Project Summary:
MSI is a partner of EnCompass LLC in the execution of the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Platform for USAID in Senegal. The objective of the Platform is to support USAID/Senegal in its performance management and contribute to the establishment of a sustainable MEL culture in Senegal through holistic engagement and the strengthening of local actors and institutions. The Platform helps to facilitate evidence-based decision-making to support adaptive mission management, engage USAID partners in their continuous improvement efforts, and provide capacity strengthening for local partners and service providers. The Platform is conducting a mid-term evaluation to assess the performance achieved by Winrock International’s Entrepreneurship and Investment project after three years of implementation. Specifically, the evaluation team will collect feedback from beneficiaries, examine and analyze the project’s development hypothesis, review results achieved to date, and study the activity’s strategies and interventions to ascertain the likelihood of the activity meeting its high-level objectives.

**Please note: Only Senegalese citizens are eligible for this position**

Position Summary:

The Gender and Youth Entrepreneurship Specialist will support the evaluation in all phases. The Specialist will examine the project’s promotion of gender and youth entrepreneurship and assess the challenges individuals face in the business development environment. The Specialist will examine inclusiveness, empowerment, and gender dynamics, particularly in business development programming, and examine youth in business development, including micro-, small-, and medium-sized enterprises. The position will be based in Dakar, where the individual can travel to as needed. This assignment will also include travel within Senegal, in the project’s zones of intervention. This is a Short-Term Technical Assistance (STTA) position reporting to the Platform’s Senior Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist, who is based in Dakar. The expected period of performance will run from May 2024 to September 2024, and the estimated level of effort is 30 working days.

Responsibilities:
Examine the relevance and impact of women and youth in the viability and sustainability of business development models such as business development services, business investment services, financial services or any business models put in place during project implementation.
Provide analysis of the participation of women and youth in business development services including how used marketing services were used, technical assistance, or training that may or may not have helped business development.
Provide analysis of whether women and youth may or may not have been able to access and/or benefit from financial services, such as from banks or credit unions.
Submit a weekly progress report during the field data collection.
Review documents provided by USAID and other stakeholders, present findings, and conclude how this information will feed into data collection.
Participate in presenting the synthesis of the results of the literature review.
Contribute to the development of the workplan, under the supervision of the Team Leader and in coordination with the other team members.

Participate in the enumerator training.
-Identify and conduct interviews with relevant stakeholders and organizations.
-Produce detailed interview notes after each interview.
-Contribute to the review of data to produce the evaluation report.
-Support the development of the evaluation findings and conclusions table.
-Support the presentation of the evaluation initial findings to USAID.
-Co-facilitate the workshop for the co-creation of recommendations with relevant stakeholders.
-Contribute to the development of the evaluation report, incorporating comments if necessary.
-Participate in revisions process to arrive at final report.
-Contribute to the PowerPoint presentation of the final results to USAID.
-Perform any other tasks or activities necessary for the success of the evaluation.

**Deadline for applying for this position - May 10, 2024**