Closing date: Saturday, 28
February 2015
The Mitchell Group, Inc.
(TMG) an
international development firm in Washington DC seeks qualified candidates and
consultants for a potential USAID funded support services contract. The Senior
Project Manager provides overall technical and administrative leadership and
expertise for each data collection in the program and serves as the primary
liaison with the Governm
ent of Malawi, USAID/Malawi on management and technical
matters. S/he will be responsible for the overall management and implementation
of the data collection. S/he will supervise all personnel and data collectors
assigned to this activity, and will ensure the project meets stated goals and
reporting requirements. This position requires political gravitas, as s/he will
interact with numerous Government of Malawi institutions and senior-level
national and county-level government officials. S/he will have demonstrated
ability to work in complex, politically charged, and dangerous environments, to
work across different cultures, and manage diverse teams to deliver impact
within agreed timelines
Education: Ph.D. with experience in education
planning, finance, or administration required.
Skills and Experience: At least eight years’ experience in
relevant management or supervisory positions is required. At least five years
working with programs that have a similar focus on research, data collection,
and analysis, in developing countries are required. Ample experience in sector
and systems analysis, educational policy and administration, and national-level
quality improvement initiatives is required. Demonstrated experience and
knowledge of early grade reading reform programs required. An experience of
three years in the education sector in sub-Saharan francophone Africa is
required.
Language: The candidate must be professionally
proficient and fluent in written and spoken English.
How to apply: Interested and qualified candidates
should submit the following documents as MS Word files via e-mail to
rosaa@the-mitchellgroup.com. In the subject line, please indicate ‘Senior
Project Manager – Malawi’. CV’s/resumes will be reviewed as they are received.
Early application is encouraged. No phone calls please. Only shortlisted candidates
will be contacted.
- Completed and signed USAID form No. AID 1420-17
- Brief cover letter that includes a one paragraph summary
of your key qualifications - Current CV/résumé with references.
About the Organization
The Mitchell Group (TMG) has been
providing a variety of international consulting services for over 20 years in
the areas of:
- Monitoring and Evaluation
- Support Services
- Financial Management and Grants
- Basic Education and Training
TMG provides better management of
limited resources for U.S. Government agencies, non-profit organizations, and
private firms involved in development in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the
Caribbean, Eastern Europe and the Newly Independent States.
TMG works in areas as diverse as:
Education, Health, Natural Resource Management and the Environment. In managing
projects for USAID and other donors, The Mitchell Group is guided throughout
the process by its corporate philosophy of ‘efficient management of development
resources’. Over 20 years, TMG has offered substantive technical assistance to
its clients, making and leaving a sustainable impact on all of its contracts
and delivering results directly to the intended beneficiaries and stakeholders.
To date, TMG has implemented 56 USAID contracts (short- and long term)
worldwide and is currently supporting about $ 20 million in contracts annually.
These include six long-term contracts as prime contractor and another four as a
sub-contractor.
We tailor our work according to
the unique situations as determined by the client – from the implementing
agency to the local stakeholders. Whether providing training in financial
management, organizing conferences or writing communication materials, we
always work to meet the client’s priority goals in the most cost effective and
well managed way possible.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Monitoring and Evaluation
Whether our work takes the form
of consultation to schools, professional development for teachers, disaster
relief or agriculture project assessment, The Mitchell group is ready to meet
the needs of USAID or other clients by making sure the right M & E tools
are in place. We undertake rigorous field-testing of our programs and serve as
evaluators on a wide range of initiatives developed by other organizations. In
our commitment to building bridges between research and practice, we also help
others develop their skills and strengthen their ability to base their
instructional decisions on data and analysis.
Support Services
Get industry-leading support
whenever, wherever, and however you need it. TMG provides the resources you
need to address service related issues and questions to help you ensure
business continuity—from communications to conference services, our support
infrastructure includes a large staff of technical, administrative and field
experts serving customers in Washington and countries around the world. TMG’s
staffing resources ensures a service presence in every major global region. TMG
maintains a highly available, efficient environment with industry-leading
services, tools, and capabilities including:
- Communications and Publications
- Administrative/Logistical
- Events Planning
- Information Technology
- Monitoring and Evaluation
- Procurement
Financial Management and
Grants
TMG has gained considerable
experience in grants and financial management on several related projects
during the past 20 years. TMG has also carried out extensive work with
international private voluntary organizations/PVOs, indigenous non-governmental
organizations (PVOs/NGOs) and with other not-for-profit organizations
extensively in Africa.
Our Grants Management work
supports USAID and other organizations missions by carefully reviewing
solicitations for applications, processing applications, negotiating awards,
managing administrative and financial aspects of awards, monitoring progress
against expenditures, resolving audit problems, and closing out awards when the
projects are completed. TMG Grants Management Staff can also arrange workshops
and training sessions for recipients and program officials to keep the USAID
grants community current on procedures and requirements relating to grants and
cooperative agreements.
Basic Education and
Training
Over the past 20 years, the
Mitchell Group has become a global organization focused on learning and human
development for people of all ages with an emphasis on primary education.
TMG has considerable experience
working in Africa on integrated development programs focusing on community and
basic education. Our activities have focused on strengthening institutional
capacity through community decision-making processes, resolving questions of
equity and access, decentralizing management, strengthening administration, and
developing programmatic and financial transparency.
