Background

SoCha, LLC is contracted to provide Monitoring, Reporting, and Capacity Strengthening (MRCS) support to complement and augment USAID's Sahel Regional Office performance management of activities within its portfolio. MRCS will support the Sahel Regional Technical Office, Sahel Regional Program Office, the Niger Mission, the Burkina Faso Country Office, and the Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) Resilience Food Security Activities in Niger and Burkina Faso.

Roles and Responsibilities

The Senior Evaluation & Assessment Specialist will take the lead on evaluations, analyses, and assessments throughout the life of the activity, including scope of work development, data collection, design of methodologies and protocols, data analysis, and reporting writing. They will ensure the quality of deliverables/reporting of all evaluations, assessments, surveys, and special studies in addition to working with the Chief of Party and other team leads to ensure that evaluation information is shared and fully utilized through knowledge sharing and strategic learning processes to speed innovation and to improve upon and bring new innovations to the Mission’s programmatic work in-country. Responsibilities will include:

1. Scoping, planning, coordinating, managing, and executing the following:
2. Strategic studies to inform the USAID/Sahel program portfolio.
3. Performance evaluations, impact evaluations, and assessments.
4. Data collection services, including desk review, in-person and online surveys, qualitative interviews, focus groups, GIS data, and mobile data collection on behalf of the Mission and in support of implementing partners.
5. Secondary data analyses and interactive visualizations such as data dashboards.
6. Other analytical services that range across the full qualitative and quantitative spectrum.
7. Participating as a core team member for evaluations, assessments, and other studies.
8. Providing technical advice and guidance on qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods analytical studies and activities.
9. Facilitation of learning activities, including sensemaking, validation, and dissemination workshops to support evaluations, assessments, and analyses, and collaborating with MRCS team members.
10. Providing support to MRCS and the Mission to implement the Performance Management Plan.
11. Support the building of MRCS, implementing partner, and Mission staff capacity and skills to conduct monitoring, evaluation, analysis, and learning activities.
12. Other duties as appropriate related to achieving the goals and objectives of MRCS.

Minimum Qualifications and Experience

1. Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (Masters or PhD highly desirable).
2. More than five (5+) years of demonstrable experience in the design, management, and implementation of assessments, evaluations, analyses, and special studies in the Sahel.
3. Expertise in conducting MEL activities in one or more of the following technical fields: Agriculture and Resilience; Economic Growth and Environment; Education; Health; Peace and Democratic Governance.
4. Strong knowledge in qualitative research design, qualitative data collection, and qualitative data analysis. Experience with innovative qualitative approaches (e.g., Outcome Harvesting, Qualitative Comparative Analysis) is highly desirable.
5. Basic knowledge of survey design and statistics required.
6. Extensive experience drafting and finalizing evaluation reports.
7. Previous experience supporting USAID-funded contracts preferred.
8. Fluency in English is required.
9. Fluency in French preferred.

Location

Niamey, Niger.

How to Apply

To submit your application, kindly provide your CV using the form provided below.

Position will remain open until a suitable candidate has been identified.