Senior Darfur Livelihoods Analyst, Darfur, Sudan
Management Systems International (MSI) is a global international development firm based in Washington, D.C. providing specialized short- and long-term technical assistance. MSI is part of Coffey International Development, a global international development consulting firm. Together with Coffey ID, MSI now has more than 1,500 development professionals worldwide, a corporate presence in 11 countries and manages more than 200 projects worldwide. It currently manages more than 20 long-term projects in countries, including Iraq, Sudan, Colombia and Russia. Broadly, MSI implements a range of analytical and field projects in its core technical areas, including democracy and governance, strategic management and performance improvement, organizational capacity building, human development and natural resource management. For more information on MSI, please visit our website at www.msiworldwide.com.
Project/Proposal Summary:
MSI was awarded a three-year contract with USAID/Sudan on a project named SUPPORT (Services Under Program and Project Offices for Results Tracking), and tasked with the responsibility of executing functions normally associated with USAID’s Program and Communications offices. As a part of the SUPPORT project, MSI hiring technical and support staff, assisting USAID with logistics, and facilitating VIP visits. For more information on our Sudan project please follow this link: http://www.msiworldwide.com/index.cfm?msiweb=project&p_id=150
Position Summary:
The purpose of this assessment is to document and ascertain the possibilities that exist to program economic recovery and market systems/livelihood development programs in Darfur. The assessment team will look at the current livelihood options of the internally displaced in Darfur and current emergency livelihood programming and its effectiveness. If applicable, the team members will then make concrete recommendations for programming and develop scopes of work for small, discreet projects to be used as a trial for future programming. This short-term assignment is for approximately 30 LOE days from September 1, 2011 until October 31, 2011.
Responsibilities:
• Produce a report for USAID/Sudan on Darfur that:
1) Maps out the current emergency and humanitarian livelihood activities;
2) Updates and summarizes the status of core livelihood activities in Darfur;
3) Identifies gaps and significant achievements of current assistance;
4) Examines the appropriateness of USAID programmatic assistance; and
5) Recommends immediate and long-term actions toward future USAID assistance to livelihoods in Darfur.
Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum of fifteen (15) years of progressively responsible work experience, including relevant experience with a USG foreign affairs agency, large international assistance organization, or non-governmental organization in at least one area of following (food security, agriculture, conflict mitigation and dynamics, local integration and/or migration)
• OR Master’s Degree and a minimum of ten (10) years of relevant experience with a USG foreign affairs agency, large international assistance organization, or non-governmental organization in at least one area of following (food security, agriculture, conflict mitigation and dynamics, local integration and/or migration)
• Familiar with the Darfur context and operational environment
• Prior experience working in international settings
• Prior experience working in Sudan or South Sudan preferred
• Excellent verbal, writing, and communications skills
• Demonstrated ability to work in teams and challenging environment
• Fluency in English
Only candidates who have been selected for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls, please.
To apply, please visit our website: http://www.msiworldwide.com/careers
Project/Proposal Summary:
MSI was awarded a three-year contract with USAID/Sudan on a project named SUPPORT (Services Under Program and Project Offices for Results Tracking), and tasked with the responsibility of executing functions normally associated with USAID’s Program and Communications offices. As a part of the SUPPORT project, MSI hiring technical and support staff, assisting USAID with logistics, and facilitating VIP visits. For more information on our Sudan project please follow this link: http://www.msiworldwide.com/index.cfm?msiweb=project&p_id=150
Position Summary:
The purpose of this assessment is to document and ascertain the possibilities that exist to program economic recovery and market systems/livelihood development programs in Darfur. The assessment team will look at the current livelihood options of the internally displaced in Darfur and current emergency livelihood programming and its effectiveness. If applicable, the team members will then make concrete recommendations for programming and develop scopes of work for small, discreet projects to be used as a trial for future programming. This short-term assignment is for approximately 30 LOE days from September 1, 2011 until October 31, 2011.
Responsibilities:
• Produce a report for USAID/Sudan on Darfur that:
1) Maps out the current emergency and humanitarian livelihood activities;
2) Updates and summarizes the status of core livelihood activities in Darfur;
3) Identifies gaps and significant achievements of current assistance;
4) Examines the appropriateness of USAID programmatic assistance; and
5) Recommends immediate and long-term actions toward future USAID assistance to livelihoods in Darfur.
Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum of fifteen (15) years of progressively responsible work experience, including relevant experience with a USG foreign affairs agency, large international assistance organization, or non-governmental organization in at least one area of following (food security, agriculture, conflict mitigation and dynamics, local integration and/or migration)
• OR Master’s Degree and a minimum of ten (10) years of relevant experience with a USG foreign affairs agency, large international assistance organization, or non-governmental organization in at least one area of following (food security, agriculture, conflict mitigation and dynamics, local integration and/or migration)
• Familiar with the Darfur context and operational environment
• Prior experience working in international settings
• Prior experience working in Sudan or South Sudan preferred
• Excellent verbal, writing, and communications skills
• Demonstrated ability to work in teams and challenging environment
• Fluency in English
Only candidates who have been selected for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls, please.
To apply, please visit our website: http://www.msiworldwide.com/careers
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