Introducing Integrity
Integrity is an ethical consultancy and service provider working in challenging and complex environments around the globe.
We help our clients succeed in fragile and challenging environments while building trust and understanding as the basis for transformative change. We work across all phases of the program and project cycle, delivering eleven complementary services: monitoring, evaluation and learning / data and knowledge management / research, evidence and analysis / advisory / project management / communications / risk management / technical assistance / capability and capacity development / stakeholder engagement / grant and fund management. Our services are underpinned by the principles on which we were founded, a commitment to providing reliable information and evidence, and expert and high-quality delivery.
Headquartered in London and Washington DC, Integrity also has offices in Jordan, Kenya, and Pakistan. Our multi-national team of over 80 deliver multi-year projects, programs and consulting assignments to a wide range of government clients, international organizations, foundations and private sector clients.
VISION: To set the international standard for ethically delivered expert services in complex and challenging contexts.
MISSION: We use evidence and learning to provide trusted advice and enable change for a sustainable future.
VALUES:
• Courage: We work on many of the world’s most complex problems. We stand against violence in all its forms. We are unafraid to stand up to illegal or unethical practices.
• Objectivity: We challenge conventional thinking. Our recommendations are not based on assumptions or ideology but evidence and learning.
• Diligence: We incorporate our best individual and collective intellect through rigor, reflection, and collaboration.
• Accountability: We take responsibility for the quality of our work and performance. We hold ourselves to account through clear policy and process, sustained by long-term profitability.
• Sensitivity: We understand the impact of our presence and our work, empathize with people’s situations, and commit to do no harm.
ETHICS: Integrity upholds the highest ethical standards in our work, our employment of staff and our interaction with people. Through adherence to our core values, we ensure the best possible service, and benefit the communities amongst whom we work.
We commit to building a diverse and inclusive organization where all feel safe and able to progress, contribute and be heard, regardless of gender, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion, marital or parental status.
Further information about Integrity can be found at www.integrityglobal.com.
Project Background
The Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Support (MELS) serves as USAID/South Sudan’s primary mechanism for monitoring, evaluation, learning, and adaptive management services for ongoing activities and programs. In a dynamic operating environment, MELS provides USAID/South Sudan with flexible, demand-driven technical, analytic, and advisory support to strengthen collaboration, learning, and adapting (CLA); promote institutional memory; produce monitoring, evaluation, and learning products as appropriate; strengthen knowledge management and organizational learning (KMOL), organizational effectiveness and operational efficiency; and strengthen data-driven decision-making through efficient use of GIS and other innovative spatial analysis.
USAID/South Sudan’s Democracy and Governance (DG) Office has requested that MELS conduct a political economy analysis (PEA) that:
- Summarize the power dynamics and economic and social forces that influence community resilience and why they generate economies that are failing communities.
- Examine the influences and motivations of local stakeholders and how these shape risks and opportunities for programming, including to increase or broaden the impact of marginalized groups.
- Make strategic recommendations and identify levers or entry points which USAID could use to help inform the adjusting of activities and the strategic framework.
The PEA will be conducted in two phases:
- Phase One (October – November 2023): Desk review of literature focusing on political and economic dynamics in specific sub-national areas contextualized within an overarching national frame. The MELS PEA team will then facilitate a co-creation exercise in November 2023 with USAID to develop a PEA design describing the lines of inquiry and methods to address these.
- Phase Two (December – April 2024): MELS will launch Phase Two following the conclusion of the co-creation process, implementing data collection, analysis, and reporting. Timelines for Phase Two will be confirmed during co-creation.
DG has proposed that the PEA focus on one USAID/South Sudan target county in each of three regions - Equatoria, Upper Nile, and Greater Bahr el Ghazal – as indicative of the region's political, economic features and dynamics. Initial suggestions for consideration were Kapoeta North (Equatoria), Akobo and Leer (Upper Nile), and Wau (Greater Bahr el Ghazal) counties. However, the selection of target counties will be finalized following the co-creation process.
Scope of Work
The Conflict Specialist will provide expert knowledge and technical expertise for the PEA design, data collection, analysis, and dissemination. S/he will play an integral role in the drafting, editing, and overall quality control of the PEA and will report directly to the Team Lead. This is a Short-Term Technical Assistance (STTA) position based in Juba.
Terms of Reference
- Provide key inputs into the PEA design by identifying/reviewing key desk review materials, reviewing design draft materials, providing feedback, and drafting key sections of the PEA design.
- Take part in co-creation discussions in November 2023 with USAID to finalize the PEA design and data collection plan.
- Identify data sources (documents, individuals, etc.) for the PEA and lead Key Informant Interviews and other limited data collection as appropriate.
- Provide expertise in interpreting draft results and other contributions to the analysis of findings.
- Provide reviews of the draft final report with possible drafting of key sections.
- Facilitate dissemination of the final report by participating in dissemination events as needed.
- Other tasks as requested/required by the Team Lead and/or Deputy Chief of Party.
Your Experience and Expertise
- Master's degree required, advanced degree preferred, in a field relevant to economics, statistics, international development, or related studies.
- At least ten years of progressively responsible experience in the humanitarian or international development field.
- Demonstrated experience implementing South Sudan-specific conflict research, evaluation, or learning development projects.
- Strong writing/organizational skills and a demonstrated ability to deliver written products (reports and PowerPoint) required.
- Experience in leading conflict research, evaluations, or surveys; experience on past USAID evaluations or surveys is preferred.
- Knowledge of the social, political, and economic factors affecting populations in South Sudan.
- Language capability relevant to interviews with the ethnic groups in the target counties of Akobo, Kapoeta North, Leer, and Wau.
- Experience in fieldwork in Akobo, Kapoeta North, Leer, and Wau preferred.
- Good interpersonal skills, including the ability to work well with field-based local staff via telephone and e-mail.
- Written and oral fluency in English.
- Ability to work for extended hours when required.
Integrity Global 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 encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates, regardless of gender, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion, marital or parental status. We will respect your confidentiality and abide by data protection Laws.
NOTE: Open to South Sudanese citizens only
How to apply
If you are interested in applying for this position, please complete the application form at https://tinyur.com/joinSSMELS attach a CV and cover letter explaining why you are suitable for this position Or by email: ssmels.recruitment@integrityglobal.com
The closing date for application is October 4, 2023. We will review resumes on a rolling basis and the vacancy may be filled before this deadline. We encourage early applications. Please be advised that only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.