Collaborating Learning and Adaptation (CLA) Specialist Consultant, USAID/Burma Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning (MEL) Support Activity

Job Description

Collaborating Learning and Adaptation (CLA) Specialist Consultant, USAID/Burma Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning (MEL) Support Activity

Purpose of Activity

The purpose of this activity is to strengthen the USAID/Burma Mission’s systems and build capacity for improved monitoring and evaluation, collaboration, learning, adaptation, and analysis. It is anticipated that this MEL support activity will benefit USAID/Burma at large with primary support to the mission’s Democracy, Governance and Humanitarian Assistance, Economic Growth, Public Health, Program Development (PDO) Offices.

Summary of Position

SI seeks a CLA Consultant to support the USAID/Burma MEL Support Activity by supporting the Mission to develop and implement the CLA plan. The estimated period of performance is 12 months with two option years for a total of three years, with work done remotely and with travel to Burma when security permits.

Responsibilities:

• Organize the CDCS mid-course stocktaking, partner meetings, and portfolio reviews to promote collaboration, learning, and adaptive management of Mission activities.
• Analyze the USAID/Burma M&E and CLA system (i.e., strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) and develop recommendations and action plans to improve the system further based on findings.
• Build the capacity of USAID staff and stakeholders’ M&E knowledge, learning, overall performance management capabilities, and skills
• Organize and facilitate two CLA events per year with USAID staff and partners to support programmatic adjustments.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of five to seven years of experience in collaboration, learning, and adaptation of international and community development projects.
• Prior experience with USAID or USAID-funded projects preferred.
• Prior experience in Asia and/or Southeast Asia is required, and experience in Burma is highly desired.
• A bachelor’s degree in a field related to organizational learning or development assistance such as public, business, or development administration; KM; political science; or development studies
• Experience in applying learning to improve development programs and systems change for adaptive management of development organizations or agencies.
• Demonstrated experience facilitating regular pause-and-reflects, donor coordination/collaboration type meetings/events.
• Excellent written and oral English language skills.

About the Organization

Social Impact (SI) is a Washington, DC-area international development management consulting firm. 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 and 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.