Position: Data Quality Assessment (DQA) Specialist
Location: TBD (most likely Remote Data Collection working from home)
Activity Description:
The USAID Power Africa Office has asked Integra to provide technical assistance for a Data Quality Assessment (DQA) of approximately 17 of their key indicators.
Job Description:
A DQA is a process to help USAID staff and implementing partners understand the strengths and weaknesses of their data and the extent to which the data can be trusted to influence management decisions. A DQA refers to USAID’s standard practice for assessing data quality, documenting any limitations in data quality, and establishing a plan for addressing those limitations. A DQA should be conducted to understand and document the extent that data meet or do not meet the five data quality standards documented in ADS 201.3.5.7:
1. Validity: Data should represent the intended result clearly and adequately.
2. Integrity: Data should have safeguards to minimize risk of bias, transcription error, or data manipulation.
3. Precision: Data should have a sufficient level of detail to permit informed management decision making.
4. Reliability: Data should reflect stable and consistent data collection processes and analysis methods over time.
5. Timeliness: Data should be available at a useful frequency, should be current, and should be timely enough to influence management decision making.
Power Africa will define 15-20 Economic Growth Indicators to be reviewed and which partners the consultant will work with. The consultant will be responsible for:
1. Desk Review: Reviewing reporting data, PIRS, Mission Order for Monitoring, etc.
2. Field Review (may be done remotely): Verifying data, checking implementing partners’ understanding of the indicators
3. Documentation: Completing the DQA Checklist and updating the indicators’ PIRS
4. Mitigation Plan (as needed): working with the implementing partner and others to address data limitations
QUALIFICATIONS
Education:
· Graduate degree in Statistics, Evaluation, or a relevant, quantitative field preferred;
Experience:
· At least ten years of experience in monitoring and evaluation, preferably with experience working on USAID projects establishing M&E systems, finalizing results frameworks, PMPs, M&E plans, managing M&E databases;
· Extensive experience in conducting rigorous and evidence-based DQAs;
· Proven ability to review and update training materials and conduct trainings, findings dissemination sessions using DQA findings;
· Knowledge of the USAID ADS policy, guidance and requirements on DQAs;
· In-depth understanding of USAID performance management standards and guidelines;
· Experience working in at least two of the 22 countries in Africa where Power Africa is implementing activities;
· Fluency in spoken and written English; and
· Familiarity with Power Africa and the energy sector in Africa.
Integra, is a small-business international development firm, specializing in the implementation of demand-driven development analytics, monitoring and evaluation (M&E), and capacity building projects. Our technical expertise is broad, encompassing agriculture and food security, economic growth, energy, climate resilience, environment and natural resources, and gender and social inclusion. We have provided analytical and M&E services to donor-funded projects for 10 years, working across more than 50 countries, impacting millions of stakeholders, and leveraging over $1.2 billion in public and private investment for development reforms.
