Monitoring, Evaluation, & Learning Specialist, USAID/Indonesia Harmoni: Towards Inclusion and Resilience, Indonesia
Company Profile:
Management Systems International, Inc. (MSI), a Tetra Tech Company, is a Washington, D.C. 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, peace and stability, governance and anti-corruption. MSI has implemented projects in 90 countries around the world such as Jordan, Kenya, Indonesia, Syria, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Ukraine, Colombia and Mexico. As one of the leading companies in our field, MSI has partnered with organizations across all sectors of international development to support clients ranging from large bilateral and multilateral donors such as USAID, the World Bank and the United Nations Development Program to national and local governments, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), think tanks, foundations and universities. For more information on MSI, please visit our website at www.msiworldwide.com.
Project Summary:
The five-year USAID/Indonesia Harmoni activity will promote tolerance and inclusion and reduce the risk of violent extremism. Harmoni supports interventions that are narrowly targeted towards communities and individuals most at risk of radicalization, with an explicit mandate to build the resilience of key Indonesian institutions – governmental, civil society, religious, and community-based – that represent the front line in preventing violent extremism in Indonesia. The project focuses on at-risk communities and vulnerable population groups.
This is a full-time, long-term position based in the Harmoni HQ in Jakarta
This position is open to Indonesian nationals only
Position Summary:
MSI is seeking a Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Specialist, who will be responsible for supporting the design and implementation of all aspects of the Harmoni’s Activity Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (AMEL) Plan. The MEL Specialist will work with and under the supervision of Harmoni’s MEL Manager, to collaborate with all Harmoni program and operational team members to ensure the effective and efficient execution of program monitoring, evaluation, and learning interventions.
Responsibilities:
· Help support and oversee implementation and data collection related to the Harmoni’s AMEL Plan, working with all relevant team members and project partners.
· Help ensure that project staff and grantees have a clear understanding of the Results Framework, including definitions, and of all aspects of the AMEL Plan.
· Build strong working relationships with project partners.
· Help manage the repository of tools, guidelines and references for MEL.
· Work with grantees and the Harmoni grants team to align grantee milestone deliverables with Harmoni’s performance indicators and the required supporting documentation.
· Review milestone deliverables and log achievement data into the MEL database.
· Design, implement, and analyze annual surveys to capture data for program- and intermediate result-level indicators.
· Help collect and report quarterly M&E data to technical staff and to the Chief of Party (COP) and MSI Technical Director for quarterly reporting; help draft and produce all Quarterly and Annual Progress Reports.
· Conduct data verification and quality control exercises.
· Support the project’s communications efforts, including the production of success stories, infographics, et al.
· Perform other tasks assigned by the MEL Manager or Senior Management Team.
Required Qualifications:
· University degree, plus minimum five (5) years of relevant work experience is required.
· Demonstrated knowledge of USAID M&E indicators, approaches, and requirements, with at least three (3) years of experience working with M&E systems for international donor programs, preferably USAID.
· Experience developing and implementing MEL or M&E Plans, monitoring instruments, baseline data collection, and M&E storage systems.
· Expertise and professional experience with surveys, data management and analysis, and/or statistical software programs, preferred.
· Strong analytical skills, with a demonstrated ability to tackle complex issues.
· Experience working with M&E database systems.
· Excellent communication and written skills; fluent English speaking and writing.
· Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
· Ability to meet tight deadlines and to prioritize among multiple tasks
· Strong familiarity with MS Office applications
· Experience with project communications, including success stories and progress reports, preferred.
· Strong interpersonal skills, and an ability to work as part of a team.
· Fluency in spoken and written English is preferred.
· Strong familiarity with MS Office applications.
To apply, please click the following link (or copy paste the link to the new browser tab) and apply directly through the link:MEL Specialist Link or you could also try from our website https://www.msiworldwide.com/careers
Closing date for the application is 29 April 2021
Only candidates who have been selected for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls, please.
MSI is an EEO/AA/ADA Veterans Employer.
