Social Impact is a global development management consulting firm. We provide monitoring, evaluation, strategic planning, and capacity building services to advance development effectiveness. We work across all development sectors including democracy and governance, health and education, the environment, and economic growth. Since 1997 we have worked in over 100 countries for clients such as US government agencies, bilateral donors, multilateral development banks, foundations, and nonprofits.
Proposal Objective:
USAID/Honduras’s Monitoring and Evaluation Support for Collaborative Learning and Adapting 2.0 Contract (MESCLA 2.0) is aimed at supporting and strengthening monitoring and evaluation of USAID development assistance in Honduras. The MESCLA 2.0 project will provide USAID/Honduras with project and activity evaluation, performance monitoring, learning, assistance in strategy development, activity design, and performance management support services in order to implement the Mission’s new Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS).
The project will provide USAID/Honduras with flexible, demand-driven services, including assisting the mission with:
- Planning, designing, conducting, disseminating, learning and supporting adaptive management based on rigorous monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of USAID/Honduras development projects and activities.
- Facilitating and promoting Collaborating, Learning and Adapting (CLA) practices throughout the Mission, implementing partners (IPs), local organizations, private sector partners and local academia.
- Supporting monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) capacity building of USAID/Honduras internal and external stakeholders.
Position Description:
SI is seeking a Chief of Party (COP) for the upcoming USAID MESCLA opportunity. The COP will provide the vision and overall leadership to the team and will have principal responsibility for overall project management and technical operations to ensure that the objectives of the project are successfully met.
Responsibilities:
- Manage the Contractor’s technical assistance, training and overall support.
- Prepare and submit reports requested by USAID.
- Coordinate USAID assistance with key counterparts; serve as primary point of contact with USAID in regards to day-to-day activity implementation and management matters.
- Assure that all assistance provided under the contract is technically sound and appropriate.
- Adequately manage and supervise the work of all experts/personnel provided with task orders under the contract.
- Establish appropriate mechanisms to ensure that activity progress and implementation concerns are regularly and promptly reported.
- Manage the preparation and presentations of proposed work plans and all reports.
Qualifications:
- A Master’s Degree (or equivalent) in social science or other related discipline.
- At least eight (8) years of management experience in M&E projects or project management of programs of similar scope and requirements in developing countries.
- Experience in Latin America is highly desired.
- Excellent adaptive skills: flexible and risk tolerant, comfortable with ambiguity, uncertainty and adaptation.
- Excellent team management and interpersonal skills.
- Strong communication and writing skills.
- Fluency in spoken and written English and Spanish (Level 4/4).
Come join our energetic and innovative team! We offer you the opportunity to play a leading role in the growth of our company, work as part of a creative and committed team, and make a difference in the well-being of our world.
To learn more about Social Impact, please visit our website: http://www.socialimpact.com
SI is an EEO/AA/ADA Veterans Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
Only selected candidates will be contacted for an interview. Please, no phone calls.
How to apply:
Please apply on our website: https://phg.tbe.taleo.net/phg02/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=SOCIIMPA2&cws=1&rid=3826