Interpreter/Translator
Black Sea Trust (BST) Evaluation, Georgia
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:
Social Impact has been asked to conduct a final performance evaluation of the Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation (BST). The BST was established in 2007 as a 10-year grantmaking initiative to promote regional cooperation, civil society, and democratic foundations in the wider Black Sea Region. BST was established with initial contributions from the German Marshal Fund (GMF) of the United States, the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, the Ministry of Defense of Latvia, the Government of Romania and USAID. Operating from GMF’s Bucharest office, BST awards small grants to local organizations in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Turkey, and Ukraine. The overall goals of BST are: 1) Building trust in and strengthening the performance of democratic institutions; 2) Improving citizen participation in the democratic process, and; 3) Fostering regional networks and cross-border cooperation. The Trust seeks to achieve these goals through three primary objectives: 1) Promoting civic participation; 2) Enhancing cross-border initiatives, and; 3) Improving eastern linkages.
The primary purposes of the evaluation are to: 1) assess the performance of BST grantmaking in achieving the core objectives of the agreement and to strengthen the BST’s monitoring capacity; 2) assess BST’s complementarity to mission bilateral programming and the comparative advantages of BST support over other grantmaking initiatives; and 3) assess the extent to which BST has promoted long term organizational sustainability and financial diversification. The results of the evaluation will inform the specific activities of a new award to GMF, issued by USAID in September 2018 to continue and expand on the previous work of BST in the region.
The estimated period of performance for this evaluation will be between January 2019 and February 2019. The expected start date is mid-January 2019 and we anticipate this position will require roughly 9 days of LOE, with the majority of the time spent directly before and during the fieldwork period, February 1-5, 2019. This is a part-time position reporting to the U.S.-based SI Project Manager, working closely with the SI management team, as well as three or more other evaluation team members with DRG and M&E expertise.
**Please note: This is a local position. Only candidates with Georgia citizenship will be considered.**
Responsibilities:
Provide interpreting services (both Georgian to English and Russian to English) for the Evaluation Team Leader or Evaluation Specialist during meetings, interviews, FGDs, etc. including one-on-one and group settings.
Translate research protocol presented by evaluation team members from English to Georgian and English to Russian.
Carry out other translation/interpretation tasks as requested by the Team Leader.
Qualifications:
Fluency in Georgian and Russian
Available to support for 9 days LOE total, including 4 days of interpreting services February 1, 3, 4, and 5. Remaining 5 days can be used for translation of protocols and a review of project background.
Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree.
Experience working on USAID evaluations or USAID funded projects preferred.
Proficiency with MS Office Suite programs required
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