Program Analyst, DoD Assessment, Monitoring, and Evaluation in Stuttgart bei Tetra Tech

Tetra Tech

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 monitoring and evaluation; 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., the U.S. Agency for International Development, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Departments of State and Labor, and the Millennium Challenge Corporation) to large bilateral and multilateral donors (e.g., the World Bank and the United Nations Development Program). 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 (DoD) Assessments, Monitoring & Evaluation (AM&E) project is a five-year effort to build a culture of AM&E and establish an AM&E program at each Geographic Combatant Command (GCC) within the ODASD Global Partnerships at DoD. The project supports reform of institutional capacity building of partner nations’ ministries of defense with a whole of government approach.

**Please note: Only U.S. citizens are eligible for this position.**

Position Summary:

The Program Analyst (PA) will serve as an advisor in the development and implementation of security cooperation programs and activities by working across the Department and with key interagency security cooperation stakeholders interest groups. The PA will advise and participate in assessment, monitoring, and evaluation of security cooperation programs. Additionally, the PA will support the Office of the Secretary of Defense – Policy (OSD-P) and Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) in developing, supporting, and progressing security cooperation programs, activities, and initiatives and provide interagency coordination in the field. The PA will keep abreast of new policies, procedures, regulations, and directives and recommends changes to the agency.

Responsibilities:

Apply OUSD-P issued AM&E guidance, templates, and frameworks.
Conduct partnership assessments (PAs).
Perform pre-activity assessments and program monitoring in conjunction with other support staff, including government employees.
Identify gaps in partner nation institutional capacity.
Participate with OSD Policy and DSCA in developing, supporting, and progressing security cooperation programs, activities and initiatives.
Build capacity of a partner nation's policy/strategy, logistics systems, resource management systems, and human resource management.
Develop initiative design documents (IDDs) related to security cooperation activities in a country.
Develop and implement logic frameworks, theories of change, and performance indicators.
Develop monitoring plans and evaluation plans.
Support program management, planning, logistics and administrative requirements, and interagency coordination in the field.
Conduct monitoring and evaluation of military or civilian capacity building efforts.

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree is required.
Minimum five years’ experience developing and implementing security cooperation policies, procedures, and programs is required.
Demonstrated AM&E experience.
Experience planning security cooperation programs is desired.
Experience in developing AM&E strategies; designing tools for data collection, analyzing the resultant data using quantitative and qualitative methods, organizational management of programs rooted in evidence, creating data visualization, and maintaining databases is desired.
Experience working on a GCC or other senior-level DoD staff component and demonstrated ability to produce high-level planning documents for senior leaders is desired.
Must maintain a Secret Clearance.
Knowledge of monitoring and data collection is desired.
English fluency is required.

MSI is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity and inclusion. We strive to develop and maintain a culture that honors the perspectives and identities of our employees, our communities and those impacted by our work.

We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender e