Team Leader - USAID/Nigeria Education Midterm 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 three national team members. The Team Leader will consult with and facilitate input from all team members throughout the duration of 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 on 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 USAID/Nigeria.
• 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:

• Minimum of ten years of professional experience in the education sector, with specific expertise in early grade reading (EGR), access to education, and whole of project evaluation experiences preferably in Nigeria.
• Demonstrated experience in performance evaluation of USAID interventions.
• Experience in preparing persuasive technical reports and making verbal presentations, explaining issues in a clear and concise manner.
• Required oral and written communication and presentations skills in English.
• Demonstrated experience in collaborating across projects stakeholder groups and donor projects; and
• Experience/background in USAID’s cross-cutting program priorities, such as gender equality, inclusion, and diversity.
• Experience leading a team of evaluators.