Team Leader, Education Context Monitoring Assessment, 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 assessment to identify the enrolment and attendance levels at target schools, the extent to which low participation is prevalent, and the reasons behind low student and teacher participation. The assessment will identify approaches to improve student and teacher participation for adaptive management by implementers, USAID, and the Ministry of Education (MOE). USAID will use the findings to inform more strategic USAID investment in the sector and to advocate for a more effective and sustainable partnership with the MOE.
The estimated start date will be mid-August through November 2019. The estimated LOE will be 89 days.
Position Description:
SI is seeking a Team Leader who will be responsible for coordinating the activities of the assessment. The Team Leader will be working alongside three Liberian Education Context Specialists.
Responsibilities:
- The Team Leader will develop the assessment design, oversee the development of tools, integrate team findings from various sources, and coordinate preparation of the final reports.
- Provide leadership for the team and coordinate activities as necessary.
- Perform desk review and identify additional information required for analysis.
- Provide technical expertise and lead efforts in assessment design, methodology, and data collection instruments.
- Schedule and interview key stakeholders and beneficiaries.
- Coordinate team’s ongoing analysis of qualitative and quantitative data.
- Lead the preparation and presentation of the key findings and recommendations to USAID/Liberia.
- Write the draft evaluation report with support from the team member, taking into consideration feedback from the participatory analysis workshop and preliminary findings presentation.
- Respond to USAID comments on the draft report and submit a final report to LSA.
- Work collaboratively with the team member throughout design, implementation, analysis, and report writing to complement each other’s areas of expertise.
Qualifications:hl
- Must have at least eight years of experience conducting research and other adaptive monitoring exercises in developing countries.
- Extensive experience with quantitative and qualitative research and facilitating participatory workshops is required.
- Strong gender and social analytical skills are required.
- Must hold an advanced degree in international development, research, education administration, planning, or similar field.
- Knowledge of education development programs is preferred.
- Previous work experience in managing multi-disciplinary teams and designing and conducting mixed-method research in West Africa is preferred. Liberia experience is strongly preferred.
- Must have exceptional organizational, analytical, writing, and presentation skills, including how to conceptualize and structure research activities.
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