Logistician, Development of a CLA Approach to Advance Gender-Inclusive Development (GID) Integration in RDMA Programs At Social Impact

Social Impact is a global development management consulting firm. We provide monitoring, evaluation, strategic planning, and capacity building services to advance development effectiveness. We work across all development sectors including democracy and governance, health and education, the environment, and economic growth. Since 1997 we have worked in over 100 countries for clients such as US government agencies, bilateral donors, multilateral development banks, foundations, and nonprofits.

Project Objective:

Under Task Order 46 of the Asia Learning Monitoring and Evaluation (ALME) program, the USAID Regional Development Mission for Asia (RDMA) has requested Social Impact to develop a Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting (CLA) approach to advance Gender and Inclusive Development (GID) integration across programs under four operating units (regional, Thailand, China, and ASEAN) managed by RDMA. This project will be comprised of three distinct tasks:

• Task I: GID Integration Capacity Assessment. Social Impact will design and conduct a rapid capacity assessment among RDMA’s technical and support offices’ staff, analyze the data, and develop a concise assessment brief.
• Task II: GID Integration Assessment. Social Impact will design and implement a rapid assessment on appropriateness of gender and inclusive development action plans of current activities that were developed by the Mission’s implementing partners (IPs), as well as the appropriateness of the implementation and measurements of the GID Action Plans (GIDAP).
• Task III: USAID/RDMA’s CLA Approach Development to Strengthen GID Integration. Based on results from Task I and Task II, the Contractor will design, organize, and facilitate a workshop among relevant Mission’s staff (as well as those of the IPs as deemed necessary) to both increase understanding of the outputs, progress, challenges, successes, and lessons learned on GID integration as well as jointly develop a roadmap/action plan to further advance GID integration and its measurement to all the Mission’s activities.

Position Description:

Social Impact is seeking a Logistician in support of this service request. The Logistician will be responsible for liaising with local stakeholders and coordinating qualitative data collection in Sri Lanka, as well as managing other logistical and administrative matters for the assessment team as requested. This is a part-time consulting position with a period of performance from February to August 2022.

**Please note: Candidates must be based in Southeast Asia to be considered

Responsibilities:

• Serve as SI’s logistical point-person in Thailand, providing coordination support for all aspects of in-country logistics for a large-scale workshop.
• Support procurement processes for vendors, ensuring that procurements are done in accordance with SI’s policies, including sourcing bids and participating in the selection process.
• Arrange travel, hotels, visas, and other necessary preparations for traveling team members.
• In collaboration with SI, oversee logistical implementation of the conference.
• Engage in positive relationship management with SI, vendors, and possibly USAID and other stakeholders.
• Provide notetaking support during the workshop as needed.
• Liaise closely with SI headquarters staff and other consultants to perform all other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• At least two years of experience working for international development organizations.
• Background in administration and/or logistics for workshops or event/stakeholder coordination.
• Demonstrated organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently to meet deadlines and adhere to high quality standards.
• Strong professional written and verbal proficiency in English.
• Skills and experience with data visualization preferred.