Forestry and Carbon Market Expert, Forestry/Community
Based Natural Resource Management, Nairobi, Kenya
Closing date: 20 Dec 2012
Company Profile:
MSI is
part of Coffey International Development, a global international development
consulting firm.
Together
with Coffey ID, MSI now has more than 1,500 development professionals
worldwide, a corporate presence in 11 countries and manages more than 200
projects worldwide.
It
currently manages more than 20 long-term projects in countries, including Iraq,
Sudan, Colombia and Russia.
Broadly,
MSI implements a range of analytical and field projects in its core technical
areas, including democracy and governance, strategic management and performance
improvement, organizational capacity building, human development and natural
resource management.
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Project/Proposal Summary:
Project/Proposal Summary:
USAID/Kenya’s Agriculture, Business and Environment Office (ABEO) intends to undertake a performance evaluation of its cooperative agreement (CA) to Institute for Environmental Innovation (I4EI) – and its sub-agreement holder Catholic Relief Services (CRS) – to work in a Global Development Alliance with its private sector partner, Clean Air Action Corporation (CAAC).
Although
the project is beyond its chronological midpoint, the evaluation is intended as
a “mid-term” performance evaluation.
Position Summary:
Position Summary:
The
Forestry and Carbon Market Expert will work closely with the Team Leader to
measure and document the achievements and areas of underperformance to improve
implementation for the balance of the program.
Overall,
the Evaluation Team will also examine the model introduced through this project
to cull any lessons learned to share with the broader development and business
communities.
Thus,
this may be considered both a formative evaluation (to influence design and
implementation) and management evaluation (to influence future programming).
The position is expected to begin in January and the assignment is lasting approximately 1 month.
Responsibilities:
The position is expected to begin in January and the assignment is lasting approximately 1 month.
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for
understanding and assessing the technical aspects of forestry as they
apply to carbon markets and this project;
- Participate in
all meetings, as dictated by the Team Leader;
- Contribute
significantly to all analyses, to drafting of the report, and to
debriefings.
Qualifications:
- Minimum seven
years of experience in forestry, preferably with a wide international
perspective;
- Minimum three
years of experience in work related to carbon markets;
- Minimum two
years of experience in conducting evaluations;
- Experience
integrating gender into evaluations;
- Prior experience
with USAID would be a plus; and
- Prior experience
in Kenya and East Africa a plus.
How to apply:
Only candidates who have been selected for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls, please.
To apply, please visit our website: www.msiworldwide.com/careers.
Only candidates who have been selected for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls, please.
To apply, please visit our website: www.msiworldwide.com/careers.
