VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT: 72069623R00001
Position Title: USAID Project Management Specialist (Strategic Information/Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning).
Position Grade: FSN-11
Annual Gross Salary Range: From 31,367,155 FRW to 53,324,168 FRW
Location: Kigali, Rwanda
Vacancy Opens: October 03, 2022
Applications Must Be Received By: 12:00 p.m. CAT, October 21, 2022
USAID/Rwanda seeks an Ordinarily Resident individual with the required work authorization for employment as a USAID Project Management Specialist (Strategic Information/Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning. USAID/Rwanda is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information. USAID encourages all individuals, including those from disadvantaged and underrepresented groups, to respond to the solicitation.
BASIC FUNCTION OF THE POSITION
The USAID Project Management Specialist (Strategic Information/Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning [SI/MEL]) is located in the Health Office, Strategic Information Division, and plays a lead role in the development of effective PEPFAR strategic information and monitoring, evaluation, and learning systems in support of the full range of Contracting/Agreement Officer’s Representative (C/AOR) managing Mission PEPFAR programs/projects/activities. The Senior Specialist applies evaluation research to the monitoring of program/project/activity implementation in order to document results, and to translate SI and MEL and other data into meaningful policy and program improvements. The Senior Specialist serves as a subject matter expert and key contributor to strengthening the capacity of information systems, providing senior-level technical guidance to Health Office leaders, the broader USAID Mission, implementing partners (IPs) involved in PEPFAR program monitoring and evaluation, and within the host government. The Senior Specialist serves as a C/AOR or Activity Manager, responsible for providing technical and programmatic guidance to assigned activities.
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
a. Education: Completion of a US-style University Master’s Degree in a field related to social science, statistics, mathematics, mathematics, economics, computer science, epidemiology, health informatics, public health, infectious disease, zoonotic disease, biology or other quantitative discipline, or the local equivalent, is required.
b. Prior Work Experience: Five years of progressively responsible job-related professional-level experience in monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) and other surveillance systems, evaluation of program/project/activity implementation, in direct program/project/activity management, or in a closely related activity is required. At least two years of this experience in a development-oriented workplace, or a related field, for USAID, other donor agencies, host-country organizations, or private
sector institutions, and which included project design, performance monitoring, and/or the analysis and interpretation of large amounts of data, is required.
c. Language Proficiency: Level IV English required.
TO APPLY
Interested applicants must review the official solicitation for this position and submit all the required documents. The solicitation is available at the following link: http://www.usaid.gov/rwanda/pa… opportunities . A complete application package should be sent by email to Kigalihr@usaid.gov no later than 12:00 p.m. noon CAT on October 21, 2022.
