Education Evaluation Team Leader for Baseline Survey Team Sought for Somalia

Job Description

Team Leader for Baseline Survey Team Sought for Somalia

Description

International Business and Technical Consultants Incorporated (IBTCI) is recruiting a Team Leader for a baseline survey team to help execute a Task Order issued by the USAID/East Africa /Somalia Office. As the holder of the Somalia Program Support Services (SPSS) contract, IBTCI will be conducting a baseline survey to support a program engaged in formal and informal education activities in Somalia. The purpose of the baseline study is to establish pre-intervention (baseline) measurements that can be tracked during this phase of the program activity, and used to compare end-line measurements via a performance evaluation.

This position is based in Nairobi, Kenya with frequent travel to Somalia, and is full-time, beginning in April 2015 to approximately July 31, 2015.

The Team Leader shall be responsible for the following activities:

• Selection of field staff
• Organization of training sessions for interviewers according to SPSS requirements
• Development of quality control procedures, data entry manuals and codebooks
• Design of protocols and supporting processes
• Development of pre-test and pilot test plans
• Development of survey related documentation
• Oversight of pilot-testing
• Provide primary control oversight of survey data collection
• Follow international standard quality control standards and quality assurance procedures adopted by international research community
• Adhere to standard USAID requirements (disaggregation by sex, region, etc.)
• Produce a final report that covers all results

The Team Leader should meet minimum qualification requirements:

• Minimum of 10 years of proven experience in leading of multinational teams assigned to evaluate USAID funded projects in fragile environments (Somalia experience is a plus);
• Experience in evaluating international education projects
• Strong skills in obtaining feedback from stakeholders, facilitation of in-brief, mid-term and out-brief meetings and presenting progress;
• Experience in synthesizing findings and writing reports;
• Excellent communication (written and verbal) in English (Somali language is a plus)
• Only finalists will be contacted.

To Apply please submit CV, Cover Letter, and 2-3 References to:

Diana Otieno, Dotieno[AT]ibtci[DOT]com, Project Assistant

USAID Somalia Program Support Services (SPSS)

28 School Lane - Whitefields Place Suite A1, Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya

Please submit your application by March 7, 2015