This position is in the USAID/Senegal Sahel Regional Office (SRO). The incumbent supports country offices in Burkina Faso, Chad, Mauritania, The Gambia, and Cabo Verde and implementing partners to monitor, evaluate, and report on USAID development impact. The position supports USAID’s commitment to “manage for results” and to meet the requirements of the Automated Directives System SRO aims for transformational development to increase the resilience of chronically vulnerable people, households, communities, and systems in targeted agro-pastoral and marginal agriculture livelihood zones, and to prevent violent extremism in the Sahel. SRO interventions strive for increased resilience, sustainable well-being, strengthened institutions and governance, and improved nutrition and health. The incumbent will take an active, results-oriented role in monitoring and evaluating SRO programming.

The incumbent will advise the Deputy Regional Mission Director, Regional Technical Office team members, Regional Program Office team members, USAID staff in Niger, Burkina Faso, Chad, and Mauritania on gender sensitive programming. The incumbent will develop and maintain comprehensive knowledge of current issues as they relate to advancing gender programming at the Mission.

The job holder is required to perform work-related travel. OR The job may be expected to perform work related travel.