Democratic Republic of the Congo: Congolese M&E Database Specialist for USAID M&E Program

COMPANY PROFILE

International Business & Technical Consultants, Inc. (IBTCI), a US based international development consulting company established in 1987, has worked in over eighty-five countries and has implemented over one hundred and fifty projects. IBTCI has served governments, private sector companies and several donor agencies in several practice areas and is a leader in providing Monitoring & Evaluation, services in non-permissive environments.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

IBTCI is recruiting for Congolese Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Specialists for a large USAID M&E program based in Kinshasa, Goma, and Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The purpose of this contract is to 1) Enhance USAID/DRC’s ability to monitor its programs that address interconnected development challenges, offering integrated solutions and maximizing synergies across sectors. Under Component 1, the Contractor will provide monitoring and evaluation (M&E) services that will help the Mission make informed program management decisions; and 2) Provide coordination, monitoring, evaluation, research, organizational learning, knowledge management, and other relevant technical and/or advisory services for the Joint Education Program. Services under this Contract for the Joint USAID/DRC and DFID/DRC Education Program will assist USAID and DFID in determining the extent to which the Joint Education Program achieves its objectives in the targeted intervention areas.

POSITION DESCRIPTION

IBTCI is seeking a Congolese M&E Database Specialist to work closely with the program’s technical team in Kinshasa, DRC to provide support to the design, development and maintenance of the database. It is anticipated that this will be a full-time position.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the interlocutor between the Chief of Party, satellite office staff, Home Office team, the software development subcontractor, and external users based in DRC for the full life cycle: requests, development, test, deployment and admin.
• Troubleshoot/ identify gaps or errors in the design of the system, and clearly and efficiently communicate these to the technical team and the software developer.
• Track and record requests to modify the system, and ensure that issues are resolved in a timely manner.
• As directed, modify data fields within the system or facilitate requests to modify to the software developer
• Serve as the administrator for the creation or maintenance of new user accounts.

Qualifications:

• A background or understanding of Monitoring & Evaluation is critical to this position; this knowledge should include familiarity with: performance indicators, frameworks/PMPs, monitoring/verification workflow processes and data quality assessments.
• Ideal candidates will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the request cycle for web-based applications as well as how data is structured in databases and the interaction between databases and application logic.
• Knowledge of SQL and common relational database design patterns is desirable.
• Knowledge of USAID projects and terminology is desirable.
• Candidates must be self-motivated and quick learners.
• Written spoken fluency in French and English
• DRC citizenship

Please submit CV and cover letter to ktafti@ibtci.com