Team Leader - Election Portfolio Performance Evaluation at Navanti

Position Description:

• Navanti is seeking an International Team Leader who will be responsible for the overall management of the evaluation team’s effort and ensuring a rigorous and high-quality evaluation. Under the technical leadership of the MEL Support Activity, the team leader will be working alongside four national team members.
• The team leader will consult with and facilitate input from all team members throughout the evaluation.

Responsibilities:

The Team Leader will be responsible for the overall management of the evaluation. S/he will be the primary person responsible for ensuring a rigorous and high-quality evaluation design. The Team Leader will develop the outline for the draft report, present the report, and after incorporating USAID/Nigeria staff feedback/comments, submit the final report to USAID/Nigeria through the MEL Support Activity within the prescribed timeline.

The Team Leader is also expected to:

• Oversee and lead major evaluation activities, including the evaluation design, methodology development of instruments, data collection, synthesis of data, presentations, and preparation of final report with team contributions.
• Provide leadership for the team and coordinate activities as necessary.
• Coordinate with MELSA and USAID/Nigeria weekly on the evaluation process.
• Oversee the work plan development and ensure all team members are contributing expertise and technical inputs.
• Perform desk review and identify additional information required for analysis.
• Schedule and interview key stakeholders and beneficiaries.
• Coordinate team's ongoing analysis of qualitative and quantitative data.
• Lead the preparation and presentation of the In-brief and Out-brief to USAID/Nigeria and other stakeholders as requested.
• Write the draft Evaluation report with support from the team members, taking into consideration feedback from the Out-brief presentation.
• Respond to USAID comments on the draft report, incorporate USAID/Nigeria staff comments into the final version of the report, and finalize the report.
• Present evaluation results to diverse audiences according to USAID standard reporting.
• Work collaboratively with team members throughout design, implementation, analysis, and report writing to complement each other's areas of expertise.

Qualifications:

The candidate is expected to have the following qualifications:

• A minimum of a master’s degree (doctorate preferred) in a relevant field: political science, measurement and evaluation, international development, or related fields.
• Minimum of ten years of professional experience in governance space with clear understanding of Nigerian democracy and elections. This could be through academia, civil society, or the international community.
• Demonstrated experience in performance evaluation of USAID interventions.
• Experience in preparing persuasive technical reports and making verbal presentations, explaining issues clearly and concisely.
• Required oral and written communication and presentation skills in English.
• Demonstrated experience in collaborating across projects stakeholder groups and donor projects.
• Experience/background in USAID’s cross-cutting program priorities, such as gender equality, inclusion, and diversity.
• Experience leading a team of evaluators.