Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting (CLA) Director, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Activity, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Proposal Summary:

The primary goal of the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Activity is to enhance USAID Mission MEL capabilities, as well as facilitate Collaborating, Learning, Adapting (CLA) for increased accountability and adaptation across USAID/BiH’s portfolio. With a focus on evidence-based decision-making and adaptive management, the MEL Activity will aim to contribute to maximizing development impact.

**Please note: Only citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina are eligible for this position**

Position Summary:

The CLA Director plays a pivotal role in advancing the objectives of the proposed MEL Activity for USAID/BiH. This position is responsible for spearheading collaborative efforts, learning initiatives, and adapting strategies based on Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) evidence. The CLA Director will harness primary and secondary data and share it with USAID and stakeholders. The CLA Director will design and facilitate learning events and support other avenues for disseminating M&E evidence and using it for data driven decision making. The full-time position will last for five years and be based in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. This position is contingent upon award.

Responsibilities:

• Support the development of USAID/BiH’s Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS) by facilitating planning sessions and leading the development of assessments to inform potential programming streams.
• Assist Mission’s portfolio review process by facilitating evidence review meetings and coordinating associated logistics; oversee the compliance of data visualizations and summaries of Mission performance data.
• Compile M&E evidence produced by the project, incorporating effective data visualizations.
• Coordinate efforts to involve local organizations more fully in the project’s MEL work.
• Support development and implementation of Mission’s CLA agenda, including creating list of planned learning events for the year.
• Facilitate and manage logistics for learning events such as pause and reflect sessions, implementing partner meetings and learning workshops.
• Support communities of practice by managing logistics, developing agendas, and identifying speakers.
• Deliver training on monitoring, evaluation and learning topics to USAID’s Implementing Partners.

Qualifications:

• Advanced degree in a field relevant to organizational development, learning, development assistance, political science, sociology, communications, or a closely related field.
• At least five years demonstrated experience in learning and adaptive management, strategic planning, monitoring and evaluation, facilitation, business process improvement and/or knowledge management.
• Experience in applying learning to improve development programming preferred. Professional work experience related to USAID’s CLA initiative a plus.
• Outstanding facilitation skills demonstrated by successful past facilitation of learning and other events.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills (including report writing) in English and Bosnian required.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and effectively with Bosnian counterparts and government officials.
• Demonstrated leadership and mentoring abilities.
• USAID experience strongly preferred.

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