GIS Specialist, USAID/Ethiopia Performance Monitoring and Evaluation Service (EPMES) Activity, Ethiopia
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Social Impact (SI) is a Washington, DC-area international development management consulting firm. SI’s mission is to improve the effectiveness of international development programs in improving people’s lives. We provide a full range of management consulting, technical assistance, and training services to strengthen international development programs, organizations, and policies. We provide services globally in the areas of monitoring and evaluation, strategic planning, project and program design, organizational capacity building, and gender and social analysis. SI services cross-cut all development sectors including democracy and governance, health, education, the environment, and economic growth. SI’s clients include US government agencies such as USAID, the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the US Department of State, bilateral donors, multilateral development banks, foundations, and non-profits.
Project Objective:
The five-year $16.6 million Ethiopia Performance Monitoring and Evaluation Service (EPMES) activity aims to provide USAID/Ethiopia with project/activity external evaluation, performance monitoring and performance management support services in alignment with the USAID Automated Directives System (ADS) and Evaluation Policy. It is anticipated that this contract will assist USAID/Ethiopia and its partners to generate empirical data on project/activity implementation as well as foster learning and knowledge management to improve evidence-based project design and development programming in support of the Country Development and Cooperation Strategy (CDCS). The Contractor will provide support services at all stages of USAID’s program cycle. Specific services to be provided under this contract include implementation of external evaluations, as directed by the Mission’s Program Office and Development Objective Teams/Technical Offices; management and monitoring and evaluation (M&E) technical capacity building for implementing partners (IPs), select local organizations, and Mission staff on M&E best practices, data collection, data analysis and data quality assurance practices; support to technical offices to analyze geo-referenced data and produce maps with geographic information system (GIS) tools; and support to IPs and Mission staff for the ongoing use of the Agency’s portfolio management system(s), including AID tracker Plus (AT+), for active performance management. The expected results of this contract are to build internal and external M&E capacities of USAID staff and IPs to improve accountability and the use of empirical evidence for programming, learning and adapting at every stage of the project cycle.
Social Impact is seeking for GIS Specialists to be part of the EPMES activity in Ethiopia and invite potential and interested applicants to apply.
Summary of Position Description:
The Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Specialist will conduct data analytics using geospatial technologies to inform development programming across the sectors in which USAID works, with a specific emphasis on strategic planning, program design, and monitoring, evaluation, and learning. S/he will analyze data and generate data visualization products, including interactive maps and dynamic visualizations, to communicate analytical findings to internal USAID decision-makers and external audiences. The GIS Specialist will also build the capacity of USAID/Ethiopia to use geospatial data, analysis, and visualization products, to better support the Agency goal of improved, evidence-based decision-making. The GIS Specialist may support the Mission and Implementing Partners to develop procurements related to geospatial technology, application of geographic analysis, and external sources of data that are relevant to USAID programming in sectors such as agriculture, economic growth, education, environment, governance, health, and human rights. The GIS Specialist will serve as the focal point between the GIS sub-contractor, the Information Systems Service (ISS), EPMES Activity, GIS Specialists in USAID bilateral missions in the region, and the USAID GeoCenter based in Washington, DC.
Major responsibilities
The GIS Specialist will:
Guide Information Based Strategic Planning for Mission (45%)
GIS Technical Assistance (35%)
Capacity Building for Ethiopia Mission (20%)
Position requirements:
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