Performance Monitoring Officer – Burkina Faso & Niger at SoCha LLC

Company Profile:

SoCha (a portmanteau of Social and Change) is an independent Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) firm that provides bespoke solutions to social challenges. We are a US-registered, veteran-owned small business and staff support offices in Nairobi, Bangkok, and Mauritius. SoCha currently supports multiple foreign assistance interventions across Asia and Africa.

Background: SoCha, LLC is contracted to provide Monitoring, Reporting, and Capacity Strengthening (MRCS) support to complement and augment USAID Senegal’s Sahel Regional Office (SRO) performance management of activities within its portfolio. MRCS will support Sahel Regional technical Office (SRTO), Sahel Regional Program Office (SRPO), the Niger Mission, the Burkina Faso Country Office, the Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) Resilience Food Security Activities (RFSAs) in Niger and Burkina Faso.

Scope of Work: The Performance Monitoring Officer will report directly to the Senior Monitoring & Evaluation Officer. The roles and responsibilities are as follows:

• Responsible for leading and managing the technical work related to performance monitoring, analysis, and capacity building under this contract.
• Lead/oversee the engagement of implementing partners and the support to them in data analysis and presentation of the data and findings to USAID.
• Strengthen capacity of the project staff to conduct Data Quality Assessments (DQA), in line with ADS 201.
• Lead coordination efforts amongst USAID and IP staff to undertake up to 40 indicator DQAs a year.
• Lead/oversee support of the development of Activity-level MEL Plans (particularly by new and/or local IPs), and associated Performance Indicator Reference Sheets (PIRS).
• Organize and supervise the day-to-day programmatic activities, including the Third-Party Monitoring, Evaluations and Assessments, Data Quality Assessments, and other activities as requested by USAID, such as IP meetings.

Minimum qualifications and experience:

• An advanced degree in international development, public administration, organizational development, or a relevant field.
• Minimum of eight (8) years of experience in international development, as well as in the drafting, review, and updating key performance management documents: PMP, Performance Plan and Report, quarterly data reviews, and portfolio review documents.
• At least five (5) years of experience successfully managing teams with a focus on producing high-quality deliverables.
• Excellent English writing, speaking, and presentation abilities.
• Prior experience working with successfully managing teams with a focus on producing high-quality deliverables. Experience with USAID’s program cycle, CLA (collaborating, learning, and adapting) approach or knowledge management preferred.

Location:

Position in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso & (1) position in Niamey Niger.