Short-term Research Assistant
Short-term Research Assistant, USAID/Kenya and East Africa
Kenya Support Project, Kenya
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. MSI implements nearly 100 projects in 90 countries around the
world such as Jordan, Morocco, Lebanon, Syria, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Colombia,
and Mexico.
The
project objectives are geared to support and strengthen the current USAID/Kenya
East Africa strategy in meeting day to day information needs in order to make
informed program management decisions, as well as to provide substantive
support with qualitative, quantitative, and analytical information to assist in
continually assessing and evaluating the Mission’s development hypothesis.
It
also assists the Mission with its public education goals by providing
qualitative and anecdotal evidence on the effects of projects on the lives of
individual beneficiaries.
**Please Note: Only Kenyan citizens are eligible for this
position.
MSI
seeks a number of short-term research assistants who will be responsible for
providing technical and administrative support to evaluation teams. The
short-term research assistant will be contracted for a period of 30 – 50 days,
depending on the assignment, beginning in October or November.
Responsibilities
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Work closely with the KSP technical
and administrative teams to provide support to evaluation consultants.
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Organize complex travel arrangements.
Become familiar with the specific, detailed travel plans for the evaluation,
team, manage travel itineraries and be able to quickly address any last-minute
changes to reservations.
·
Schedule meetings and make follow up
calls to confirm appointments.
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Assist the evaluation team with
overflow work including research tasks, organizing and archiving information,
note taking and development of report annexes.
·
Any other assignments as determined
by the evaluation team lead.
Qualifications
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A graduate degree in the field of
international development, administration or any other social science.
·
Minimum two (2) years of experience
in administrative and/or operational management, preferably with an
international organization.
·
English language skills at the S/5
and R/5 level to perform technical services.
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Ability to travel as needed throughout
Kenya and East Africa.
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USAID experience is a plus.
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Ability to work well in a team.
How to Apply
Apply
online through this link before
11 Oct 2017
