KEY REQUIREMENTS
• U.S. citizenship or legal, permanent resident with five years of residency history
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a federal security clearance
• Performance at MCC Headquarters in Washington, D.C. Relocation expenses will not be paid
• Overseas travel may be required (to MCC eligible countries)
• Statement of Employment & Financial Interest (i.e. Office of Government Ethics form-450, or similar statement) may be required
• Active and approved SAM record (listed as sole-proprietor)
DUTIES
The PSC will be expected to complete a number of economic analysis tasks, notably conducting and reviewing growth diagnostics (constraints analysis) and developing and producing guidance documents, policy recommendations, research, and analysis in relation to MCC’s use of growth diagnostics (constraints analysis). Tasks include, but are not limited to, the following:
• In conjunction with sector and front-office staff, collect, manage, package and disseminate pre-identified program data by country and sector on a quarterly basis.
• Work with M&E staff and management to develop and maintain workflow tracking documents, including tracking MCC’s evaluation pipeline.
• Coordinate with M&E Management to manage the annual Independent Evaluation budget, including forecasting and reporting.
• Prepare new quarterly Indicator Tracking Table (ITT) templates for all Compact countries, which includes a detailed review and quality audit of all historical data.
• Assist with review and management of submissions of quarterly ITTs from all Compact countries, including conducting quality control for completeness and accuracy, managing changes to historical data, updating country ITTs as necessary based on revisions to Monitoring and Evaluation plans, working with countries to address any corrections or updates, and tracking timeliness of quarterly submissions.
• Work with MCC’s Management Information System (MIS) team on requirements definition, data modeling, data migration, and guidance documents as part of the system development process.
• Provide support as necessary to the development of guidance and templates related to results reporting for M&E staff and M&E country counterparts.
• Provide research, analysis and presentation support for short-notice results reporting/information requests and ad-hoc reports for Management and external sources (such as the General Accounting Office, Office of Management and Budget).
• Develop other related materials such as fact sheets and other public communication tools for use on the M&E website or for other external reporting purposes.
• Develop, maintain and manage an internal M&E SharePoint site, including development of site structure, transfer and upload of key documents, and maintenance of content.
• Perform quarterly updates to the M&E pages of MCC’s external website. This may include:
- Preparing updated tables each quarter of key performance indicators (KPI) for each country in implementation;
- Updating and conducting quality control each quarter of sector data posted on the M&E website;
- Assisting with copy editing, fact-checking, and quality control for both data and text content for the website;
- Updating select funding and financial data each quarter for posting on the M&E website
- Updating information related to impact and performance evaluations
• Other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED
Candidates should hold, at a minimum, an undergraduate degree in Economics, International Development, International Relations, or a related discipline.
Qualifying specialized experience:
• Strong quantitative skills relating to economics, international economic development or related disciplines
• Demonstrated ability for attention to detail, particularly in work involving quantitative data
• Strong capability with Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint
• Training/experience with relational database software (e.g., MS Access or similar)
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including document editing and layout design
• Education and/or work experience involving international economic development
Desired qualifications:
• Training/experience with statistical analysis software (e.g. Stata, SS, SPSS)
• Experience and/or experience with quantitative evaluation methods as used in international development
• Experience with Sharepoint and/or website development
• Proficiency in Spanish, French or Portuguese (include reference to level of proficiency for reading, writing, and oral communications)
NOTE: All experience must be well-documented on your resume and within your application. All aspects of your application must specifically show how you meet the QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED.
REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION
Interested applicants must submit all required documents to include, but not limited to:
• Completed and signed Biodata Form with proposed salary;
• Curriculum vitae or resume (limit 10 pages);
• No less than three (3) and no more than five (5) professional references with current contact information;
• A written narrative of up to five (5) pages clearly describing relevant experience and knowledge of each of the Qualifying Specialized Experience requirements, and any Desired qualifications.
Electronic submission is required. Electronic application packages shall be submitted by e-mail to MCCPSC@mcc.gov. Submission shall reference the position title AND the announcement number on the subject line of the e-mail. Electronically submitted packages must include a scanned signature on the Bio-data form to be considered.
Application deadline May 30, 2014 no later than 5:00pm EST
Please contact Dr. Cindy Clement at clement@econ.umd.edu prior to applying for this posting.
