Team Leader/ Senior Evaluation Specialist at DevTech Systems, Inc.

Activity Background

• The Feed the Future Nigeria Livelihoods Project is a 5-year activity implemented with rural communities in northern Nigeria’s Sokoto state, Kebbi state and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
• The project is innovative in design, using a multi-sector approach to help 42,000 very poor households increase agricultural production, income and improve nutrition.
• The activity is implemented with eight local civil society partners, working closely with stakeholders at the community, government and private sector.

Responsibilities

• The team leader will develop the outline for the draft report, present the report, and after incorporating USAID/Nigeria staff comments, submit the final report to USAID/Nigeria within the prescribed timeline.

In addition to the responsibilities outlined above, the Team Leader will:
Preparations:

• Finalize and negotiate with USAID/Nigeria the team’s work plan.
• Establish assignment roles, responsibilities, and tasks for each team member.
• Ensure that the logistics arrangements in the field are complete.

Management:

• Take the lead on preparing, coordinating team member input, submitting, revising and finalizing the assignment report.
• Manage the process of report writing.
• Manage team coordination meetings in the field.
• Coordinate the workflow and tasks and ensure that team members are adhering to the schedule.

Communication:

• Handle conflict within the team.
• Serve as primary interface with USAID/Nigeria and serve as the spokesperson for the team.
• Debrief USAID/Nigeria as the evaluation progresses, and organize a final debriefing.
• Keep the USAID/Nigeria appraised of progress challenges, work changes, team travel plans in the field, and report preparation via phone conversation or email at least once a week.
• Serve as primary interface with USAID/Nigeria for the submission of draft and final reports and deliverables to USAID/Nigeria.
• Make decisions in conjunction with USAID/Nigeria about the safety and security of the team.

Deliverables:

• Evaluation work plan
• Evaluation design (protocols)
• In-briefing upon arrival in Abuja, mid-term updates, and final exit briefing
• Draft evaluation report
• Final evaluation report with final PowerPoint presentation according to specified template

Qualifications

• Availability and willingness to be in Nigeria for up to 12 weeks, starting on or about January, 2018
• A minimum of seven (7) years of experience in evaluation management, and qualitative data collection and analysis
• Experience in conducting evaluations and designing performance evaluations as well as the ability to produce high quality evaluation reports in English.
• Strong interpersonal skills are required.
• Ability to manage the evaluation, including coordinating and packaging the deliverables.
• Familiarity with USAID’s evaluation policies and guidance included in the USAID Automated Directive System (ADS) in Chapter 200
• Strong technical/evaluation report writing and communication/presentation skills