Management Systems International (MSI), a Tetra Tech Company, is a Washington, D.C. metro area management consultancy with a 40-year history of delivering results for our clients. Our expertise is in the fields of monitoring and evaluation; democracy and governance; peace and stability; rule of law and accountability; education; gender and inclusion; strategic communications; and leadership and organizational development. MSI has implemented projects in 90 countries around the world such as Colombia, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Syria and Ukraine, and works domestically. We support clients ranging from the U.S. Government (e.g., the U.S. Agency for International Development, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Departments of State and Labor, and the Millennium Challenge Corporation) to large bilateral and multilateral donors (e.g., the World Bank and the United Nations Development Program). We also work with national and local governments, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), think tanks, foundations and universities. For more information, please visit our website at www.msiworldwide.com.
Project Summary:
MSI is a partner of EnCompass LLC in the implementation of the USAID Upoma Activity which is a central Mission-wide platform that provides a range of analytical and advisory services in support of the Mission’s design, performance monitoring, evaluation, and operational learning and adapting efforts. The activity will play a significant role in achieving the successful implementation of the Mission’s: 1) Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS) 2020 - 2025), 2) Performance Management Plan (PMP), and 3) the Collaboration, Learning, and Adapting agenda. The Platform is conducting a performance evaluation of the USAID/ Performance Evaluation of Bandarban Agriculture and Nutrition Initiative (BANI) to assess the performance achieved in its’ implementation. Specifically, the evaluation team will examine and assess to what extent the initiative has achieved BANI’s overall goal: to reduce the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic mitigation measures, such as restrictions on movement, on incomes and nutrition in Bandarban by increasing agricultural production and improving nutrition of poor and extremely poor populations to strengthen gender equitable food security in five selected upazilas of the Bandarban District delivered by the project.
Position Summary:
The Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) Specialist will support the planning, data collection, analysis and report writing and presentation processes for the evaluation. The GESI Specialist will support the development of high-quality reports and ensure the timely submission of all deliverables. The GESI Specialist will perform with demonstrated cultural sensitivity, particularly when interacting with a range of stakeholders. The GESI Specialist will participate in conducting Key Stakeholder Interviews and Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) with USAID and Implementing Partner staff, to ensure gender and social inclusion perspectives are integrated into all aspects of data analysis, key evaluation findings, and evidence-based recommendations. The GESI Specialist will be expected to participate in the presentation of findings and recommendations to the USAID/Bangladesh team and to address comments from stakeholders on findings shared. The GESI Specialist will be expected to be in Dhaka, Bangladesh for the initial uptake as well as travel within the five upazilas of Bandarban district in the activity zone for a period of up to three weeks. This is a Short-Term Technical (STTA) position that will report to the Evaluation Team Leader. The expected period of performance will run from October 2024 to March 2025, and the estimated level of effort is 42 working days.
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Qualifications:
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