Organization: Crown Agents USA
Country: Guatemala
Closing date: 09 Jun 2017
We are change agents for greater global prosperity, delivering practical innovations in economic governance and trade; humanitarian solutions and food security, health systems, monitoring, evaluation, and learning; and supply chain as a partner of the US Government.
As a subsidiary of Crown Agents Limited, we leverage the expertise, resources, and network amassed from over 180 years of international development experience. Crown Agents works in 100+ countries, with on-the-ground presence in more than 35 and 13 permanent corporate offices in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. We are wholly owned by a nonprofit foundation, allowing us to combine corporate agility with a commitment to reinvesting our profits in transforming lives.
Located in Washington, DC and incorporated in 1998, Crown Agents USA provides technical assistance and support to clients such as the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), the U.S. Department of State (DoS), and the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA).
The anticipated Metrics Project will serve to provide monitoring, learning, and evaluation to USAID/Guatemala. This will help USAID/Guatemala to better understand and document programmatic outcomes, adapt current projects, comply with USAID regulations and requirements, rapidly report progress, better use evidence in project design and generally contribute to the learning and adaptation agenda at USAID/Guatemala. The anticipated program will last five years.
The Monitoring Specialist will contribute to the technical work related to performance monitoring; assist in Data Quality Analysis in accordance with Agency Policy; help ensure the quality and utility of performance monitoring data.
- Under the direction of Senior Monitoring Specialist, help to develop performance monitoring plans and work plans in collaboration with evaluation and learning teams and other project staff.
- Help to develop monitoring plans and data quality controls
- Conduct spot data quality assessments with implementing partners per direction from USAID and Senior Monitoring Specialist
- Work with implementing partners on learning from data quality assessments and improving data quality
- Coordinate with evaluation team and other project staff on proposal and reporting requirements.
- Provide ongoing technical assistance to program staff to strengthen project management and donor reporting.
- Other responsibilities as assigned.
Job Requirements
• Bachelor's Degree in Social Sciences, Sociology, or a related field required.
• Fluency in Spanish and English is required;
• Legal ability to live and work in Guatemala is required.
• A minimum of 3 years of progressively responsible experience in international development sector providing monitoring services on donor funded projects;
• Experience with USAID’s objectives, approaches, and operations, particularly as they relate to monitoring is preferred but not required
• Contributed to:
• Leveraging performance monitoring data for the improvement of ongoing project management
• Substantive experience in program performance monitoring for the improvement of ongoing project management; and report on achieving intended results
• Indicator development. Data collection and analysis, data quality assessments, statistical methods and/or performance monitoring and/or reporting
• Must demonstrate personal attributes such as loyalty and integrity in addition to being successful in challenging environments and difficult situations, which is inherent in this position.
How to apply:
https://chj.tbe.taleo.net/chj06/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?org=CROWNAGENTSUSA&cws=37&rid=3252
