Indonesia: Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Director/Manager, Investing in Women, Jakarta, Indonesia

Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Director/Manager,

Investing in Women, Jakarta, Indonesia

Company Profile:

MSI is an international development firm in the Washington, D.C., metro area with a 30-year history of helping to deliver results across the developing world. In 2008, we became part of Coffey International Limited. Since that time, we have greatly expanded our ability to respond seamlessly and flexibly to client needs with Coffey’s international development offices in the United Kingdom and Australia. We operate in some of the most challenging political and economic climates in the world, including Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, and South Sudan. MSI currently employs 800 development experts in the fields of public sector management, monitoring and evaluation, governance, and anticorruption. For more information on MSI, please visit our website at www.msiworldwide.com.

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Project Summary:**

The Investing in Women Initiative aims to improve women’s economic participation and empowerment in South East Asia. The Initiative will work with businesses to improve their approach to employing women, work with impact investors to increase investment in women SMEs, support other Australian government programs to improve their gender impact, and to advocate regionally for the economic empowerment of women. It is innovative in approach and implementation and actively seeks new and flexible ways of working, new partnerships with the private sector and impact investors, and new approaches to promoting gender equality in development.

The purpose of the contract is to provide technical resources and management services to implement the initiative. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) is strongly committed to monitoring, evaluation and learning and has committed substantial funding, through a monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEAL) support unit, to conduct and disseminate applied research to support, improve and sustain program implementation.

Position Summary:

The ME&L Advisor will manage the MEL Unit based in Jakarta. This will include small team based in field offices in Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines. S/he will also be responsible for providing technical guidance and management to the team and support the unit’s objectives.

This is a full-time position based in Jakarta, Indonesia. The ME&L Advisor will report directly to the Chief Executive Officer.

Responsibilities:

• Oversee the development and implementation of the MEL framework for each component and for each business coalition in coordination with technical staff and DFAT.


• Oversee the development and implementation of a results framework for tracking and reporting progress at different levels (i.e., country, component, initiative).


• Provide technical input into the design of data collection instruments, analysis and research design.


• Manage teams of long-term monitoring and evaluation specialists located in field offices, ensuring coordination across countries.


• Supervise the analysis and reporting of monitoring data.


• Author or supervise the development of briefs, short analytic papers, memorandums and other written products on findings from data collection efforts and research.


• Review and edit deliverables.


• Led or supervise the implementation of stakeholder meetings and fora for information sharing and learning.


• Respond to client requests.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of a Master’s degree in a relevant field.


• At least 10 years’ experience in international development, or work overseas in different cultural environments. Preference will be given to candidates with experience working in South East Asia.


• Demonstrated experience working with wide range of stakeholders, including direct experience with donor clients.


• At least five years of experience working with sophisticated monitoring and evaluation systems.


• Familiarity with monitoring and evaluation for gender equality and/or private sector development programs.


• Experience managing cross-cultural teams.


• Experience with knowledge management.


• Excellent writing skills.


• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.


• Fluency in spoken and written English.

Only candidates who have been selected for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls, please.

MSI is an EEO/AA/ADA Veterans Employer.

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