Data Analytics Consultant: USAID - PepsiCo Investing in Women to Strengthen Supply Chains Global Development Alliance (GDA)

Job Description

POSITION MANDATE

Investing in Women to Strengthen Supply Chains is a Global Development Alliance (GDA) between USAID (United States Agency for International Development) and PepsiCo with the goal of making the business case for women’s economic empowerment (WEE) in PepsiCo’s agricultural supply chains. The GDA is managed by USAID in close coordination with PepsiCo’s Global Sustainable Agriculture team and implemented by Resonance.

As part of the commitment to a sustainable food system, PepsiCo launched a global partnership with USAID to test the hypothesis that supporting women and including under-represented groups in the supply chain can deliver business and social benefits to PepsiCo and our farming partners.

Under the GDA, USAID and PepsiCo work together to strengthen women’s empowerment through training and capacity building on agricultural and business skills, as well as leadership and personal empowerment. The partnership will also increase women’s access to PepsiCo’s potato supply chain and build the gender capacity of PepsiCo’s team. The partnership aims to ensure that women – as farmers or workers – benefit from being directly or indirectly involved within PepsiCo’s supply chains while also being empowered within their households and communities. Together, the partners will make a practical and compelling business case for scaling investments in women’s economic empowerment within PepsiCo and other global companies.

SCOPE OF WORK

Under the guidance of the GDA Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Advisor, the Consultant will be responsible for the following main tasks:

• Lead the aggregation, synthesis, analysis, and interpretation of data from seasonal monitoring and assessments.
• Support the MEL Advisor with timely analysis of farm performance data such as yield, seed conversion rate, and supply-chain-specific aspects of crop quality, adoption of improved management practices, and other PepsiCo KPIs
• Lead the analysis and reporting of rolling baseline data collected from GDA countries.
• Produce high-quality and timely MEL reports for Resonance, USAID, and PepsiCo, including documentation of successes and summarization of qualitative results.
• Support the MEL Advisor through the development of tools and implementation of qualitative approaches to data collection through Focus Group Discussions, In-depth Interviews, and Case Studies to complement quantitative information from farms.
• Utilize training monitoring systems to track, analyze and report trainers’ and participants’ attendance data from GDA events to facilitate follow-up and record keeping, including the design and coordination of pre/post-training assessments.

REQUIRED EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Minimum of 4-5 years of relevant experience implementing MEL activities for international development projects, preferably related to agriculture and supply chain management
• Bachelor’s degree in economics, statistics, social science, international development, public policy, or a related field
• Fluency in English (verbal and written)
• Strong technical skills, including the ability to process and analyze data using one of the statistical software packages: SPSS, Stata
• Excellent writing skills in English to effectively create clear and concise documents, and strong oral communication skills to effectively present information, respond to inquiries, and support training efforts
• Experience working in an international organization using participatory MEL approaches and designing and implementing MEL systems
• Experience and understanding of the USAID MEL frameworks and reporting systems
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to interact and collaborate with a diverse team of country-based, HQ-based, and funder staff
• Excellent judgment, problem-solving, critical thinking, and analysis skills, with strong attention to detail
• Strong organizational skills and ability to prioritize and work on multiple tasks under tight deadlines with competing priorities and staff in different time zones
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment
• Experience with standard office software (word processing, spreadsheets, and presentation)

WORK ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL DEMANDS

This position operates in a professional office environment, and routinely requires the use of standard office equipment such as computers, phones, printers, photocopiers, and filing cabinets.

The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

As a part of the responsibilities for this job, the employee is required to communicate, detect, converse with, discern, convey, express oneself, and exchange information orally and in writing with others. The employee must be able to remain in a stationary position, sitting at a desk for prolonged periods, move or traverse inside the office and facilities; operate, activate, use, prepare, inspect, place, detect, or position computers and other office equipment, such as a calculator, copy machine, furniture, and computer printer. The employee must be able to make substantial repetitive motions of the wrists, hands and fingers. The employee must be able to lift and move up to 15lbs at times.

SALARY RANGE

Competitive bidding. The terms and conditions of the consultancy services will be negotiated with the successful applicant.

AAP/EEO STATEMENT

The Equal Employment Opportunity Policy of Resonance is to provide a fair and equal employment opportunity for all associates and job applicants regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity or expression, and sexual orientation) parental status, genetic information (including family medical history) political affiliation, military service, age, veteran status, disability, or marital status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. These protections extend to all management practices and decisions, including recruitment and hiring, appraisal systems, promotions, training, and career development programs. Consistent with these obligations, Resonance also provides reasonable accommodations to employees and applicants with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs, observances, and practices.

Resonance believes that employees should be provided with a working environment which enables each associate to be productive and to work to the best of his or her ability. We do not condone or tolerate an atmosphere of intimidation or harassment based on any of the above-mentioned characteristics.

We expect and require the cooperation of all employees in maintaining a discrimination and harassment-free atmosphere.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. No phone calls or emails please.

About the Organization

Come grow with us! If you are a passionate change agent who thrives in a collaborative, entrepreneurial and inclusive, culture committed to operational excellence, we would like to meet you.

At Resonance, you get involved in the work, in the field, not just in the deck. Our teams are autonomous and self-sufficient. You get to weigh in with founders and leaders on how to drive change and grow the movement while growing the company.

Resonance is an award-winning, Certified B Corporation consultancy that delivers market-based solutions to address the world's toughest challenges. We enable a variety of donor, commercial, and investor clients around the world to catalyze lasting impact. Resonance seeks to catalyze large-scale social, environmental, and economic change by fostering new and dynamic forms of collaboration. We do this by fostering public-private partnerships, facilitating sustainable investment, and providing deep analytical insights in frontier markets.