Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Manager for Uzbekistan Local Governance Activity At

Tetra Tech International Development (http://www.tetratech.com/intdev) is currently accepting expressions of interest from qualified candidates for a potential Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Manager position on an anticipated U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded program in Uzbekistan. This is a long-term position based in Tashkent.

The goal of this activity is to promote transparent, responsive, and effective local government in Uzbekistan in line with the priorities of the Government of Uzbekistan. Key areas of intervention will include:

*Development of a national decentralization strategy that lays out a vision for decentralization and roadmap for implementation.

*Improvement of the legal framework including aligning procedural, administrative, fiscal, and financial laws with decentralization laws and policies.

*Capacity building of local government bodies to provide services that meet citizen needs in a limited number of pilot local governments.

*Citizen engagement and interaction with their local representatives, including raising awareness on structure and functions of local governments and mechanisms for greater local government engagement with media, bloggers, activists in a limited number of pilot local governments.

Position Description: The MEL Manager will be responsible for developing, updating, and tracking performance indicators and data against the project MEL Plan. This includes creating collection methodologies and oversight to baseline data collection, data cleaning and analysis, data quality assessments, and learning. The MEL Manager is responsible for implementing the collaboration, learning, and adapting (CLA) approach, which includes filling knowledge gaps; applying learning from evaluations, periodic monitoring, and reflection processes; and knowledge sharing. The MEL Manager will provide on-site monitoring, oversight, and accountability of program activities through collection of indicator data and analysis of activity progress.

The MEL Manager is responsible for the overall data collection for the Activity. S/he will collaborate with the Chief of Party and technical team members on annual planning, definition of outputs, outcomes, and results, and coordinate the preparation of quarterly and annual reports, as well as other deliverables involving democracy and governance-related data and indicators. The MEL Manager will support creative and high-quality project communications and knowledge sharing products. S/he will support partners, grantees, and staff in collection, reporting, and verifying data and indicators to meet USAID quality standards.

Qualifications:

* Master’s Degree in quantitative science, social science, or related field required.

* At least seven (7) years of demonstrated experience in monitoring, evaluation, and learning.

* At least five (5) years of demonstrated leadership of MEL tasks and teams.

* Familiarity with academic research methodologies and data collection, as well as theory of change.

* Experience in MEL with donor-funded projects required; USAID-funded project preferred.

* Experience in MEL on policy reform, decentralization, and service delivery projects preferred;

* Excellent oral and written communication skills. Demonstrated ability to think strategically and communicate his/her vision to partners and colleagues;

* Proven experience navigating complex and high-pressure operating environments;

* Fluency in written and spoken Uzbek is required. Proficiency in written and spoken English is required.