regular (quarterly/annual) basis will be solely responsible for resolving any organizational conflict of interest issues with its subcontractors
- Support and maintain in the web-based performance data management information system
- Support the Mission in the collection, review, and utilization of geographic information data, using ESRI ArcGIS software
- Advance efforts to build the capacity of local MEL professionals
- Supervise and maintain the Knowledge Management Portal (KaMP)
- Complete the Impact Evaluation of the CITIES Program
- Conduct the Population Based Survey on an annual basis
- Host events and bring together MEL professionals from the Mission and IPs among
- other stakeholders, including the annual MEL Conference
- Create partnerships with local MEL businesses and build their institutional capacity so that local firms can provide MEL services to the Mission through this MEL platform
- Other duties as stated in the contract’s scope of work
- Manage the field office, including supervision of Tanzania-based expatriate and Tanzania staff.
- Work with home office staff to identify and nominate technical specialists/consultants for short-term technical assistance to meet the objectives of the project.
- Coordinate, as requested by USAID/Bangladesh, with USAID partner organizations, in conducting performance management support tasks in accordance with the work plan.
- Advise and educate other partners/USAID teams/other Contractors on policies and services as directed by the Mission.
- Supervise the development, implementation and reporting of performance management support activities tasks in accordance with the work plan.
- Assure compliance with contract provisions, including Annual Work Plans and other reports
EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
- At least 10 years of project management experience with technical expertise in policies, land and resource laws and policies, land administration, capacity building
- Familiarity with USAID’s objectives, approaches and operations, particularly as they relate to Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) is a plus.
- Minimum a Master’s degree in environmental sciences, policy urban planning, land economics or related field.
- English language proficiency
- Ability to manage and motivate subordinates in a local or international setting
Qualified candidates must submit their resume, cover letter describing meeting the minimum requirement and USAID Biodata Form (EBD). Only selected candidates will be called for an interview. ME&A Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment based on race, age, color, religion, sex and sexual preference, national origin, individual with disabilities, veteran status.
ME&A is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all applicants.
