Technical Director

Activity Background

SoCha intends to submit a proposal for the USAID Building Evidence for Decision-Making (BE4D) activity. This activity will incentivize evidence use for decision-making via high-quality monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) and collaboration, learning, and adaptive management (CLA) related services for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Bureau for Democracy, Development, and Innovation (DDI), as well as other Operating Units (OUs) with whom DDI partners and which will have the option to buy-in to the delivery of services by BE4D on demand. This evidence may also be used by and benefit local actors and implementing partners. BE4D will operate from Washington, D.C.

The activity will achieve the overall purpose through the following objectives:

• Objective 1 – Design
• Objective 2 – Performance Monitoring for Learning and Adaptive Management
• Objective 3 – Evaluations and Other Analyses/Assessments for Learning and Adaptive Management
• Objective 4 – Training and Advising/Mentoring
• Objective 5 – Communications, Dissemination, Knowledge Management, and Organizational Learning
• Objective 6 – Collaborating, Learning, and Adaptive Management

Scope of Work

SoCha seeks an experienced Technical Director (TD) to serve as the designated person for oversight of the technical aspects of evaluation, research, and learning tasks undertaken as a part of the contract and related coordination and communications with the USAID activity managers.

The TD responsibilities include:

• Ensure high quality and rigor of technical services, including but not limited to technical aspects of recruitment/staffing, research designs, instruments, data collection, data security and privacy, data analysis, writing, dissemination, and evidence use;
• Ensuring that activities implemented under the Task Order are managed and implemented in accordance with USAID regulations, policies and procedures related to data, research, and evaluation, and the specifications determined in the scope of work (SOW).

Minimum qualifications and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in areas such as international affairs, humanities, or social sciences (Advanced degree such as a Master’s preferred, but not required);
• 8+ years of relevant work experience;
• Demonstrated excellent English oral and written communication skills and the ability to translate highly technical research for a practitioner audience;
• Demonstrated experience promoting a culture of evidence use beyond just delivering MEL/CLA services;
• Demonstrated experience with collaboration, learning, and adaptive management;
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to establish and sustain professional, collaborative relationships;
• Demonstrated strong management skills to be able to effectively deliver against responsibilities outlined above and to ensure the delivery of high-quality contract activities, excellent customer service, and contract oversight;
• Demonstrated excellent experience using both qualitative and quantitative research methods;
• Demonstrated experience with evaluation methodology;
• Demonstrated experience with program design, including working collaboratively with stakeholders to facilitate strong program design;
• Demonstrated experience with performance monitoring for learning and adaptive management;
• Demonstrated excellent communication skills to foster open, transparent, and collaborative communications with the Government;
• Demonstrated ability to foster transparency and trust with other partners;
• Able to obtain Facility Access Clearance.

Location

Washington DC, USA.

How to apply

To apply, please upload your CV following the link: https://jobs.socha.net/technical-director-be4d-washington/05/03/2023/.
Applications close on May 15th, 2023. Application review will be on a rolling basis and a suitable applicant may be selected before this date.