JOB DETAILS:
Position Description:
SI is seeking a Team Leader to support T-MELA with the Jifunze Uelewe Mid-term evaluation.
The Evaluation Team Leader shall be an English speaker evaluation expert with strong evaluation experience in the education sector. She/he will lead the evaluation team through all stages of the evaluation, responsible for leading the team in generating all key deliverables including a Design Report, Draft Evaluation Report, Final Evaluation Report, and other key knowledge products. The Evaluation Team Leader will conduct data collection in Tanzania along with a subject matter expert, evaluation specialist, and data analyst. She/he will work under the guidance of the Senior Assessment and Evaluation Specialist in Tanzania and SI’s Project Director in Washington DC.

Responsibilities:
The Team Lead will:
• Line-manages the Evaluation Team collaboratively with the T-MELA’s Chief of Party and Senior Evaluation Specialist.
• Lead desk review, initial stakeholder consultation, and identify additional information/analyses required.
• Lead the team to prepare and finalize evaluation design, methodologies, analysis strategies, work plan, and timelines for USAID and partners.
• Lead and oversee data collection efforts and consultation with implementing partners based on research/logistical needs.
• Take responsibility for ongoing data analysis and iteratively develop findings, conclusions, and recommendations.
• Write the evaluation report in coordination with team members, taking into consideration feedback from a preliminary finding session.
• Take the lead in the preparation and presentation of the key findings, conclusions, and recommendations to USAID, key stakeholders, and research users following SI's and USAID's standards.
• Take responsibility for leading the team to respond to USAID and USAID T-MELA’s comments and feedback and deliver high-quality deliverables that meet USAID and SI's standards.

Deliverables:
With support from USAID/T-MELA and team members, the Team Lead will be expected to take overall responsibility for the production and management of the following:
1**. Final Evaluation Design**: A detailed, full evaluation design and work plan following an initial consultation with USAID that will include chosen methodologies and data collection tools.

2. Kick-off meeting/In brief: A PowerPoint/Google Slides presentation summarizing the Inception Report for USAID/T-MELA and key partners prior to the launch of data collection.

3. Findings Conclusions and Recommendations (FCR) Matrix: An analysis tool through which data is triangulated and findings, conclusions, and recommendations specific to each evaluation question are produced. Two FCR matrixes are expected, a preliminary document after the first full week of data collection, and a final matrix at the end of the data analysis period.

4. Preliminary Findings PPT: The team will present the key findings to the wider USAID/Tanzania Mission through a PowerPoint/Google Slides presentation. The TL is expected to update this PowerPoint after the final report.

5. Draft Report: A draft report with fully developed findings, conclusions, and recommendations, no longer than 30 pages excluding annexes, will be submitted to the T-MELA COP who will submit to the USAID COR for T-MELA activity. The format will include an executive summary, table of contents, methodology, findings, and recommendations. USAID/T-MELA and key local stakeholders will provide comments on the draft report.

6. Final Report: The team will submit a final report that incorporates responses to USAID's/partner's comments and suggestions. The report will be submitted electronically in English. The report will be disseminated within USAID and key stakeholders.

Qualifications and Skills:
The Evaluation Team Lead must have/hold:
• At least 10 years of senior-level experience working on evaluation is desirable, with extensive experience evaluating education interventions required.
• A postgraduate degree in education, PhD will be an added advantage
• Extensive experience in leading evaluation teams and preparing high-quality documents.
• Experience designing and/or implementing EGMA and EGRA preferred
• Experience with qualitative data collection and analysis (including KIIs and Focus Groups).
• Excellent oral communication and written skills in English is a must.
• Demonstrated experience in communicating with local stakeholders at managerial and technical levels.
• Experience working with international donors, especially USAID.
• Preferably, the applicant will possess experience conducting evaluations in the education sector in East Africa, Tanzania in particular.