USAID Project Management Specialist (Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning) at USAID/Rwanda: (Deadline 19 January 2024)

VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT: 72069624R00003 

Position Title: USAID Project Management Specialist (Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning)

Position Grade:  FSN-11

Annual Gross Salary Range: From 35,522,148 FRW to 58,067,749 FRW

Location: Kigali, Rwanda

Vacancy Opens:  December 11, 2023

Applications Must Be Received By:  12:00 p.m. CAT, January 11, 2024

USAID/Rwanda seeks an Ordinarily Resident individual with the required work authorization for employment as a

USAID Project Management Specialist (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 (Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning [MEL]) is located in the Health Office, Program Support Team, and plays a lead role in the development of effective strategic information and monitoring, evaluation, and learning systems in support of the full range of Contracting/Agreement Officer’s Representative (C/AOR) managing Mission Health programs/projects/activities. The Specialist applies evaluation research to the monitoring of program/project/activity implementation in order to document results, and to translate MEL and other data into meaningful policy and program improvements. The 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 program monitoring and evaluation, and within the cooperating country government. The Specialist serves as a C/AOR or Activity Manager, responsible for providing technical and programmatic guidance to assigned activities.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS 

1. Education: Master’s degree or local equivalent from an accredited program in 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.
2. 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 other donor agencies, cooperating 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.
3. 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:  https://www.usaid.gov/rwanda/careers.  A complete application package should be sent by email to Kigalihr@usaid.gov no later than 12:00 p.m. noon CAT on January 11, 2024.