Pact is hiring a
Pact is an international nonprofit that works in nearly 40 countries building solutions for human development that are evidence-based, data-driven and owned by the communities we serve. Founded in 1971, Pact works with partners to build resilience, improve accountability, and strengthen knowledge and skills for sustainable social impact.
Programs - Pact strives for a world where all people are heard, capable, and vibrant. The Programs Team helps realize this objective by bridging program management, technical support, and business development, enabling Pact to achieve its global strategy. We ensure program excellence through continuous learning, monitoring and evaluation and provide organizational and industry-wide thought leadership by leveraging a complementary set of cross-functional, multi-disciplinary skills, expertise, and experiences. The Programs team: influences progressive change through the development and implementation of global and regional strategies and business plans; supports advancement of innovative solutions; pursues new business opportunities; and drives effective internal and external engagement to maximize Pact’s impact across the globe. Across all aspects of its role, the Programs Department adheres to and promotes a culture of inclusion, accountability, and respect.
Pact seeks Measurement, Evaluation, Learning and Research Specialist (MELRS) for the anticipated USAID-funded Basiki ni Tagne Kunafoni (Information for Peace and Development) Activity, an Associate Award under the Civil Society and Media-Strengthened Together and Advancing in New Directions (CSM-STAND) Africa & Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Leader with Associates (LWA) Cooperative Agreement. This Activity aims to address information integrity in the Malian information ecosystem by enhancing publicly available content that provides timely, relevant, and accurate information to Malian citizens; and to use data-driven approaches that promote media literacy, mitigate harm from inaccurate information, and optimize the reach of quality information. This is anticipated to be a two-year activity and the position will be based in Bamako, Mali. This position is contingent upon award. Malian or African nationals who lived in West Africa and worked on this topic in the last three years are encouraged to apply.
The proliferation and spread of inaccurate information threaten democracy and security in Mali. The accelerating rates of inaccurate information and its likely adverse impact within the information ecosystem have added to the challenge of information integrity in the wider, West African regional context. Hence, ensuring information integrity through the supply of timely, relevant, and accurate information and the promotion of media literacy using data-driven approaches to mitigate harm and ensure information integrity in Mali are core mandates of this Activity. In this context, the Measurement, Evaluation, Learning and Research Specialist will play a key role in increasing evidence and data to inform and improve programmatic interventions to support information integrity and promote media literacy.
The core duties to be carried out by the successful candidate are: