Human and Institutional Capacity Development (HICD) Specialist, Civil Society and Media Performance Evaluation, Liberia 85 views0 applications

Human and Institutional Capacity Development (HICD) Specialist, Civil Society and Media Performance Evaluation, Liberia

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.

In Liberia, SI implements the Liberia Strategic Analysis (LSA) activity which provides USAID/Liberia with analytical and advisory services in support of strategic planning, project and activity design, performance monitoring and evaluation, and learning and adapting. LSA’s services cross-cut all development sectors including democracy and governance, health, education, the environment, and economic growth.

Project Objective:

USAID/Liberia has engaged LSA to conduct an external Whole-of-Project Performance Evaluation of the Civil Society and Media Project within the Democracy and Governance portfolio. The project aims to increase influence of citizens and media in the governance of public goods and services. It comprises three distinct USAID activities that contribute to two components: 1) strengthened capacity of civil society and the media to exercise their advocacy and oversight roles, and 2) increased accuracy and impartiality of target media. The purpose of this evaluation is to is to examine the entire Civil Society and Media Project Appraisal Document (PAD), including all its constituent activities and their progress, synergies, and sustainability. USAID/Liberia will use findings from the evaluation to inform adaptive management of the PAD and redesign of the Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS).

The estimated start date will be January 3, 2019 through March 2019. The estimated LOE will be 46 days.

Position Description:

SI is seeking an HICD Specialist who will provide technical support to the evaluation team. The HICD Specialist will be working alongside four team members: a team leader, a technical specialist, an evaluation specialist, and a logistics coordinator.

Responsibilities:

• Perform desk review and identify additional information required for analysis.
• Provide technical expertise and support the Team Leader’s lead efforts in evaluation design, methodology, and data collection instruments.
• Schedule and interview key stakeholders and beneficiaries.
• Provide ongoing analysis of qualitative and quantitative data.
• Support the preparation and presentation of the key findings and recommendations to USAID/Liberia.
• Write assigned section of the draft evaluation report in coordination with the team members, taking into consideration feedback from the preliminary findings presentation.
• Work collaboratively with team members throughout design, implementation, analysis, and report writing to complement each other’s areas of expertise.

Qualifications:

• Must have at least eight years of experience in organizational development of CSOs and government institutions in developing countries.
• Should hold an advanced degree in a discipline international development, public administration, organizational development, social sciences, or related field.
• Must have deep local knowledge of the relationship between civil society, media, and government institutions and how to engage actors across horizontal and vertical linkages toward issue-based reforms.
• Demonstrable experience implementing HICD interventions in accordance with USAID’s HICD model is required.
• The specialist must have strong social analytical skills, specifically in designing and evaluating similar HICD programs.
• Experience with heuristic tools to measure capacity of civil society is desirable.
• Experience with whole-of-project evaluations is desirable.
• Must be able to conduct interviews and focus group discussion and analyze the resulting data.
• Must have exceptional organizational, analytical, writing, and presentation skills.

Come join our energetic and innovative team! We offer you the opportunity to play a leading role in the growth of our company, work as part of a creative and committed team, and make a difference in the well-being of our world.

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Only selected candidates will be contacted for an interview. Please, no phone calls.