Management Systems International,Construction or Environmental Specialist, School Construction Evaluation Proposal Jobs in Malawi

Closing
date: 20 Nov 2015

Construction
or Environmental Specialist, School Construction

Evaluation
Proposal, Malawi

Company
Profile:

MSI
is an international development firm in the Washington, D.C., metro area with a
30-year history of helping to deliver results across the developing world. In
2008, we became part of Coffey International Limited. Since that time, we have
greatly expanded our ability to respond seamlessly and flexibly to client needs
with Coffey’s international development offices in the

United Kingdom and
Australia. We operate in some of the most challenging political and economic
climates in the world, including Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, and South Sudan.
MSI currently employs 800 development experts in the fields of public sector management,
monitoring and evaluation, governance, and anticorruption. For more information
on MSI, please visit our website at www.msiworldwide.com.

**
Proposal Summary:**

The
education sector in Malawi aims to establish standards, norms and effective
processes for school improvement generally through the national Primary School
Improvement Program (PSIP). In that PSIP framework, school construction is
meant to enhance participation, capacity, sustainability and efficiency of the
sector. This proposed evaluation study will assess the extent to which the
School Construction component of UNICEF Child Friendly Schools program has
impacted the overall program goals of access, quality, and systems capacity
enhancement services.

Position
Summary:

The
consultant will work with the team leader side-by-side in designing and
implementing the evaluation study. S/he will be overall responsible for
examining efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability of the School
Construction Component inputs and processes within the child friendly school
quality framework. S/he will be expected to work at least half-time
(tentatively 60 days, level of effort) during the life of the study.

Responsibilities:

Assist
the team leader in implementing the evaluation study.
Review
various program documents, reports, and presentations.
Design
survey instruments relevant to school construction and environment.
Train
enumerators to collect quantitative and qualitative data from schools and
communities.
Conduct
focus group discussions (FGDs) with various stakeholders including
education managers at district and school level, head teacher, teachers,
community members, and students.
Carry
out cost-benefit analysis of the program.
Analyze
data, write reports, and present the findings.

Qualifications:

8
years of experience in construction design and engineering in Malawi or
Sub-Saharan Africa with a focus on the comprehensive range of school
infrastructure, and school ground planning and development.
Advanced
or Master’s degree in Built Environmental Studies and Psychology,
Architecture or Engineering with a focus on schools environment and links
to learning of child.
Skills
in building economics, quantity surveying, and comparative cost analysis
and experience in value for money and technical audits.
Proven
capacity to conduct and manage research studies at a national level,
including capacity to work with national local partners.
Excellent
analytical, writing and communication skills in English are essential.
Occasional
travel required to the study sites in Malawi.