JOB OPPORTUNITY

OPEN TO: All Interested Candidates

Monitoring, Reporting, and Evaluation Specialist, Personal Services Contractor

CLOSING DATE: February 7, 2025
WORK HOURS: Full-time; 40 hours/week

The Peace Corps is a U.S. governmental agency that promotes peace around the world by sharing one of America’s greatest resources: Volunteers. The Peace Corps has been operating for over sixty years in more than 140 countries; the agency’s mission is to promote
world peace and friendship, and the goals are: to help the peoples of interested countries and areas in meeting their needs for trained men and women; to help promote a better understanding of the American people on the part of the peoples served; and, to help
promote a better understanding of other peoples on the part of the American people. (see www.peacecorps.gov for additional information)

Peace Corps Nepal places American Volunteers in nine-month, one-year, or two-year assignments in rural villages and peri-urban locations across the country.

The United States Peace Corps seeks a Monitoring, Reporting, and Evaluation (MRE) Specialist to serve as a personal services contractor based in Kathmandu.

The MRE Specialist will:

1) Complete Monitoring, Reporting, & Evaluation (MRE) Planning

Develop and manage the implementation of an annual MRE plan for Peace Corps Nepal (Post).
Coordinate and manage the reporting period-level and activity-level questions section in the Volunteer Reporting and Grants (VRG) application.

2) Support Staff Capacity Building

Provide training to staff on MRE knowledge and skills, as needed.

3) Provide Volunteer Support

During Pre-Service Training (PST) and In-Service Trainings (IST), present the MRE Global Core training sessions or other Post-developed MRE trainings. Revise/update
as needed.
Provide MRE-related feedback on VRGs.

4) Complete Monitoring Activities

Via the VRG data extracts, monitor the progress of the project framework targets, the relation between Volunteer activities and the activities planned in the project framework, and clean the VRG data.

5) Perform Evaluations

Conduct process evaluations as requested or necessary.
Conduct outcome evaluations of Post projects approximately 3-5 years after the completion of the project framework and the final group of Volunteers that were trained under that project have completed their service.

6) Perform On-going Reporting

Lead and coordinate the organization and reporting of project-level data in post’s annual reports to stakeholders and partners — includes both project framework data and post-defined questions from the VRG, Annual Volunteer Survey (AVS), as well as
Status Report data.

Refer to the Full Statement of Work for additional details

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

1) Education: University Master’s degree in a Peace Corps/Nepal project-related subject.
2) Work Experience: Three years of work-related experience, to include: managing volunteers or staff, managing education, environment, and/or agriculture projects, grassroots community development, designing training programs and/or workshops, training session design and delivery, monitoring and evaluation. Three years of experience in supervising or coordinating staff or volunteers.

3) Language Proficiency: Fluency in both English and Nepali (written and spoken) is required, as is an ability to quickly and accurately translate from Nepali to English, and vice versa.

4) Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes:

Strong data analysis skills.
Experience in Logic model/Theory of change model development
Experience producing reports
Knowledge of grassroots development practices in Nepal
Experience in project management
Experience in providing technical support and guidance remotely
Experience with training design, providing on the job training and mentorship
Skilled as a trainer, facilitator, and mentor in a cross-cultural setting
Experience communicating with a diverse network using diverse tools, media, writing, etc.
Proficiency in use of the internet and with Microsoft programs: Outlook (email), Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Teams, etc.
Ability to work independently and proactively.
Ability to work successfully within a multi-cultural office.
Ability to maintain confidentiality and a strong sense of integrity.
Strong communication, team work and interpersonal skills, conflict management skills, diplomacy and tact with staff, Volunteers, Trainees, community members
and members of government.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

1) Work Experience: Five years of work-related experience, to include: managing volunteers or staff, managing education, environment, and/or agriculture projects, grassroots community development, designing training programs and/or workshops,
training session design and delivery, monitoring and evaluation. Five years of experience in supervising or coordinating staff or volunteers.

2) A strong knowledge of Peace Corps, its mission, and its approach to development. Highly organized, analytical, self-motivated, high degree of initiative and
professionalism.

3) Work-related experience with American or international organizations, and preferably organizations that achieve their mission through volunteerism.

TO APPLY:

Interested candidates should submit their CV and a cover letter in English by email to: nepaljobs@peacecorps.gov. Applicants should include salary requirements in the cover letter. Please list “Announcement Number: 25-002, MRE Specialist” in the subject line of the
email. Only complete applications (consisting of a CV and cover letter) received by the deadline of Friday, February 7, 2025 at 5 PM will be considered.

The United States Peace Corps is an Equal Opportunity Employer