Company Profile
MSI, a Tetra Tech Company, is a Washington, DC metro area
international development firm with a 35-year history of delivering development
results across the world. Our core expertise is in the fields of monitoring and
evaluation (M&E), institutional development, public sector management,
governance and anti-corruption. For more information on MSI, please visit our
website at www.msiworldwide.com.
Project Summary
The USAID/Indonesia Monitoring & Evaluation Support Project (MESP) works to improve
the functioning and utility of USAID Mission performance monitoring, evaluation,
learning, and project design and implementation, through a combination of
direct M&E support, expert technical assistance, training, and knowledge
sharing.
Under MESP, MSI has been asked to conduct midterm
evaluation of Promoting the Quality of Medicines (PQM) activities to learn the program
successes and challenges, to improve and strengthen the ongoing remaining
implementation and to identify recommendations for future investments.
Please note: Only Indonesian
citizens are eligible for this position
Position Summary
MSI is seeking Research
Assistant to
serve as Midterm Evaluation Team Members and
work under the leadership of the Team Leader and MSI for the upcoming PQM project
midterm evaluation. The purpose of this
midterm evaluation is to improve the implementation and enhance the impacts of PQM
activities. The evaluation will achieve this purpose by assessing the project’s
performance, its outcomes, its progress towards intended results, the GOI’s inter-agencies
policies and procedures for medicines quality assurance, and then recommending
ways in which implementation can be enhanced.
The midterm evaluation is
expected to begin in August 2017 and finish by the end of September 2017. The
anticipated level of effort for the Evaluation Specialist is approximately 55 days.
Responsibilities
·
Participate in
the initial Team Planning Meeting
·
Contribute to the
development of the design of midterm evaluation, including the research
methodology, data collection instruments and sampling plan, and workplan
·
Assists the evaluation team in conducting primary as well
as secondary data collection, including library research, semi-structured
interviews, and other project specific data collection methodology
·
Assists the
evaluation team in data processing and analysis and maintain
records of data collection activities
·
Providing assistance regarding necessary field work of
research to the evaluation team
- Take notes or recordings of every meeting and data gathering sessions, including interviews and group discussions
- Provide administrative arrangements for the fieldwork of evaluation team
- Arrange meeting space and other logistics necessary for evaluation team in data collection and field work
·
Other tasks, as
assigned by the Team Leader or MSI
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in relevant field
- At least 3 years of professional experience working on research, assessment, or evaluation
- Familiarity and experience with issues of pharmaceutical and health policy in Indonesia is an advantage.
- Excellent skills in MS Office, including Excel and PowerPoint
- Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills
- Strong attention to detail and ability to follow organization’s regulation and supervisor instructions
- Ability to take initiative and complete work within tight deadlines
- Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills
- Fluent in written and spoken Indonesia; English fluency is an advantage
Deliverables
- The list of key informant interview and interview/meeting schedule
- Summary of literature review and relevant documents that are needed for PQM midterm evaluation
- Summary minutes of team planning meeting and field interviews/group discussions or meetings
- Written contributions to midterm evaluation reports and data analysis
Only
candidates who have been selected for an interview will be contacted. No phone
calls, please.
MSI is an EEO/AA/ADA Veterans Employer.
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