Closing date: Friday, 6 February 2015
General Information
Location: Egypt
Division: Education Programs Division
Reports To: Chief of Party
Date Posted: 12/4/2014
Application Deadline: 2/6/2015
Position Summary
IREX seeks a Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Advisor for the USAID-funded Egypt Higher Education Partnerships Program. The program seeks to strengthen Egyptian higher education institutions and enhance their ability to develop a globally competitive Egyptian workforce by supporting 15 to 20 partnerships between universities, technical colleges, and the private sector in Egypt and the United States, and to provide technical assistance to the Egyptian public higher education system. The Monitoring and Evaluation Advisor is responsible for coordinating the development of a performance management plan for the project, including performance monitoring criteria.
The position is contingent on funding.
Citizens of Egypt are encouraged to apply
Duties & Responsibilities
- Develop and manage a monitoring and evaluation system across all program components, including review of indicators and development of monitoring activities that capture necessary data to report on results, ensure monitoring activities are conducted on schedule
- Communicate information obtained through M&E activities to IREX staff, various external stakeholders, notably donors and partners
- Be a primary M&E resource to the field office and field personnel; liaise regularly with IREX's Monitoring and Evaluation team in headquarters
- Ensure data collection process is functioning in all activity locations to provide quality data within deadlines
- Regularly review data collection processes, perform data quality assessments, and make adjustments as needed
- Conduct regular visits to project sites to provide technical assistance and ensure proper monitoring of project activities
- Produce M&E monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and annual reports to Chief of Party and donors, as needed
- Develop annual performance monitoring plans
Qualifications
- Minimum of 7 years of monitoring and evaluation experience using large donor systems and templates
- At least 3 years of experience on higher education programs is preferred
- Master's degree in statistics, demographics, public policy, international development, education, or related field from an accredited, wellâ€renowned university
- Proven success in designing, implementing, and operating project M&E systems from project initiation to closeout stages
- Experience designing and managing beneficiary monitoring and database systems
- Experience in performance measurement, including indicator selection, target setting, reporting, database management, and developing M&E and performance monitoring plans
- Knowledge of the major evaluation methodologies (e.g., qualitative, quantitative, mixed method, and impact) and data collection and analysis methodologies
- Experience in planning and managing surveys
- Experience developing and refining data collection tools
- Experience with data quality assessments and oversight
- Experience managing and providing ongoing training to M&E field officers
- Ability to facilitate and serve as a project liaison for externally-managed evaluations
- Ability to communicate professionally and provide written reporting in English and Arabic required
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