MEL Advisor – Economic Growth/Private Sector Engagement (PSE), USAID Bangladesh Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (BMEL) Activity

Background

LINC is a mission-driven small business headquartered in Washington, DC dedicated to strengthening local actors and systems. At LINC, we believe that a practical approach to engaging committed, capable local actors increase international development effectiveness and sustainability. The recipient of USAID’s “Small Business of the Year” award in 2017, we are a team of reflective practitioners, passionate and energetic in our work, and committed to locally-led development. We have developed ground-breaking tools to map organizational networks, measure social capital, and leverage systems-based approaches to development. We partner with major universities, foundations, local NGOs and consulting firms, USAID, and FCDO among others. Our country experience spans Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Europe. For more information on LINC, please visit www.linclocal.org.

Purpose of Proposal

The anticipated USAID Bangladesh Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (BMEL) Activity will serve as a MEL platform providing USAID/Bangladesh with high-quality, demand-driven MEL technical assistance and analytical services and support for collaboration, learning, and adaptation (CLA) delivered to USAID/Bangladesh staff, implementing partners, and country stakeholders that advance U.S. foreign policy goals and USAID’s strategic objectives in Bangladesh.

Summary of Position

Under the direction of the DCOP/MEL Advisor, the MEL Advisor – Economic Growth/PSE will support the BMEL Activity and provide dedicated services to all task orders within the economic growth/PSE sector as needed, and manage task order teams.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Support USAID in ensuring effective monitoring systems, tools, and practices in the relevant sector to determine progress, challenges, and achievements against internal and external targets and quality standards.
• In collaboration with the DCOP, manage sector evaluations, baseline and end-line assessments, the development of MEL data tools for high-level aggregation and reporting of outcomes to demonstrate program effectiveness and impact.
• Support the design of MEL frameworks for new sector activities, reviewing AMELPs to ensure compliance with USAID performance management policies, guidance, and procedures and alignment with activity and CDCS objectives.
• Collaborate with the Learning & Capacity Development Specialist and other MEL colleagues to organize learning events and disseminate evidence and key learning that will contribute to knowledge management and improvement of future practices.
• Design both within the relevant sector and across sectors to support integrated programming and learning. Reports to DCOP and support the COP in providing PSE services as needed.

Qualifications:

• MA degree in relevant field and minimum of 8-10 years of experience in economic growth and, or private sector engagement programming; experience with USAID-funded sector programming preferred.
• At least five years of experience in MEL and using MEL activities and adaptive management approaches to inform and improve project implementation.
• Experience with USAID’s CLA approach is strongly preferred.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Fluency in spoken and written English and Bangla is required.