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Translators and Transcribers, FATA Infrastructure Project Assessment, Performance Management Support Contract (PERFORM), Pakistan - 2015

Translators and Transcribers,

FATA Infrastructure Project Assessment, Performance Management Support

Contract (PERFORM), 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.

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Project Summary**

In May 2015, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded a five-year contract to Management Systems International (MSI) to provide performance management support to USAID-sponsored development programs throughout Pakistan. The Performance Management Support Contract (PERFORM) will serve as a centralized management support mechanism supporting USAID/Pakistan’s mission to increase stability, democracy, and prosperity for the men and women of Pakistan through the implementation of the Mission Strategic Framework (MSF). PERFORM will provide data and information to help project managers improve project results through better implementation and design, as well as services that support the Mission’s learning and adaptive process, enabling it to better target its programming and achieve its goals and objectives. The performance components will include: (1) Monitoring Services; (2) Evaluation Services; (3) Assessment Services; and (4) Learning Support Services.

Please note: Only citizens of Pakistan are eligible for this position.

Position Summary:

MSI will conduct 16 focus group discussions (FGDs) in Peshawar over an approximately 2-week period. The audio recordings of the discussions will have to be translated into English and transcribed. MSI seeks the services of translators/transcribers capable of performing this task. The FGDs will be conducted in Pashto, and particularly the dialect spoken in South Waziristan. The FGDs will be 2-3 hours in length and MSI will provide high-quality audio recordings of the discussions and written notes.

Responsibilities:

The translator/transcriber will be responsible for producing a complete and accurate transcript of the FGDs in English.

Deliver the translated transcription to MSI in an electronic format readable in Microsoft Word within one week (5 working days) of receiving the audio recording.

Qualifications: