Management Systems International (MSI) is a global international development firm based in Washington, D.C. providing specialized short- and long-term technical assistance. MSI is part of Coffey International Development, a global international development consulting firm. Together with Coffey ID, MSI now has more than 1,500 development professionals worldwide, a corporate presence in 11 countries and manages more than 200 projects worldwide. It currently manages more than 20 long-term projects in countries, including Iraq, Sudan, Colombia and Russia. Broadly, MSI implements a range of analytical and field projects in its core technical areas, including democracy and governance, strategic management and performance improvement, organizational capacity building, human development and natural resource management. For more information on MSI, please visit our website at www.msiworldwide.com.

Child Protection:
• As a key member of a multi-component project team will provide broad responsibilities for technical assistance across program of assistance to women, children and youth who are vulnerable to/affected by gender-based violence and the worst forms of child labor, ranging from trafficking to restavek labor to recruitment into gangs;
• Manages community and national level support needs assessments and assistance delivery;
• Coordinates with Grants manager and contributes to annual program statement.

Gender Advisor:
• As a key member of multi-component project team works closely with communities, NGOs and GOH to improve range, quality and scalability of medical, legal, psychosocial, rehabilitation and life skills services to women, children/youth who are vulnerable to or victims of violence and multiple forms of exploitation;
• Lead role in the development of project’s annual program statement and grantee selection process;
• Works closely with M&E staff to monitor gender differential access to and impact of national, community and NGO services for women, children/youth with which the project engages as well as to ensure gender disaggregation of performance data where appropriate across these entities as well as by the project.

Grants Manager:
• Responsible for the day to day management of USAID grants programs:
o Design and develop the calls for proposals;
o Create and operate a technical evaluation committee to review grant proposals;
o Provide support to and follow-up actions with grantees.
• Administer and monitor grants in line with established management policies, procedures, and practices;
• Implement and evaluate grant application process to ensure adherence to grants management policies;
• Ensure proper negotiation of the terms and conditions for sub-grants;
• Review and analyze budget estimates consistent with US government grant and program requirements.

All Qualifications:
• A Master’s Degree in Social Sciences, such as international development, social work, public policy or other areas directly related to providing services to vulnerable populations, or equivalent experience;
• At least seven years of experience in the field of child protection, human rights and/or the
protection of vulnerable groups, at least some of which was in a development context; experience in Haiti or in similar contexts is highly desirable;
• Sound understanding of Haitian development needs and political environment;
• Fluent in spoken and written French and English at the FSI 4/4 level
• Creole is highly desirable.

Grants Manager:
• Five years of experience managing international donor grants programs;

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