Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, U.S. State Department Monitoring, Evaluation and Audit Services for Reporting

Project Summary:  
The U.S. State Department-funded Monitoring, Evaluation and Audit Service for Ukraine (MEASURE) project provides support to the Office of the U.S. Assistance Coordinator for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia (EUR/ACE) to oversee multiple areas of effort of non-humanitarian and non-military support for Ukraine and ensure the funds are directed toward the foreign policy and foreign assistance objectives for which they are intended. Monitoring data is analyzed and reported to all US Government (USG) partners involved in Ukraine assistance, Congress, and others. It will be used to make judgments as to the effectiveness of programs to meet USG foreign assistance objectives. Also, MEASURE will support USG partners in having systems and frameworks in place to monitor the effectiveness of the assistance. 
  

  **Please note: only Ukrainian citizens are eligible for this position **

Position Summary: 
Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Specialist position will provide monitoring and evaluation technical support and support USG agencies and implementing partners in Ukraine, as requested by the Department of State. The M&E Specialist will be responsible for three main tasks:  1) working with partners to review their M&E frameworks and develop robust monitoring and data collection frameworks to ensure accountability and the effectiveness of USG-funded support to Ukraine; 2) designing and implementing field monitoring visits and data quality assessments to ensure accountability of USG support and assess progress against key US government objectives; and 3) working with partners to ensure MEASURE has access to relevant project information and M&E data and provide input to MEASURE's reporting to the Department of State.

Responsibilities:

•    Support USG agencies and implementing partners to develop M&E frameworks, logic models, indicators, and other M&E-related documentation to help them continue to assess their progress towards achieving their goals. 

•    Review data collection instruments and processes to ensure that collected data is valid, reliable, and timely. 

•    Conduct data quality assessments. 

•    Support evaluations by assembling documents and data, providing context information, and conducting interviews.

•    Design and implement primary data collection for field monitoring visits (through observations, key informant interviews, and focus groups) at partner assistance sites to ensure both that partner interventions are being implemented as designed and that partner data collection approaches are being implemented in the field at sufficient rigor to assess results. 

•    Analyze data and synthesize research findings into succinct reporting.

•    Collaborate with the Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, Field Team Leader, Data Analyst and other team members to address missing or incomplete information.

•    Report to the Senior M&E Specialist on a regular basis.

•    Work with data platforms, databases, and select technologies to capture and organize data.
 

Qualifications 

•    A Master's degree in social sciences, international development, economics, or other fields closely related to MEL or equivalent work experience required.

•    Minimum of six years of experience in international development required. 

•    Minimum of three years of concentrated experience in applied data collection with a strong background in MEL processes and knowledge of MEL tools required. 

•    Experience with USG-funded development programs and MEL systems for USG-funded programs is required.

•    Familiarity with donor-funded programming in Ukraine is required. 

•    Proficiency in Ukrainian is preferred.

•    Excellent written and spoken English is required.

Tetra Tech is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified candidates will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law. Tetra Tech is a VEVRAA federal contractor and we request priority referral of veterans.

Reasonable Accommodations: 
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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