Capacity Development Team Lead, MozMEL Activity Job Listing at Tetra Tech in Maputo, Maputo (Job ID 36868)

Description

Management Systems International (MSI), a Tetra Tech Company, is a Washington, D.C. metro area management consultancy with a 40-year history of delivering results for our clients. Our expertise is in the fields of monitoring and evaluation; democracy and governance; peace and stability; rule of law and accountability; education; gender and inclusion; strategic communications; and leadership and organizational development. MSI has implemented projects in 90 countries around the world such as Colombia, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Syria and Ukraine, and works domestically. We support clients ranging from the U.S. Government (e.g., the U.S. Agency for International Development, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Departments of State and Labor, and the Millennium Challenge Corporation) to large bilateral and multilateral donors (e.g., the World Bank and the United Nations Development Program). We also work with national and local governments, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), think tanks, foundations and universities. For more information, please visit our website at www.msiworldwide.com.

Project Summary:

The Mozambique Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MozMEL) Activity is a five-year initiative to support the Mission in monitoring, evaluation, learning, training, and logistical support. The Mission is working with Mozambique to provide organizational capacity strengthening (CS) support to local partners in Mozambique. The goal is to strengthen local partners' capacity to implement activities in priority sectors like health, education, and economic growth. The Mission would like to evaluate the effectiveness and impact of Local Empowerment for Advancing Development's (LEAD) methodology and interventions.

**Please note: All citizenships are eligible for this position**

Position Summary:

The Capacity Development Team Lead will perform a high-quality qualitative assessment, employing interviews, surveys, and document review. The assessment will evaluate the relevance and impact of LEAD's organizational capacity assessments, effectiveness of LEAD's capacity building interventions, quality of LEAD's communication and support, and the ability of LEAD's monitoring and evaluation (M&E) to track capacity changes. This is a short-term position, with travel as needed. The expected level of effort is 30 days during the period November 2023 to February 2024.

Responsibilities:

• Review background documents of the LEAD contract and CS activities.
• Produce the evaluation's Scope of Work (SoW) that should include, but not be limited to, the evaluation's methodology and data collection tools such as interview guides and surveys.
• Conduct key informant interviews with USAID staff, LEAD, and local partner points of contact.
• Administer surveys to staff at local partner organizations.
• Review LEAD's organizational capacity assessments, interventions, and monitoring data.
• Analyze data and assess effectiveness of LEAD's methodology and interventions.
• Identify strengths, weaknesses, and recommendations to improve LEAD's approach, as well as analysis of inclusion of recommendations of previous evaluations.
• Develop and present to MozMEL the Findings, Conclusions and Recommendations (FCR) matrix.
• Draft a comprehensive evaluation report for review by USAID.
• Revise report based on USAID feedback.
• Present key findings and recommendations to stakeholders.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in social sciences or relevant field is required. Master's degree is preferred.
• Minimum five years of experience in conducting organizational capacity evaluations is required.
• Experience working with local partners is preferred.
• Knowledge of organizational capacity strengthening approaches is required.
• Knowledge of political economy and institutional analyses is required.
• Strong management and administrative skills with experience of evaluating integrated programs is required.
• Strong communication and writing skills, analytical skills, interpersonal skills, team management and leadership skills are required.
• Ability to manage a team of field data collectors to ensure quality and integrity of data collected is required.
• Fluency in English is required. Working knowledge of Portuguese is preferred.

*Deadline for applying for this position - September 22, 2023*

MSI is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity and inclusion. We strive to develop and maintain a culture that honors the perspectives and identities of our employees, our communities and those impacted by our work.

We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. In accordance with applicable law, we make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as any mental health or physical disability needs.

MSI is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action/Americans with Disabilities/Veterans Employer.

Reasonable Accommodations:

MSI is dedicated to hiring an inclusive workforce. If you would like to request reasonable accommodations during the application process, please visit Tetra Tech's Disability Assistance Page. Our recruitment team looks forward to engaging in an interactive process to provide reasonable accommodations for candidates.

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

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