Overview
CAMRIS is an international development and research firm that realizes innovative solutions to health and development challenges through high-quality, cost-effective program and research management services. With experience working in more than 80 countries, we combine our proven systems with today’s most effective, evidence-based best practices to improve the lives of people around the world. We apply a customized, customer-centric, cost-effective business approach to offer greater value to our clients and challenge the way things have always been done in our field.
CAMRIS clients include U.S. government agencies and multilateral and private organizations. Our core practice areas include public health, agriculture and food security, economic development, education, environment, humanitarian assistance, democracy and governance, research, and monitoring, evaluation, and learning.
CAMRIS seeks a Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Specialist for an upcoming USAID/Honduras monitoring, evaluation, and learning contract.
Note: This position is contingent on contract award.
Responsibilities
Provide technical feedback on and develop scopes of work.
Help the Evaluation Specialist oversee quality control of external teams in developing and implementing qualitative and quantitative evaluations, including planning for data collections, development of protocols, and other technical evaluation and analytical tasks.
Join external teams in coding and analyzing qualitative data collected from the field.
Help liaise with Mission staff and external consultants, evaluators, subject matter experts, translators, and transcribers.
Help develop, comment on, and improve evaluation designs and data collection instruments.
Support the contract various components as needed.
Review quality control inputs, outputs, and processes.
Work with the activity's logistics coordinator, the Mission, and implementing partners and others to ensure support of meetings, interview schedules, and events.
Help design, staff with internal and external experts, and deliver trainings, workshops, and brown-bag presentations, in topics related to MEL to USAID and IP staff.
Support Mission-wide and smaller learning summits.
Support the development and dissemination of knowledge management products.
Undertake or assist with structured and ad hoc analyses related to subjects worked on.
Brainstorm new, proactive tasks and subtasks.
Help update MEL’s own MEL plan, indicator tracking table (ITT), and performance indicator reference sheet (PIRS) as needed.
Oversee external consultants or teams and provide quality control in developing and implementing qualitative and quantitative evaluations, including planning for data collections, development of protocols, and other technical evaluation and analytical tasks.
Join teams in coding and analyzing qualitative data collected from the field.
Perform other technical and organizational responsibilities as assigned.
Qualifications
An advanced degree in a sector relevant to monitoring and evaluation of USAID/Honduras activities (e.g., economics, public policy, international relations, statistics, political science, health, education, agriculture, etc.).
At least 5 years of experience working in monitoring and evaluation in Honduras.
Demonstrated knowledge in MEL (such as performance monitoring, data quality checks, learning, and knowledge management).
Past experience working in performance monitoring, learning, and knowledge management.
Knowledge of USAID evaluation policies.
M&E training experience for local implementing organizations.
Strong interpersonal skills required.
Excellent oral and written communication in English and Spanish.
CAMRIS International offers competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits. Please submit your resume online at CAMRIS.com. CAMRIS is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by any applicable federal, state, or local law.
