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We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Team Leader – Election Portfolio Performance Evaluation
Location: Nigeria
Department: Programs
Team: USAID/Nigeria MEL Support Activity
Project: Election Portfolio Performance Evaluation USAID / Nigeria
Reporting to: Assessment and Evaluation Advisor
Employment Type: Independent Contractor / Short-Term Technical Assistance (STTA)
Period of Performance: October 2023 – May 2024
Background
- Navanti supports a Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Support Activity program that assists USAID/Nigeria in advancing its broader organizational learning and development efforts.
- This program strengthens the Mission’s capacity and performance in programmatic monitoring, evaluation, learning, collaborating, and adapting.
- The MEL Support Activity closely aligns with USAID/Nigeria’s Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS) and provides a broad range of specialized technical assistance, training, data gathering and analysis, field-based monitoring, evaluations and assessments, facilitation of organizational learning and adaptation initiatives, and short-term technical assistance.
Performance Evaluation Objectives
- USAID/Nigeria has engaged the MEL Support Activity to conduct a performance evaluation of the election portfolio. The purpose of the performance evaluation under DO3 IR 3.3 (Enhanced Credibility of Elections) is two-fold:
- To assess the extent to which the Sustaining Electoral Engagement for Democracy (SEED) and Responsive Political Party Program (RPPP) activities contributed to enhancing the credibility of elections
- To inform activity design for future election-related activities
- This evaluation will be used primarily by USAID Nigeria’s Peace and Democratic Governance (PDG) team to inform activity design for future election-related activities. However, PDG will share the evaluation report with the broader USAID audiences, including USAID/Washington to help agencies better understand the electoral context of Nigeria and, most importantly, the efficacy of support to political parties, voter education via radio, and other channels.
- The estimated start date will be November 13, 2023. The evaluation is expected to last until May 2024, and the estimated LOE will be 63 days, maximum.
Position Description
- We are seeking an International Team Leader who will be responsible for the overall management of the evaluation team’s effort and ensuring a rigorous and high-quality evaluation.
- Under the technical leadership of the MEL Support Activity, the team leader will be working alongside four national team members.
- The team leader will consult with and facilitate input from all team members throughout the evaluation.
Locations:
- Abuja, Federal Capital Territory
- Adamawa State
- Anambra State
- Bauchi State
- Bayelsa State
- Benue State
- Ebonyi State
- Ekiti State
- Osun State
- Kaduna State
- Sokoto State
Responsibilities
- The Team Leader will be responsible for the overall management of the evaluation.
- S/he will be the primary person responsible for ensuring a rigorous and high-quality evaluation design.
- The Team Leader will develop the outline for the draft report, present the report, and after incorporating USAID/Nigeria staff feedback/comments, submit the final report to USAID/Nigeria through the MEL Support Activity within the prescribed timeline.
The Team Leader is also expected to:
- Oversee and lead major evaluation activities, including the evaluation design, methodology development of instruments, data collection, synthesis of data, presentations, and preparation of final report with team contributions.
- Provide leadership for the team and coordinate activities as necessary.
- Coordinate with MELSA and USAID/Nigeria weekly on the evaluation process.
- Oversee the work plan development and ensure all team members are contributing expertise and technical inputs.
- Perform desk review and identify additional information required for analysis.
- Schedule and interview key stakeholders and beneficiaries.
- Coordinate team’s ongoing analysis of qualitative and quantitative data.
- Lead the preparation and presentation of the In-brief and Out-brief to USAID/Nigeria and other stakeholders as requested.
- Write the draft Evaluation report with support from the team members, taking into consideration feedback from the Out-brief presentation.
- Respond to USAID comments on the draft report, incorporate USAID/Nigeria staff comments into the final version of the report, and finalize the report.
- Present evaluation results to diverse audiences according to USAID standard reporting.
- Work collaboratively with team members throughout design, implementation, analysis, and report writing to complement each other’s areas of expertise.
Qualifications
The candidate is expected to have the following qualifications:
- A minimum of a Master’s Degree (Doctorate preferred) in a relevant field: Political Science, Measurement and Evaluation, International Development, or related fields.
- Minimum of ten years of professional experience in governance space with clear understanding of Nigerian democracy and elections. This could be through academia, civil society, or the international community.
- Demonstrated experience in performance evaluation of USAID interventions.
- Experience in preparing persuasive technical reports and making verbal presentations, explaining issues clearly and concisely.
- Required oral and written communication and presentation skills in English.
- Demonstrated experience in collaborating across projects stakeholder groups and donor projects.
- Experience/background in USAID’s cross-cutting program priorities, such as gender equality, inclusion, and diversity.
- Experience leading a team of evaluators.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
Note
- Only selected candidates will be contacted for an interview. Please, no phone calls.
- Candidates are advised to submit applications early.
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