Evaluation Specialist - USAID/Nigeria SCALE Final Performance Evaluation at Navanti

Navanti provides timely and insightful data and analysis that shapes programming and empowers local voices, bringing their concerns, ideas, and knowledge to a broader audience. Its systems inform high quality interventions in rapidly evolving, conflict affected environments, employing an approach to contextual, nuanced data that uncovers and engages local actors and opportunities in need of support, resources and training – to create sustainable and transformative solutions that impact their communities. Navanti offers near-real time understanding of local dynamics, enabling an anticipatory programmatic capacity that takes advantage of near horizon change.

Position Description:

Navanti is seeking an evaluation specialist who will be responsible for the overall design of data collection tools and procedures, lead training of research assistants, and manage and analyze both qualitative and quantitative data collected from the field. Under the guidance of the MEL Support Activity, the evaluation specialist is expected to work closely with the USAID/Nigeria-PDG team. The evaluation is expected to have done a similar evaluation in Nigeria and other similar contexts.

The evaluation specialist will be supported by the team leader, policy reform specialist, and civil society/advocacy specialist. The evaluation specialist will consult with and facilitate input from all team members throughout the evaluation.

The team will use a combination of literature review, mixed methods through focus group discussions, and in-depth interviews to gather insights to answer the evaluation questions. The team is also expected to propose an evaluation methodology/approach as required to respond to the evaluation questions.

 

Locations (Evaluation Coverage) :

The final locations are yet to be determined. However, the evaluation team will visit at least 7 states across the six geographic regions of North Central, North East, North West, South East, South West, and South-South.

Responsibilities:

The evaluation specialist should have a good methodological background in managing, implementing, or evaluating peace, democratic governance, and civil society human rights activities in developing countries. The candidate must have experience of USAID program evaluation, program design and analysis, quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis, and survey design and analysis.

 

The evaluation specialist will:

• Participate in the evaluation kick-off session with USAID/Nigeria.
• Conduct desk review of the activity and support policy reform contextual understanding of the evaluation.
• Design the data collection instruments and ensure they address all evaluation objectives.
• Collect, analyze, and interpret data using both qualitative and quantitative methods.
• Analyze data sets using statistical methods and relational databases.
• Support in preparing reports of research findings.
• Work with the team leader and other team members in planning, developing, coordinating, and administering research tools.
• Perform quality assurance reviews of both quantitative and qualitative data.
• Support the team leader in writing or editing technical reports and summaries of findings.
• Work with the team leader to perform desk review and identify additional information required for analysis.
• Work with the Team Leader and other team members in preparation and presentation of the In-brief and Out-brief to USAID/Nigeria and other stakeholders as requested.
• Support the team leader and other team members to develop the draft Evaluation report with support from the team members, taking into consideration feedback from the Out-brief presentation.
• Work collaboratively with team members throughout design, implementation, analysis, and report writing to complement each other's areas of expertise.

Qualifications:

The candidate is expected to have the following qualifications:

• A minimum of eight years of experience in monitoring, evaluation, learning, program evaluation design, data management and analysis, computer science, or a similar role.
• Strong experience in designing qualitative and quantitative data collection tools
• Advanced degree in statistics, mathematics, engineering, data science, or related field.
• Experience with qualitative and quantitative research methods.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• S/he must demonstrate strong experience with data collection procedures, surveys, and analysis of data using statistical analysis tools such as SPSS or STATA suitable for a varied audience.
• Previous experience as an evaluation specialist in related evaluations, assessments, and research studies. USAID evaluation experience is strongly preferred.

Method of Application

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