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Senior Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist

dTS is a strategic management consulting firm leading initiatives in social and economic development with a view to promoting equality and accountability. Our services in gender integration; training and capacity building; and monitoring and evaluation have been applied in a variety of sectors across 51 countries for USAID, MCC, and State.

dTS is recruiting a Senior Level M&E Specialist to support the work of the M&E Practice Unit, providing primarily home office technical support on M&E projects, as well as new business development activities (e.g., marketing, proposal development and recruitment), project management, and conducting other tasks as assigned.

M&E Technical Support (80%)

  • Review project deliverables: Review project deliverables to ensure compliance with client and home office expectations and standards.
  • Provide technical support to international M&E activities: Conduct technical analyses, technical writing, and occasionally participate as a technical expert on evaluation teams. The great majority of the work will be performed in the dTS home office, but there may occasionally be a need for short-term international travel. Assignments include project and Mission-level support in developing PMPs and work plans, and conducting mid-term, end of project, and impact evaluations.
  • Develop standards and guidelines for the M&E practice

Business Development (20%)

  • Proposal Development: Develop technical components on M&E proposals. Represent dTS at partner and client meetings.
  • Marketing: Represent dTS at conferences and other public events.


Qualifications


  • Masters in international development or related field with 10 years of professional experience with a minimum of 5 years experience in M&E and related technical applications. Ph.D. degree preferred.
  • Sector expertise and country experience preferred (indicate which sector(s) and countries).
  • Prior evaluation leadership required.
  • Experience working on USAID proposals and projects (required). Experience in other donor projects desirable.
  • Strong numeric analytic skills, with demonstrated experience using statistical software.
  • Strong writing skills. Candidate must provide copies of analytic reports primarily produced by the candidate.
  • Background in data analysis and ability to use statistical packages including SPSS.
  • Experienced with Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel, Word and Access, including knowledge of spreadsheets.
  • Strong communicator, both verbally and in writing.
  • Team oriented individual.


Contact Details



Application Instructions


Please send cover letter and resume to humanresources@onlinedts.comand indicate Senior M&E Specialist in the subject line of the email. Please no phone calls or faxes.