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Job Description

MONITORING, EVALUATION, RESEARCH, AND LEARNING (MERL) ADMINISTRATOR, Mechanical Engineering (MechE)- MIT ASPIRE (Achieving Sustainable Partnerships for Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship) Project, to work closely with ASPIRE MEL staff in the United States and Guatemala and other team members in the development, submission, and annual updating of the project's monitoring, evaluation, research, and learning (MERL) plan. Will establish and maintain the project's internal performance monitoring systems and implement a subset of the project's MERL activities related to completion of the USAID-approved MERL plan.

A full description is available at https://meche.mit.edu/sites/default/files/ASPIRE_MERL.pdf.

ASPIRE is developing a regionally relevant, replicable model for how Latin American universities can address local development priorities through their research, teaching, innovation, and entrepreneurial activities. This five-year, $15 million project is funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and builds on existing collaboration between MIT and its Guatemalan partners, the Universidad del Valle de Guatemala (UVG), and the Guatemalan Exporters Association (AGEXPORT).

Job Requirements

REQUIRED: bachelor's degree in quantitative or qualitative methods, international affairs, economics, public administration, public policy, program evaluation, or a technical field related to the project; at least three years' experience managing and conducting the monitoring, evaluation, and data analysis efforts for projects and at least two leading the knowledge management or continuous learning and adapting (CLA) component of projects; data management and analysis skills and ability to collect and report on performance metrics; ability to create knowledge and learning products (e.g., briefs, executive summaries, user-friendly reports, etc.) from MEL data and to communicate data in user-friendly ways, including the production of compelling visualizations; and excellent oral and written English communication skills. PREFERRED: master's degree with a focus on project/program evaluation or related technical field. Job #22904-8

This position has a hybrid schedule.

Must be able to travel internationally at least once a year for meetings, data collection, and learning activities.

This is a three-year appointment, subject to annual funding availability from the United States government.

6/29/23