Social Impact is a global development management consulting firm. We provide monitoring, evaluation, strategic planning, and capacity building services to advance development effectiveness. We work across all development sectors including democracy and governance, health and education, the environment, and economic growth. Since 1997 we have worked in over 100 countries for clients such as US government agencies, bilateral donors, multilateral development banks, foundations, and nonprofits.

Proposal Objective:

Social Impact is pursuing a contract to provide support to the USAID Regional Mission based in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which encompasses the DRC, the Republic of Congo (RoC), and the Central African Republic (CAR). This support will include technical and advisory services in planning, designing, conducting, disseminating, and learning from monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of the Mission’s portfolios in order to measure progress towards established development objectives and improve the achievement and sustainability of the Mission’s development outcomes. Additionally, this contract will provide services to strengthen the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) capabilities of USAID/DRC staff, targeted local partners, and the Government of DRC.

This contract will also improve upon and provide additional implementation support to the Country Development and Cooperation Strategy (CDCS) and USAID’s regional strategic frameworks through an enhanced MEL system, as well as provide broad MEL support to the USAID/DRC technical offices - Education; Peace and Security; Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance; Health; Economic Growth; Food For Peace; Office for Foreign Disaster Assistance; and the Central Africa Regional Program for the Environment program (CARPE).

Position Description:

Social Impact is seeking a Third Party Monitoring (TPM) Manager for the USAID/DRC MECC 2 contract to manage the overall TPM work plan and process; leading the review, preparation, and editing of tools, protocols, and materials; editing final TPM reports for submission; and presenting findings to USAID. This will be a full-time position based in either Kinshasa or Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo for the duration of the contract, contingent upon contract award.

**Please note: This is a local position. Only candidates with citizenship of Democratic Republic of the Congo will be considered.

Responsibilities:

• Oversee all TPM activities undertaken under this contract
• Develop guidelines, SOPs, and schedules to guide third-party monitoring undertaken by SI staff and/or local firms.
• With support/guidance from the Data Management Specialist, develop instruments and templates to guide TPM data collection, management, and analysis
• Help identify and finalize local and regional firms to engage in TPM in the DRC and surrounding countries
• Review data collection and management policies for contracted TPM firms to ensure they comply with USAID standards
• With support/guidance from the Institutional Strengthening Specialist, establish and enact capacity building materials and approaches by which to strengthen local firms engaged in TPM, and utilize these materials and approaches to build firm capacities
• With guidance from the Security and Operations Manager, develop schedules for and ultimately approve TPM visits
• Support firms as they prepare for and undertake TPM visits
• Undertake scheduled and unscheduled reviews/audits of TPM field visits as well as the data collection and management practices of contracted firms
• Edit final TPM reports for submission to USAID, ensuring clarity, quality, and USAID usability.
• Manage short-term technical assignments relevant to TPM deliverables.
• Develop and contribute to presentations, reports, and other scheduled or ad hoc inputs focused on TPM requested by USAID.
• Stand in for specified functions or supervises interim TPM staff as needed.

Qualifications:

• Graduate degree in the field of evaluation, international development, or related technical field.
• At least five years of international experience in the management, monitoring, and evaluation of development programs
• Experience developing TPM tools, policies, protocols, and materials as well as training and supporting staff in the effective use of these resources.
• Experience reviewing and providing feedback on the data collection and management policies and practices of TPM firms.
• Demonstrated experience engaging in and/or directly overseeing teams engaged in TPM.
• Experience working in non-permissive environments (NPE) – and especially TPM in NPEs – is a significant advantage.
• Experience strengthening the capacity of external organizations or firms is preferred.
• Fluency in French and professional working proficiency in English.