Senior Evaluation Specialist, USAID Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Activity, Manila, Philippines

Senior Evaluation Specialist, USAID Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Activity, Manila, Philippines

Social Impact (SI) is a global development management consulting firm. We provide monitoring, evaluation, strategic planning, and capacity building services to advance development effectiveness. We work across all development sectors including democracy and governance, health and education, environment, and economic growth. Since 1997 we have worked in over 100 countries for clients such as US government agencies, bilateral donors, multilateral development banks, foundations, and nonprofits.

Proposal Objective: Social Impact is pursuing an anticipated four-year contract to provide comprehensive monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) support to the USAID/Philippines Mission and implementing partner projects. The contract will provide services to improve design, monitoring, evaluation, and learning and adapting for the portfolio of projects. This activity will cover USAID-funded projects implemented in the Philippines, Pacific Islands, and Mongolia, and is anticipated to be awarded in May 2023.

Position Description: SI is seeking a Senior Evaluation Specialist to oversee, lead, and guide on daily support service requests (designing evaluation scopes of work, managing evaluations, studies, and assessments, as well as data collection and analysis of performance information for activities across the portfolio of projects), while working closely with the USAID/Philippines Mission and implementing partners.

The position is a full-time position for the four-year duration of the project, and will be based in Manila, Philippines, contingent upon contract award.

**Please Note: Citizens of the Philippines are encouraged to apply.**

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the lead on all evaluation and survey activities throughout the life of the activity, including scope of work development, evaluation management, data collection support, design of methodologies and protocols, data analysis and reporting writing support.
• Oversee the collection and analysis of performance information, and plan and manage evaluations, studies, and assessments.
• Participate on evaluation teams, design evaluations and assessments.
• Conduct activities to build Mission and Implementing Partner capacity in evaluation methodology.
• Guide efforts to improve USAID/Philippines evaluations and evaluative processes, with the aim of making the Mission a leader in evaluation processes and evaluation information use.
• Assist Mission Management in using information for decision-making and resource allocation.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of a Master’s degree in a field such as International Development, Statistics, Economics or another relevant field.
• A minimum of eight years of progressively professional experience in conducting evaluations, assessments, and studies within complex international development contexts. Preference for familiarity and/or experience on USAID Mission MEL Support contracts.
• Knowledge and experience in performance and impact evaluation designs, methodologies, and practical applications, including baseline data collection methodologies.
• Excellent qualitative and quantitative data analysis skills, including command in a qualitative data software program (Dedoose, NVivo, AtlasTi, etc.), and command of sampling methodologies, statistics, and software such as SPSS, STATA, R.
• Experience leading training and building capacity in M&E.
• Familiarity with USAID’s objectives, approaches, and operations, particularly as they relate to evaluations, is a plus.
• Advanced professional fluency in written and spoken English ad Tagalog required, knowledge of Mongolian and or French an asset.
• Similar experience in Mongolia, Pacific Islands, and other similar Asian countries preferred.
• A commitment to valuing diversity and contributing to an inclusive work and learning environment.

To learn more about Social Impact, please visit our website: http://www.socialimpact.com

SI is an EEO/AA/ADA Veterans Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Only selected candidates will be contacted for an interview. Please, no phone calls.