Evaluation Specialist for
Final Evaluation of USAID/Indonesia’s
Prioritizing Reform, Innovation, Opportunities for Reaching Indonesia’s
Teachers, Administrators, and Students (PRIORITAS) Program

MSI Indonesia Monitoring
and Evaluation Support Project
 
Company Profile: 
MSI, a Tetra Tech Company, is a Washington, DC metro area
international development firm with a 35-year history of delivering development
results across the world. Our core expertise is in the fields of monitoring and
evaluation (M&E), institutional development, public sector management,
governance and anti-corruption. MSI implements nearly 100 projects in 90
countries around the world such as Jordan, Morocco, Lebanon, Syria, Pakistan,
Afghanistan, Colombia, and Mexico. As one of the leading companies in our
field, MSI has partnered with more than 80 organizations across all sectors of
international development with clients ranging from large bilateral and
multilateral donors such as USAID, the World Bank and the UNDP to national and
local governments, NGOs, think tanks, foundations and universities. For more
information on MSI, please visit our website at www.msiworldwide.com.
 
Project Summary: The USAID/Indonesia
Monitoring and Evaluation Support Project (MESP) is designed to improve the
functioning and utility of USAID Mission Performance Monitoring, Evaluation and
Project Planning and Design systems through a combination of targeted direct
M&E implementation, expert technical assistance, formal training, and
knowledge sharing and M&E collaboration support. Under MESP, MSI has been
asked to conduct a final performance evaluation of USAID’s Prioritizing Reform,
Innovation, Opportunities for Reaching Indonesia’s Teachers, Administrators,
and Students (PRIORITAS) Program. The evaluation is
expected to begin in April 2017. It will last about 8-10 weeks.
 
Position Summary:
MSI is seeking evaluation team members to work under the leadership of the Team
Leader and MSI for the upcoming PRIORITAS evaluation. The purpose of the
evaluation is to gather lessons learned to inform future USAID and Government
of Indonesia efforts to strengthen basic education in Indonesia. MSI is seeking
an evaluation specialist to serve as a full member of the evaluation team.

Responsibilities:
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Participate
in the initial Team Planning Meeting in Jakarta.
·        
Support
qualitative data collection, which may include desk review, key informant
interviews, or focus group discussions in Jakarta and multiple provinces.
·        
Assist
in creating and deploying an online survey of basic education institutions.
·        
Analyze quantitative and qualitative data that has been collected.
·        
Contribute
to coordinating a Findings/ Conclusions/ Recommendations Workshop in Jakarta as
well as a final workshop with Government of Indonesia officials.
·        
Contribute
to the development of the evaluation deliverables, including the methodology
and workplan, evaluation reports (draft and final), and debriefing.
·        
Other
tasks, as assigned by the Team Leader or MSI.
Qualifications:
·        
At least 5 years’ experience working in related field required.
·        
Master’s degree in relevant field required.
·        
Strong knowledge of evaluation principles and theories required.
·        
Prior
experience serving on evaluation teams for evaluations of donor funded
projects, experience evaluating USAID projects strongly preferred. 
·        
Basic
social science research skills including experience conducting semi-structured interviews
and designing/administering surveys. Experience with SurveyMonkey or similar
application preferred.
·        
Basic
statistics and data analysis skills, including data visualization skills.
·        
Evaluation
design experience, including the selection of appropriate data collection
methods on a question specific basis and development of a detailed data
analysis plans.
·        
Experience
evaluating projects in the education sector, particularly basic education,
preferred.
·        
Fluency
in English and Bahasa required, both writing and speaking.
Only candidates who have
been selected for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls, please.
MSI is an EEO/AA/ADA
Veterans Employer.

To apply: Please send your CV in
English to [email protected]

and put “PRIORITAS
Evaluation Specialist” in the subject line no later than November 30, 2016.