International Team Leader at Navanti

Position Description:

Navanti is seeking an International Team Leader who will be responsible for the overall management of the evaluation, including coordinating deliverables and ensuring a rigorous and high-quality evaluation. The Team leader develops the outline for the draft report, presents the report, and after incorporating USAID/Nigeria staff comments, submits the final report to USAID/Nigeria through Navanti within the prescribed timeline.

Locations:

• Benue State
• Cross River State
• Delta State
• Ebonyi State
• Kaduna State
• Kebbi State
• Niger State

Responsibilities:

Under the technical leadership of the MEL Support Activity, the team leader will be working alongside other team members. The team leader will consult with and facilitate input from all team members throughout the duration of the evaluation. In addition to the position description, 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

• Ensure harmony within the team.
• Serve as the 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 USAID/Nigeria apprised 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 the 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.

Direction

• Assume technical direction lead, as required, in order to ensure quality and appropriateness of assignment and report content.

Qualifications:

The candidate is expected to have the following qualifications:

• A graduate degree in Development Economics, Public Policy, Economics, Business Administration, Agriculture, or a related field.
• At least ten years of experience assessing or evaluating USAID and other donor-supported agricultural policy, finance and investment, and agricultural value chain activities.
• Previous experience serving as an evaluation Team Leader on a USAID-supported agriculture-related and/or access to finance activity.
• Previous experience working in Africa.
• Experience facilitating and providing leadership in collaborative and participatory evaluations with multiple stakeholders.
• Excellent writing, communication, and presentation skills.
• The ability to produce preliminary and final reports on time.