Country: United States of America
Closing date: 10 Sep 2018
Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Advisor
Short-term consultancy. Based in Washington, DC with possible travel. Immediate start.
The MEL Advisor Scope of Work
Design technical approaches for major USAID MEL opportunities, providing technical guidance and written inputs in preparation for these opportunities.
Integrity is seeking a Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Advisor to provide up to thirty days of technical guidance, as well as proposal support, to the firm’s newly-established US MEL practice. The consultant will prepare Integrity for upcoming MEL procurement opportunities by developing sound written technical approaches, ensuring that Integrity’s experience past performance and capabilities are incorporated throughout.
You will lead the technical design of bids for new, major USAID MEL projects. This includes developing appropriate and innovative approaches and methodologies to meet the needs of our clients and writing technical proposals. Key thematic areas may include security and justice, humanitarian aid, education, health and private sector development.
Terms of Reference
A. Technical Design (80%)
You will provide technical support to Integrity’s USAID MEL market, including the following:
- Support key emerging MEL opportunities and ensure Integrity’s MEL offering is responsive to market requirements.
- Draft and quality assure specific USAID MEL technical proposals.
- Articulate, evolve and execute USAID MEL approaches and methods.
- Support design of Integrity’s MEL strategy vis-à-vis USAID.
B. Learning (20%)
You will support internal learning around USAID MEL. This includes building awareness of Integrity’s approaches to USAID and strengthening the capacity of colleagues to design and deliver to the required standard.
- Support the identification of lessons and facilitate lesson-learning across the Team.
- Support professional development at Integrity, including through the design and delivery of in-house training.
Your experience and qualifications:
You are a professional with the following qualifications:
- Master’s degree in relevant social sciences field.
- Minimum ten years relevant MEL experience in the international development or consultancy sectors.
- Strong analytical, quantitative, and qualitative research skills.
- Strong understanding of USAID’s Evaluation Policy and Processes.
- Close familiarity with USAID’s Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting Framework.
- Strong written and oral fluency in English.
- Effective communication skills, particularly in articulating technical approaches.
- Demonstrated experience in capture and/or technical proposal writing skills for USAID and/or Department of State procurement opportunities.
- Ability to produce high quality technical work expeditiously and independently.
- Experience leading the design and delivery of complex MEL projects.
It is desirable that you also have:
- Overseas work experience.
- Experience delivering MEL projects for USAID.
- Strong understanding of the landscape of competitors within the USAID MEL community.
- Experience supporting the pursuit of new business, including competitive bidding.
Introducing Integrity
Integrity is an ethical consultancy and service provider working in challenging and complex environments around the globe.
We help our clients succeed in fragile and challenging environments while building trust and understanding as the basis for transformative change.
We deliver seven complementary services: project management and implementation / monitoring, evaluation and learning / research, evidence and analysis / stakeholder engagement / capacity development / risk management / data and knowledge management.
Our services are underpinned by the principles on which we were founded, a commitment to providing reliable information and evidence, and expert and high-quality delivery.
Integrity has offices in the US, UK, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon and Turkey. Our multi-national team of over 50 specialists deliver complex programs in fragile geographies.
Vision: Integrity sets the international standard for ethically delivered, expert services in conflict, post-conflict and fragile contexts. We transform conflict and build stability, accountability and prosperity.
Mission: We help clients and communities to build trust and understanding as the basis for transformative change. We do not advocate: we listen, comprehend and recommend.
Commitment: We uphold the highest ethical standards in our service delivery, our employment of staff and our interaction with people. This ensures not only that our clients receive the best possible service but that we benefit the individuals and communities amongst whom we work.
Our approach to Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning
Integrity is a leading provider of MEL services that make a difference for clients including USAID, DoS, DFID and the FCO.
Our approach to MEL is based on three key principles. First, Integrity invests in engaging communities, clients and stakeholders throughout our projects so that we understand their priorities and preferences. Second, this ongoing engagement helps Integrity to design and adapt our approach and methodologies to be conflict and context sensitive to each project. Third, we work to ensure our MEL services are useful and make a difference for clients. This includes the timely communication and visualisation of evidence and learning. We also use technology that promotes transparency, collaboration and efficiency throughout data collection, analysis and reporting.
Our current MEL portfolio includes the Learning and Monitoring Programme Somalia (DFID, 2016-2020); the Evaluation of the Institutes for Inclusive Development Programme in Tanzania (DFID, 2016-2021); providing Evaluation and Learning Services to the Prosperity Fund (FCO, 2017-2022); and supporting the Programme Management and Technical Support to the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (DFID, 2015-2019). Further information about Integrity and our MEL portfolio can be found at www.integrityglobal.com.
How to apply:
If you are interested in applying for this position, please complete the application form at www.integrityglobal.com/apply and attach a CV and Cover Letter at the bottom of your application.
The closing date for applications is 10 September 2018. However, we will review candidates on a rolling basis and the vacancy may be filled before this deadline. We encourage early applications. Please be advised that only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.
If you would like more detail about this role, please contact Yvette Reid (Senior Human Resources Manager) at Yvette.Reid@integrityglobal.com or Anthony Ellis (CEO) at Anthony.Ellis@integrityglobal.com.
Candidates must have the right to work in the US.
Integrity is an equal opportunity employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. We will respect your confidentiality and abide by US data protection laws.