TEAM LEADER / EVALUATION EXPERT - UGANDA OR NICARAGUA OR PAKISTAN

Upcoming bid – Team Leader – Evaluation of Sida’s support to Swedish CSOs – based on Poor people’s reality – Nicaragua or Uganda or Pakistan

Background

Sida works according to directives of the Swedish Parliament and Government to reduce poverty in the world. The overall goal of Swedish development cooperation is to contribute to making it possible for poor people to improve their living conditions. Sida is organized in nine departments. The unit for Civil Society of the Global Department is in charge of handling the Government Appropriation Item Support via Swedish Civil Society Organizations.

Civil society organisations (CSOs) have a key role in reducing poverty and a  particular importance and special potential to contribute to democratic development and increased respect for human rights in developing countries. For this reason, a substantial part of Swedish development cooperation is implemented in collaboration with CSOs at global, national, regional and local level.

In 2009, the Government decided on a Policy for support to CSOs in developing countries which constitutes a normative framework for all direct and indirect swedish support to CSOs in developing countries, including development assistance given via Swedish CSOs.2 In the same year 2009, the Government decided on a Strategy for support via Swedish civil society organizations 2010-2014. According to the CSO-strategy, “A thorough, results-oriented evaluation is to be carried out during the strategy period. This evaluation is to be designed and implemented in cooperation with Swedish CSOs. The evaluation is to be started early in the strategy period, focus on medium-term effects and allow scope for Swedish CSOs and their partner organisations to draw thematic and methodological lessons from it. A midterm review of the implementation of the strategy is to be conducted in 2012.”

Scope and requirements of the role

GRM International is participating in this tender process and in this framework, we are recruiting a Team Leader who will be the person principally responsible for the implementation of the assignment and must have the qualifications below :

-          Education: Preferably a higher academic degree, at least Bachelor’s Degree;

-          A minimum of 10 years of professional experience from development cooperation;

-          Extensive experience of conducting large, complex and participatory evaluations;

-          Language skills: Fluent in written and spoken English,

In addition the team leader must have the experience below:

-          Minimum of two examples of extensive experience of conducting evaluations of CSO’s activities in developing countries while using mixed methods: both qualitative methodologies, including participatory methods and approaches and quantitative data collection and proven application of converting qualitative methodologies into quantitative studies;

-          Experience of leading and coordinating different multi-cultural teams in at least two different developing countries.

Duration

The evaluation will take place inNicaraguaorUgandaorPakistanand it will start in April 2012 with a base-line/pilot study and continues by two follow-ups in February, March and June 2013 and 2014.

Application process

Please send CVs in the format to Vanessa Garcia  providing 2 recent referees who can comment on your professional expertise.

Please note applicants must be able to demonstrate experience of the stated person specification criteria.