About the job

Tanzania – Evaluation Specialist (PROPOSAL RECRUITMENT)

Expertise designing and leading rigorous impact evaluations, and/or performance evaluations

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Khulisa seeks a qualified and experienced Evaluation Methods Specialist for a 4-year USAID Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) activity in Tanzania.

The activity will (i) conduct performance monitoring for all USAID/Tanzania activities, (ii) design, implement, and disseminate evaluations, assessments, surveys and monitoring analyses; (iii) build MEL capacity of USAID/Tanzania and implementing partners, local organizations, and government counterparts, and (iv) facilitate intentional use of collaborating, learning, and adapting (CLA) among USAID/Tanzania staff, implementing partners, and internal and external stakeholders.

This is a full-time position based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and is contingent upon project award to Khulisa.

Qualifications

· Master’s degree in statistics, social science, monitoring and evaluation, public policy, economics, agriculture, or a related field and at least 8-10 years of relevant experience.

· At least 8 years’ experience in monitoring and evaluation of implementation projects and different M&E methodologies, including quality assurance of data collection/reporting processes.

· Expertise designing and leading rigorous impact evaluations, and/or performance evaluations, including conducting quantitative and/or qualitative research in one or more of the following sectors: economic growth, agriculture/food security, health and/or governance.

· Strong economic, statistics, or econometrics skills preferred, such as experience with detailed, high-level data analysis, sampling, and design and implementation of quantitative household or enterprise surveys in developing country contexts.

· Understanding of and experience with USAID’s collaboration, learning and adapting (CLA) framework

· Experience disseminating complex information in an accessible manner to high-level audiences.

· Experience working in Tanzania required.

· English language skills required.

· Tanzanian Nationals are encouraged to apply.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

· Oversee evaluations, assessments and analyses of USAID implementation partners, including data collection methods and protocols, design of evaluation methodologies, and data quality audits.

· Lead the design of performance and impact evaluations of economic growth, agriculture/food security, health and/or governance activities; including designing/overseeing evaluation materials, and managing data collection.

· Lead analysis of quantitative and/or qualitative M&E data;

· Ensure consistent and transparent quality assurance over all tasks and functions.

· Produce high-quality M&E reports and other deliverables, integrating and clearly interpreting quantitative and qualitative findings.

· Support knowledge management, knowledge sharing and learning processes to improve the Mission’s programs in-country

· Participate in disseminating M&E findings, in print and /or in person, ensuring best practice for data visualization.