Forestry and Carbon Market Expert, Forestry/Community Based Natural Resource Management, Nairobi, Kenya
Closing date: 20 Dec 2012
Company Profile:
Management Systems
International (MSI) is a global international development firm based in
Washington, D.C. providing specialized short- and long-term technical
assistance.
MSI is part of Coffey International Development, a global international development consulting firm.
Together with Coffey ID,
MSI now has more than 1,500 development professionals worldwide, a
corporate presence in 11 countries and manages more than 200 projects
worldwide.
It currently manages more than 20 long-term projects in countries, including Iraq, Sudan, Colombia and Russia.
Broadly, MSI implements a
range of analytical and field projects in its core technical areas,
including democracy and governance, strategic management and performance
improvement, organizational capacity building, human development and
natural resource management.
For more information on MSI, please visit our website at www.msiworldwide.com.
Project/Proposal Summary:
Project/Proposal Summary:
USAID/Kenya’s Agriculture, Business and Environment Office (ABEO) intends to undertake a performance evaluation of its cooperative agreement (CA) to Institute for Environmental Innovation (I4EI) – and its sub-agreement holder Catholic Relief Services (CRS) – to work in a Global Development Alliance with its private sector partner, Clean Air Action Corporation (CAAC).
Although the project is beyond its chronological midpoint, the evaluation is intended as a “mid-term” performance evaluation.
Position Summary:
Position Summary:
The Forestry and Carbon
Market Expert will work closely with the Team Leader to measure and
document the achievements and areas of underperformance to improve
implementation for the balance of the program.
Overall, the Evaluation
Team will also examine the model introduced through this project to cull
any lessons learned to share with the broader development and business
communities.
Thus, this may be
considered both a formative evaluation (to influence design and
implementation) and management evaluation (to influence future
programming).
The position is expected to begin in January and the assignment is lasting approximately 1 month.
Responsibilities:
The position is expected to begin in January and the assignment is lasting approximately 1 month.
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for understanding and assessing the technical aspects of forestry as they apply to carbon markets and this project;
- Participate in all meetings, as dictated by the Team Leader;
- Contribute significantly to all analyses, to drafting of the report, and to debriefings.
Qualifications:
- Minimum seven years of experience in forestry, preferably with a wide international perspective;
- Minimum three years of experience in work related to carbon markets;
- Minimum two years of experience in conducting evaluations;
- Experience integrating gender into evaluations;
- Prior experience with USAID would be a plus; and
- Prior experience in Kenya and East Africa a plus.
How to apply:
Only candidates who have been selected for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls, please.
To apply, please visit our website: www.msiworldwide.com/careers.
Only candidates who have been selected for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls, please.
To apply, please visit our website: www.msiworldwide.com/careers.
Source: joballfind.blogspot.com/, Date of Publication: November 06, 2012.