Responsibilities include:
- Provide overall leadership, management and technical direction of MPS
- Effectively manage all long and short-term staff in providing timely, relevant, high-quality services
- Coordinate and be ultimately responsible for all data collection, monitoring, report generation, evaluations and related tasks
- Serve as primary liaison with USAID/KEA
- Ensure quality control and responsiveness of technical assistance provided under the contract, including necessary adjustments to operations to fit the requirements of USAID
Qualifications:
- Master’s Degree in international development or a related social science field preferred
- At least ten years of experience as senior leadership staff working in M&E activity management in developing countries, preferably including experience in East Africa
- Experience leading USAID evaluation teams
- A thorough understanding of monitoring and evaluation
- A proven record of excellent management, leadership, decision-making, and interpersonal skills
- Familiarity with USAID’s objectives, approaches and operations, particularly as they relate to monitoring, evaluation, and collaboration, knowledge management, and learning
- A demonstrated ability to assemble, quickly and effectively, and manage a highly-skilled, interdisciplinary team to implement detailed, organized, timely, accurate M&E programs
- Demonstrated ability to effectively interact with local professionals, international donor organizations, civil society and private sector, host country government counterparts, and other implementing partners in developing countries
- Fluency in English is required.
Panagora is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in its selection and employment practices.