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EnCompass LLC seeks Senior Evaluation Specialist candidates for a five-year United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Platform in Zambia. The Senior Evaluation Specialist will oversee the assessments and evaluation services. The Senior Evaluation Specialist will deepen the Mission’s capacity to develop comprehensive scope of works (SOWs) and evaluation questions and will implement the designing, scoping, and executing of assessments and analysis, quantitative and qualitative performance evaluations, impact evaluations (IEs), population-based surveys and other studies including data collection efforts, data analysis, and oversight of partners and consultants. They will review and draft evaluation reports, presentations, and briefings to disseminate learning among MEL Platform stakeholders.
The Senior Evaluation Specialist should possess expertise in designing and executing evaluability assessments, reviewing evaluation SOWs, and conducting quantitative and qualitative data collection, research, and analytical methods to support design and implementation of performance and IEs. The Senior Evaluation Specialist will identify activities for IEs, using evaluability assessments as needed, and determine if they are best suited to experimental or quasi-experimental design methods, such as propensity score matching and/or “difference in difference” methods. The Senior Evaluation Specialist supervises an Evaluation/ Gender and Social Inclusion (GESI) Specialist and one Evaluation Officer.
The USAID/Zambia MEL Platform will provide USAID/Zambia, implementing partners (IPs), and local country stakeholders with demand-driven performance monitoring and evaluation technical assistance, analytical services, and logistical support services to ultimately improve and ease Mission burden to engage, analyze and communicate the impact of USAID programming in Zambia.
The position will be full-time and based in Lusaka, with travel throughout the country. Only citizens or current residents of Zambia will be considered.
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Qualifications
Academic Qualifications
Experience and Skills
How to Apply
Please submit CV and cover letter, and complete the application online.
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