Senior Evaluation Officer - Mozambique Monitoring and Evaluation Mechanism and Services (MMEMS)

CAMRIS International seeks a Senior Evaluation Officer to support a 5-year upcoming USAID-funded Mozambique Monitoring and Evaluation Mechanism and Services (MMEMS) program, whose primary objective is the development of a comprehensive monitoring and evaluation program, which will be able to provide continued, on-the-ground support on performance monitoring, data verification, evaluation of the impact, output and outcome results and environmental compliance of USAID/Mozambique activities. MMEMS will provide consistent performance monitoring and reporting, as well as reviews of specific activities, projects and the mission portfolio as a whole on at least an annual basis. The Senior Evaluation Officer will:

· Oversee evaluation, analyses and assessments throughout the life of the activity, including data collection, design of evaluation methodologies and participatory data collection methods and protocols, as well as data quality verification techniques.

· She/he will also be responsible for the design, quality development and production of all evaluations reports and any assessments, population based surveys and studies including the testing of the development hypotheses, where feasible.

· This will include the design of the evaluation methodology and participatory data collection methods and protocols for both performance and IEs.

· Work with other Key Personnel, the Senior Evaluation Officer to ensure that short- and long-term evaluation team members recruited under this contract are of a high caliber and possess the required technical expertise.

The Senior Evaluation Officer must have the following qualifications:

· A Masters (or higher) degree in the field of international development or international relations, economics, political science, public policy, statistics, and/or other relevant field.

· Documented academic or professional training in evaluation design and methods.

· At least 8 years of progressively more responsible experience in the design, management, and implementation of evaluations (impact and performance), analyses and assessments, including the designing of the evaluation methodology, designing and implementing quantitative and qualitative methodologies, conducting population based surveys, developing participatory data collection methods and protocols, conducting data analysis, and utilizing data quality verification techniques for large development projects.

· Excellent data analysis skills including good command of statistics, sampling methodologies, and statistical analysis software such as SPSS, STATA, Epi Info, etc.

· Experience in the gender dimensions of evaluations.

· Extensive experience drafting and finalizing evaluation reports.

· Experience providing group (of various sizes) and one-on-one training and mentoring on evaluation- related subjects.

· Familiarity with USG policies, preferably USAID policies, related to evaluation management.

· Familiarity with a diverse set of USAID programing (i.e., health, agriculture, education, governance).

· Fluent English; working knowledge of Portuguese or Spanish is acceptable.

Preference will be given to a Senior Evaluation Officer with the following additional qualifications:

· Recent experience using technological innovations when conducting evaluations, such as tablets, smartphones, evaluation-related software applications, etc.

· Experience using GIS as an evaluation component.

· Familiarity with Mozambican evaluation community.

· Familiarity with general Mozambican landscape: culturally, linguistically, historically, and economically.

HOW TO APPLY:

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