Junior Researcher jobs in Hammond, IN

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 Middle East and North Africa Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Services (MENA MELS) Activity delivers high-quality technical support for monitoring, evaluation, and learning to the Middle East Bureau, its ten field missions, operating units, and implementing partners. Project services include monitoring systems, evaluations, assessments and research; analysis and synthesis; learning and utilization; and MEL capacity building and training. Additional information on the MENA MELS Project is available here.

Under MENA MELS, the MSI team will conduct an evaluation of the Higher Education Partnership - Morocco (HEP-M) project. HEP-M was launched in 2019 to improve national pre-service teacher training. HEP-M seeks to align the system of primary school teacher preparation and recent Moroccan legislation in partnership with the Ministry of Education in Morocco (MOE), Moroccan higher education institutions (HEI), and associated teacher training institutions (AREF/CRMEF). The overarching goal of HEP-M is to “create a sustainable Moroccan Higher Education pool of experts, reaching more than 20,000 teachers” through assisting MOE in the implementation of the newly adopted legislations “The National Framework Law (NFL)”. This evaluation will examine the outcomes of HEP-M, the sustainability of its approach to create a pool of experts in pre-service teachers' training, and its ability to support the MOE respond to the new requirements of the NFL. 

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

Position Summary:

The Local Researcher will support the Team Lead, Subject Matter Expert (SME), and other team members in carrying out all necessary tasks to complete the HEP-M evaluation. The Local Researcher will support the team in data collection planning and conducting data collection in-person. The Local Researcher may also contribute to reviewing literature, conducting interviews, and drafting sections of the evaluation report.

Responsibilities:

• Participate in data collection training.
• Support fieldwork planning including ensuring that data collection instruments are translated and finalized.
• Participate in data collection, including taking extensive notes during the primary data collection and/or conducting key informant interviews and focus group discussions.
• Review data quality on ongoing basis and work with the Team Lead and SME to improve the data collection.
• Coordinate with the Team Lead, SME, and other team members including doing regular check-ins.