Mid-Term Performance Evaluation Team Member
Financial
Inclusion for Rural Microenterpises, Kenya
Company Profile: MSI is a Washington, D.C.-based international development firm providing specialized short- and long-term technical assistance. Since its 1981 founding, MSI has grown in size and technical scope, now implementing and managing more than 70 projects worldwide.
Company Profile: MSI is a Washington, D.C.-based international development firm providing specialized short- and long-term technical assistance. Since its 1981 founding, MSI has grown in size and technical scope, now implementing and managing more than 70 projects worldwide.
Today, our range of
technical expertise includes analytical and field projects in democracy and
governance, economic growth, strategic planning, organizational capacity
building, health and the justice sector.
MSI focuses on
helping our local partners foster progress, manage change and improve the
effectiveness of development assistance.
We expanded our
global footprint in 2008 by becoming part of Coffey, a leading geoscience,
international development and project management firm, and a publicly traded
company on the Australian Stock Exchange.
Alongside Coffey, MSI
has corporate offices in 17 countries. Together, MSI and Coffey employ more
than 1,400 professionals worldwide.
For more information
on MSI, please visit our website at www.msiworldwide.com.
Project/Proposal Summary:
Project/Proposal Summary:
FIRM is an
$18-million five-year project (three-year base period, plus two option years)
that commenced on January 1, 2011.
The project is into
its third year of implementation. Recently, ABEO exercised the first option
year under the contract.
The goal of the
project is to expand access to affordable and convenient financial services to
underserved groups in Kenya, particularly in rural areas. It is a flagship
project under the Feed the Future Initiative in Kenya. In addition to agriculture
sector, FIRM also supports increased financial intermediation in energy, water,
health, education and other sectors.
To achieve its goal,
FIRM works in partnership with and supports a wide variety of commercial actors
in the financial services industry, Government of Kenya agencies and
stakeholders, associations, donors, business service providers and consultants.
Position Summary:
Position Summary:
Under this task
order, MSI’s Team Leader shall conduct a mid-term Performance Evaluation of the
FIRM program.
Findings and
recommendations will inform USAID and other stakeholders on what has worked,
what has not worked and why.
Recommendations will
also shape FIRM’s approach, management, and practices for the remaining
timeframe of the project.
The period of
performance of this task order will start from August 1, 2013.
The evaluation will
take place in Nairobi, Western and Rift Valley regions, where the program has
been operating.
Responsibilities:
Responsibilities:
The main objective of
this mid-term evaluation is to assess the performance of the FIRM
Project.
The specific
objectives are:
- To assess the
effectiveness of the project in achieving its goal and objectives.
Specifically, identify what is working well and what is not working well.
- To inform
USAID’s decision on whether to exercise the second option year under the
contract.
- To provide
recommendations in regards to FIRM’s approach, management, and practices
with the view of maximizing the impact in the remaining timeframe of the
project.
Qualifications:
- Masters in
International Development, Economics, Political Science, Statistics or
related social science field preferred.
- At least four
years of relevant experience
- Evaluation
experience, including the selection of data collection methods on a
question-specific basis and development of a detailed data analysis plan.
- Expert knowledge
and experience in agriculture financial service models focused on Small
and Medium Enterprises, Value Chain etc.
- Knowledge of
financial service models for projects in clean and renewable energy is a
preferred but not required
- Field experience
with
- Quantitative
survey research including design of a surveys, development of structured
and semi-structured interview and/or observation instruments, by hand and
using mid-size survey aids such as EPI Info from CDC; sample size
determination for specific confidence levels and confidence intervals;
selection and use of other survey data (and other large data set) entry
and analysis software (SPSS or alternative).
- Qualitative
Survey research experience, Structured or semi-structured group interviews
and/or focus groups, including the creation of written instruments and
transcripts for same; content analysis and other techniques for coding and
transforming group/open-ended data into analyzed information; qualitative
data analysis software (NVIVO or alternative) and/or case study
documentation experience; transformation of qualitative data into a
quantitative form that can be merged with other quantitative data in a
mixed methods analysis.
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
To apply, please visit our website: www.msiworldwide.com
