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Management Systems International, Inc. Program Analyst, DoD Assessment, Monitoring, And Evaluation in Colorado Springs, Colorado
Management Systems International (MSI), a Tetra Tech Company, is a Washington, D.C. metro area management consultancy with a 40-year history of delivering results for our clients. Our expertise is in the fields of monitoring and evaluation; democracy and governance; peace and stability; rule of law and accountability; education; gender and inclusion; strategic communications; and leadership and organizational development. MSI has implemented projects in 90 countries around the world such as Colombia, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Syria and Ukraine, and works domestically. We support clients ranging from the U.S. Government (e.g., the U.S. Agency for International Development, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Departments of State and Labor, and the Millennium Challenge Corporation) to large bilateral and multilateral donors (e.g., the World Bank and the United Nations Development Program). We also work with national and local governments, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), think tanks, foundations and universities. For more information, please visit our website at www.msiworldwid
Project Summary:
The DoD Assessments, Monitoring & Evaluation (AM&E) project is a five-year effort to build a culture of AM&E and establish an AM&E program at each Geographic Combatant Command (GCC) within the ODASD Global Partnerships at DoD. The project supports reform of institutional capacity building of partner nations' ministries of defense with a whole of government a
Please note: Only U.S. citizens are eligible for this position
Position Summary:
The Program Analyst (PA) will be directly hired by MSI subcontractor Sabel Systems and will be based in Colorado Springs, Colorado, specifically at USNORTHCOM. The PA will assist the Senior Program Analysts and AM&E Specialists in the development and implementation of security cooperation programs by working across the department and with key interagency and state partners, the broader security cooperation community, stakeholders, and interest groups. The PA will participate with OSD Policy and DSCA in developing, supporting, and progressing security cooperation programs, activities, and initiatives. The PA will also support program management, planning, logistics and administrative requirements, and interagency coordinati
Responsibilities: Apply Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (OUSD-P) issued AM&E guidance, templates, and frameworks. Conduct partnership assessments. Perform pre-activity assessments and program monitoring in conjunction with other support staff, including government employees. Identify gaps in partner nation institutional capacity. Participate with OSD Policy and DSCA in developing, supporting, and progressing security cooperation programs, activities, and initiatives. Capacity build a partner nation's policy/strategy, logistics systems, resource management systems, and human resource management. Develop initiative design documents (IDDs) related to security cooperation activities in a country. Develop and implement logic frameworks, theories of change, and performance indicators. Develop monitoring plans and evaluation plans. Support program management, planning, logistics and administrative requirements, and interagency coordination in the field. Conduct monitoring and evaluation of military or civilian capacity building efforts.
Qualifications: Bachelor's degree is required. Master's degree is preferred. Minimum five years of experience with security cooperation programs and procedures required. Minimum three years of experience in AM&E is required. Experience planning security cooperation programs is desired. Experience in any of the following functional areas is desired: assessments and monitoring of key security cooperation functions such as strategy/policy, defense institution building/institutional capacity building, logistics, human resource manage ent, resource management, or protection of civilians/Security Sector Reform/civil sector/human rights. Experience working on a GCC or other senior-level DoD staff component desired. Experience producing high-level planning documents for senior leaders is desired. Knowledge of monitoring and data collection is desired. Ability to obtain a Top-Secret Security Clearance is required. Fluency in English required.
Deadline for applying for this position - September 12, 2024
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