Call for CVs: Security Cooperation Assessment, Monitoring, and Evaluation Analyst; DoD Southern Command Operations, Planning, and Engagement Support (SCOPES); Miami, Florida (Finance)

Company Profile:

Management Systems International (MSI), a Tetra Tech Company, is a Washington, D.C. metro area management consultancy with a 40-year history of delivering results for our clients. Our expertise is in the fields of assessment, monitoring, and evaluation (AM&E); democracy and governance; peace and stability; rule of law and accountability; education; gender and inclusion; strategic communications; and leadership and organizational development. MSI has implemented projects in 90 countries around the world such as Colombia, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Syria and Ukraine, and works domestically. We support clients ranging from the U.S. Government (e.g., U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Departments of State and Labor) to large bilateral and multilateral donors (e.g., the World Bank and the United Nations). We also work with national and local governments, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), think tanks, foundations and universities. For more information, please visit our website at www.msiworldwide.com .

Project Summary:

The Department of Defense Southern Command Operations, Planning, and Engagement Support (SCOPES) contract supports the mission of the USSOUTHCOM, its component and subordinate commands, and its other strategic and operational partners within the USSOUTHCOM theater. The anticipated high-level tasks within this professional service effort are: Program and Project Management, Planning, Strategy, Partner Nation Engagement, Strategic and Operational Analysis, Logistics, Security Cooperation, Exercises and Assessments, and Data/Knowledge Management.

**Please note: Only US citizens with at least SECRET clearance are eligible for this position**

Position Summary:

The Security Cooperation AM&E Analyst will be based in Miami, Florida, specifically at USSOUTHCOM. This position supports the team's partner nation assessments and monitoring plan-related efforts, which includes contributing to research and technical writing, supporting client/partner relations, providing technical support to team members, and representing the company at professional meetings and workshops.

Responsibilities:

• Serves as a advisor in the development and implementation of security cooperation programs and activities by working across the Department and with key interagency and state partners, the broader security cooperation community, stakeholders, and interest groups.
• Leads and supports development of AM&E products to support management of security cooperation programs.
• Supports OSD Policy and DSCA in developing, supporting, and progressing security cooperation programs, activities, and initiatives and provides interagency coordination in the field.
• Keeps abreast of new policies, procedures, regulations, directives, and recommend changes to the agency.
• Conducts specific technical assignments related to partner nation assessments and monitoring plans.
• Design templates and tools to lead or support on data collection and analysis.
• Facilitate monitoring plan development sessions.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree international development, a social science or other AM&E related field required. M.A. preferred.
• Five (5) experience in Security Cooperation, AM&E, or other related experience is required for the position.
• Personnel should have experience conducting AM&E in at least one of the following functional areas:

o Security Cooperation Strategy/Policy,

o Institutional Capacity Building,

o Logistics,

o Human Resource Management,

o Resource Management, or

o Protection Of Civilians/SSR/Civil Sector/Human Rights.

• Expertise providing technical assistance to foreign assistance implementing partners to develop AM&E plans and developing and/or conducting AM&E training.
• Experience developing surveys and other data collection instruments, supervising data collection, analyzing data and writing up AM&E reports.
• Experience in developing data collection plans, objective trees, theories of change, assessment plans, and performance monitoring plans.
• Experience in presenting findings, and recommendations to senior leadership and stakeholders.
• Ability to develop and maintain relationships with key organizations, working groups, and professionals in the SC AM&E sector.
• Active Secret security clearance.
• English fluency is required, Spanish fluency is preferred.

MSI Tetra Tech is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified candidates will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law. Tetra Tech is a VEVRAA federal contractor and we request priority referral of veterans.

Reasonable Accommodations:

If you would like to request reasonable accommodations during the application process, please visit Tetra Tech's Disability Assistance Page . Our recruitment team looks forward to engaging in an interactive process to provide reasonable accommodations for candidates.

Only candidates who have been sele cted for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls, please.

Additional Information

• Organization: 216 MSI