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ZemiTek, LLC is a Woman-Owned, SBA-certified 8(a) Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) based in the Washington, DC metro area. We have a strong record of delivering innovative and high-quality solutions.
Since 2007, ZemiTek has provided technical assistance, project management, information technology (IT), knowledge management, monitoring and evaluation, training and learning development, and institutional support services.
POSITION: Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, USAID/Ghana Mission (Consultant)
ZemiTek is currently managing an Institutional Support Mechanism for USAID/Ghana under which they are seeking surge support staff (as temporary duty (TDY) personnel or as an independent consultant) for a minimum of six (6) months, with the option of working remotely, to support USAID/Ghana’s Education Office with the activity designs and M&E responsibilities.
The primary duty of the surge support staff will be to assist the Mission in carrying out M&E duties and to complete the designs of the three EDU activities, i.e.., Education Government-to-Government Accountability agreement, Education Accountability Technical Assistance agreement, and the Low-Cost Private Schools activity.
Responsibilities
- Monitor and communicate progress toward achievement of planned results for the USAID Partnership for Education (“Learning”) project
- Coordinate and conduct performance monitoring of implementation within the USAID Partnership for Education project
- Coordinate and conduct semi-annual and annual reporting and review processes.
- Communicate relevant education news and activity success stories to the Mission and beyond
- Strengthen monitoring and knowledge management practices of project activities for the USAID/Ghana Education Office and implementing partners
- Contribute to the development of the Mission MEL Platform, including accompanying SOW
- Collaborate with implementing partners to ensure effective reporting data quality
- Contribute to the ongoing development of the Education Office’s Accountability Activity
- Develop custom indicators and other metrics for measuring education behaviors under the activity designs
- Compiling weekly highlights for senior staff reporting
- Revising the Front Office-EDU agenda and its inputs
- Reviewing the impact evaluation progress report
- Reviewing the Learning activity’s AMELP
- Developing a behavioral summary for our activity designs
- Offering or opining on the proper indicators to use for our activity designs
- Serving as a member of the design team for youth programming
- Liaising with USAID/West Africa and EDU on the assessment and remediation of education facilities originally constructed with USAID funds
Qualifications
- Minimum of a master’s degree in international education, education policy, and planning, education administration, economics, or related field and three (3) years relevant work experience.
- Monitoring and evaluation experience required with an education focus preferred
- Knowledge of Ghana and Ghana’s education system and education accountability issues.
- Familiarity with USAID’s activity design process and current trends in M&E within USAID
- Ability or experience in communicating and documenting USAID’s impact on education
If you are hired for a ZemiTek corporate, project, or consultant position, we will require proof that you have received the COVID-19 vaccine and are fully vaccinated, unless you qualify for a reasonable accommodation due to a valid religious or medical reason preventing you from being vaccinated.
HOW TO APPLY
CLOSING DATE: February 4, 2022
ZemiTek is an equal opportunity employer where an applicant’s qualifications are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or expression, national origin, genetic information, veteran status, disability, or any other basis prohibited by law.
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