Evaluation Team Lead (Community Development) – Myanmar

Scope of Work

The Program Cycle Support Activity (PCSA) is conducting a mid-term evaluation of an integrated community development project in Myanmar. The project seeks to build community resilience and improve localized service provision through strengthening local community governance structures and organizations.

The Evaluation Team Lead will lead the design, implementation, analysis and report writing of for the evaluation. S/He is expected to provide task coordination for the evaluation team and quality oversight of the process and report.

S/He works the works closely with the PCSA staff, particularly Performance Monitoring Specialist and Evaluations and Assessment Manager to manage the evaluation and produce final reports and presentations.

The position requires travel to Yangon, Myanmar and may require travel within Myanmar

Position Functions:

The Evaluation Lead will serve as chief technical advisor and will be responsible for the management of the entire evaluation and technical management of the evaluation team. S/he is responsible for the submission of the final report and other deliverables. Responsibilities likely include (but are not limited to):

• Serve as the chief technical advisor for the project’s evaluation efforts.
• Lead and coordinate the evaluation team’s activities and tasks
• Design and implement appropriate evaluation methodologies to assess project performance and its outcomes.
• Conduct interviews with key stakeholders and other field assessments. All data collected for the evaluation must be clearly labeled and
• Guide training and deployment local data collection firm for the evaluation’s field data collection
• Ensure the quality, accuracy, and rigor of the evaluation process. .
• Ensure timely delivery of evaluation deliverables and reports, serving as lead author of deliverables (see description below) and delegating inputs from other team members.
• Participate in inbrief and exit brief meetings with the client as well as final results presentation.

Qualifications and experience:

The selected candidate will preferably have the following qualifications and experience.

• Master’s degree or higher in evaluation, democracy and governance, public policy, rural/community development, public administration, etc. PHD is a plus
• Minimum of 10 years of experience monitoring and/or evaluating community development, democracy and governance, or international development programs in developing countries Experience in non-permissive environments is a plus.
• Strong knowledge, skills, and experience in design and implementation of both qualitative and quantitative evaluations or assessments
• Strong experience in quantitative and qualitative data analysis
• Exceptional communications and interpersonal skills, including digital/remote communication, written, in-person/presentation, and facilitation skills applied within multi-cultural contexts;
• Demonstrated experience in planning and implementing field data collection. Data collection experience in fragile or conflict environment is highly desirable.
• Excellent skills in project and team management, including planning and leading an evaluation, research or assessment teams in design, implementation, analysis and report writing.
• High level professional proficiency in written and spoken English is required
• Strong writing and presentation skills, including experience writing evaluation and/or assessment reports and providing presentation to senior staff
• Experience working in Asia and/or Southeast Asia is required, and experience in Myanmar is highly desirable