Senior Associate for Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning

Job Description

Responsibilities:

* Demonstrate a thorough understanding and knowledge of Tetra Tech’s proposal development process.

* Assist the sector teams in project tracking and the development of capture plans; conduct preliminary research on priority projects and facilitate processes to frame the proposal strategy and technical approach.

* Develop and share data and preliminary MEL frameworks based on the expected RFPs to help guide pre-proposal technical strategy development.

* Support teams in the development of causal models, theory of change, results framework, learning agendas, and other high-level strategy modeling.

* Develop preliminary Activity Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Plans (AMELPs) (text and tables) in full compliance and responsiveness of the RFP.

* Provide input into technical approach to stress output-outcome linkages and performance measurement; provide feedback on MEL designs developed by other MEL Specialists, Tetra Tech staff or sub-contractors.

* Review proposal MEL budgets with an eye toward balancing budgeting for implementation with win strategy.

* Provide project start-up support for the development of the activity monitoring, evaluation and learning plan (AMELP), and provide training, mentoring and backstopping to the projects.

* Provide on-going monitoring, quality assurance, and technical support to project staff through regular check-ins, guidance and mentoring and orient and train staff and partner organizations on evaluations and learning.

* Support project teams to deploy digital technology tools and systems to collect and manage MEL data and carry out analysis and reporting.

* Facilitate organizational learning through use of data, analysis, and capture of knowledge products; develop new as well as analyze existing tools and methods that will improve Tetra Tech MEL systems.

* Attend conferences and lead seminars and outside events on MEL-related topics and prepare and deliver training materials related to MEL for home office and field technical staff.
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