Position: Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Specialist - Clean Cities, Blue Ocean (CCBO)
Tetra Tech International Development Services headquartered in Arlington, VA is currently accepting expressions of interest from qualified Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Specialist candidates for the CCBO program.
Position Description/Summary
: On August 28, 2019, Tetra Tech was awarded the Clean Cities, Blue Ocean (CCBO) program, a five-year, $48 million contract from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Bureau of Economic Growth, Education, and Environment’s Office of Land and Urban. CCBO is USAID’s flagship program to respond to the global crisis of marine plastic pollution, designed to target marine plastics pollution directly at its source in cities and towns, specifically in rapidly urbanizing areas throughout many low- and middle-income countries. Under direction from USAID’s Office of Land and Urban, and in collaboration with global, regional, and local stakeholders, CCBO will test, scale, and share inclusive and sustainable reduce, reuse, recycle (3R) and solid waste management (SWM) solutions in focal countries and selected municipalities within.
The objectives of CCBO are to: promote 3R practices and strengthen local and regional markets for recycled plastics; build social and behavior change (SBC) for the 3Rs and sustainable solid waste management (SWM); increase capacity and effective governance for SWM and recycling systems; and support international fora, public-private partnerships (PPPs), and multi-stakeholder alliances.
The role of the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Specialist is to support the implementation of the CCBO Activity MEL Plan (AMELP) and knowledge management and learning (KML) strategy in CCBO focal countries in Asia, including the Philippines, Vietnam, Sri Lanka and the Maldives, and Indonesia. The AMELP describes all data collection, analysis, and reporting tasks to be conducted over the life of activity. The KML strategy describes the ways in which existing knowledge and lessons learned generated by CCBO will be captured, shared, and ultimately used to inform USAID’s and the broader sector’s knowledge on 3Rs and SWM. Under the supervision of the MEL Manager, and in coordination with other relevant staff (e.g. the Regional Director, Country Directors, Grants Specialist), the MEL Specialist will provide trainings, capacity building, and ongoing one-on-one reporting support to grant applicants and recipients to ensure that data generated from activities and interventions are reliably and accurately collected in a timely manner.
The MEL Specialist will be primarily responsible for collecting and auditing grantee and local data collectors’ MEL systems, policies, procedures, templates, and forms. The MEL Specialist will provide on-site monitoring, oversight, and accountability of program activities, as well as work directly with grantees, relevant technical specialists and subcontracting partners to develop and roll-out and ensure proper use of data collection tools. The MEL Specialist will provide mentoring and training assistance/services not only to program staff but to third party data collectors as well; therefore his/her in-depth understanding of the project’s indicators, and data collection methods and techniques is critical for successfully performing the tasks outlined below. The MEL specialist will work in collaboration with other CCBO staff in accordance with USAID’s and Tetra Tech ARD’s procedures and policies.
Qualifications:
* Bachelor’s degree required (Master’s preferred) in relevant field such as international development, business administration, economics, etc.
* At least 4 years’ experience in MEL program management for international development, USAID experience and knowledge of USAID rules and regulations preferred
* High level proficiency of MS-Office applications, online data collection forms (e.g. Formstack, Surveygizmo, Google forms) and data platforms (e.g. Salesforce, Tableau).
* Fluency in Filipino language and advanced proficiency in speaking and writing in English. Additional regional language proficiency beneficial but not required.
* Experience in municipal solid waste management, ocean plastics, materials management, recycling services preferred but not required.
* Ability to travel within the region up to 40% of the time
* Proven capacity building and training skills
* Proven track record facilitating solutions to problems
* Excellent project and data management skills
* Excellent communication and teamwork skills
* Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines
* Must be comfortable working in a fast-paced work environment, with occasional meetings to accommodate differing time zones.
* Please note: Only Filipino citizens are eligible for these positions
