Pakistan: Small and Medium Enterprises Specialist, Firms Project Final Performance Evaluation, Pakistan

Small and Medium Enterprises Specialist, Firms Project Final Performance Evaluation, Pakistan

Company Profile:

MSI is an international development firm in the Washington, D.C., metro area with a 30-year history of helping to deliver results across the developing world. In 2008, we became part of Coffey International Limited. Since that time, we have greatly expanded our ability to respond seamlessly and flexibly to client needs with Coffey's international development offices in the United Kingdom and Australia. We operate in some of the most challenging political and economic climates in the world, including Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, and South Sudan. MSI currently employs 800 development experts in the fields of public sector management, monitoring and evaluation, governance, and anticorruption. For more information on MSI, please visit our website at www.msiworldwide.com.

Project Summary:
In June 2011, MSI was awarded a contract for the Monitoring and Evaluation Program (MEP) to provide monitoring, verification and evaluation services to USAID covering USAID-supported programs throughout Pakistan. Under MEP, MSI will conduct a final performance evaluation of USAID’s Firms Project. The project has two complementary components designed to enhance economic growth: business enabling environment and value chain development. The business enabling environment component supported agricultural produce market reforms and livestock sector reforms across Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Balochistan provinces. The primary focus of the value chain development component is development of sales opportunities for private businesses in select value chains. The evaluation will focus on assessing the program’s performance from May 2009-December 2014 in achieving its program goal, objectives, and results.

Position Summary:
The Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) Specialist will be part of a four member evaluation team. The SME Specialist will support the team in developing and finalizing data collection instruments; overseeing and participating in data collection efforts; data analysis and report writing; and communicating results to USAID/Pakistan. The consultant is expected to be contracted for up to 78 working days and will report to the evaluation Team Leader for this assignment.

Please note: Only Pakistani citizens are eligible for this position.

Responsibilities:
• Review all relevant program documents required to understand the evaluation.
• Participate in a Team Planning Workshop in Islamabad to review the evaluation’s purpose and methodology.
• Assist with finalization of work plan and data collection instruments.
• Participate in data analysis.
• Participate in report writing.
• Participate in a debriefing sessions with USAID/Pakistan on the findings, conclusions, and recommendations.
• Undertake other tasks required for the successful completion of the evaluation.

Qualifications:
• A Master’s degree in Business Administration, Economics, Development Sciences or a related field.
• At least 10 years of experience in private sector development, small and medium enterprise development, and economic and social analysis of development programs/interventions of donor funded projects.
• Demonstrated knowledge of issues related to small and medium enterprises development.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the principles, business models, and development approaches of value chain development/private sector development.
• Comprehensive understanding of the effects of the overall state of the Pakistani economy, economic policies, government priorities, interrelations of various government policies on SMEs with respect to growth, sales, exports, and employment.
• Experience evaluating social development programs.
• Experience evaluating USAID projects preferred.
• Well-versed with the project cycle, project evaluation methods and techniques.
• Fluency in English and Urdu required.
• Applied experience working on issues related to gender in the context of economic development.
• Excellent report writing skills.

Only candidates who have been selected for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls, please.
MSI is an EEO/AA/ADA Veterans Employer.

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