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

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.