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Opportunity Description:

• Navanti is seeking a Short-Term Technical Assistance Experts in various fields and topics who will contribute to the implementation of activities for this project in support of USAID/Nigeria's technical offices with a focus on Economic Growth & Environment.
• The STTA Expert should possess strong familiarity with their respective sector and experience across the MEL spectrum, including conducting a variety of monitoring, evaluation, and learning activities.
• High-performing STTA experts will be able to apply their individual technical skills, knowledge, and experience to help GoN and USAID create a culture of innovation, integration, and accountability.
• Navnati's STTA network will mobilize rapidly and remain flexible depending on context shifts and user needs, including being seconded to GoN or USAID, if desired.
• Upon receiving an STTA Work Order, Navanti's COP will assign an appropriate lead such as the DCOP, Monitoring Advisor, or Learning and Institutional Capacity Advisor to recruit from our STTA Expert pool of candidates and oversee the STTA network according to the technical requirements.

Desired Skills:

• Advanced degree in a relevant field.
• Demonstrated experience in MEL activities including MEL plans at the activity and project level, monitoring activities, data quality assessments, evaluations, MEL training and capacity building, implementing learning agenda activities, as well as other MEL technical activities.
• Demonstrated technical expertise in either of the above-mentioned technical fields in Nigeria and experience conducting relevant MEL activities.
• Strong qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis skills; proficiency in relevant software such as SPSS, Stata, NVivo, or others preferred.
• Experience working with USAID and local stakeholders in evaluation processes.
• Knowledge USAID program cycle and evaluation policy.
• Excellent communication, writing, facilitation, and presentation skills.
• Fluency in spoken and written English required.

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Opportunity Description:

• Navanti is seeking a Short-Term Technical Assistance Experts in various fields and topics who will contribute to the implementation of activities for this project in support of USAID/Nigeria's technical offices with a focus on Education.
• The STTA Expert should possess strong familiarity with their respective sector and experience across the MEL spectrum, including conducting a variety of monitoring, evaluation, and learning activities.
• High-performing STTA experts will be able to apply their individual technical skills, knowledge, and experience to help GoN and USAID create a culture of innovation, integration, and accountability.
• Navnati's STTA network will mobilize rapidly and remain flexible depending on context shifts and user needs, including being seconded to GoN or USAID, if desired. Upon receiving an STTA Work Order, Navanti's COP will assign an appropriate lead such as the DCOP, Monitoring Advisor, or Learning and Institutional Capacity Advisor to recruit from our STTA Expert pool of candidates and oversee the STTA network according to the technical requirements.

Desired Skills:

• Advanced degree in a relevant field.
• Demonstrated experience in MEL activities including MEL plans at the activity and project level, monitoring activities, data quality assessments, evaluations, MEL training and capacity building, implementing learning agenda activities, as well as other MEL technical activities.
• Demonstrated technical expertise in either of the above-mentioned technical fields in Nigeria and experience conducting relevant MEL activities.
• Strong qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis skills; proficiency in relevant software such as SPSS, Stata, NVivo, or others preferred.
• Experience working with USAID and local stakeholders in evaluation processes.
• Knowledge USAID program cycle and evaluation policy.
• Excellent communication, writing, facilitation, and presentation skills.
• Fluency in spoken and written English required.

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Opportunity Description:

• Navanti is seeking a Short-Term Technical Assistance Experts in various fields and topics who will contribute to the implementation of activities for this project in support of USAID/Nigeria's technical offices with a focus on Health - to include Nutrition, Population, HIV, and Tuberculosis.
• The STTA Expert should possess strong familiarity with their respective sector and experience across the MEL spectrum, including conducting a variety of monitoring, evaluation, and learning activities.
• High-performing STTA experts will be able to apply their individual technical skills, knowledge, and experience to help GoN and USAID create a culture of innovation, integration, and accountability.
• Navnati's STTA network will mobilize rapidly and remain flexible depending on context shifts and user needs, including being seconded to GoN or USAID, if desired. Upon receiving an STTA Work Order, Navanti's COP will assign an appropriate lead such as the DCOP, Monitoring Advisor, or Learning and Institutional Capacity Advisor to recruit from our STTA Expert pool of candidates and oversee the STTA network according to the technical requirements.

Desired Skills:

• Advanced degree in a relevant field.
• Demonstrated experience in MEL activities including MEL plans at the activity and project level, monitoring activities, data quality assessments, evaluations, MEL training and capacity building, implementing learning agenda activities, as well as other MEL technical activities.
• Demonstrated technical expertise in either of the above-mentioned technical fields in Nigeria and experience conducting relevant MEL activities.
• Strong qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis skills; proficiency in relevant software such as SPSS, Stata, NVivo, or others preferred.
• Experience working with USAID and local stakeholders in evaluation processes.
• Knowledge USAID program cycle and evaluation policy.
• Excellent communication, writing, facilitation, and presentation skills.
• Fluency in spoken and written English required.

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Opportunity Description:

• Navanti is seeking a Short-Term Technical Assistance Experts in various fields and topics who will contribute to the implementation of activities for this project in support of USAID/Nigeria's technical offices with a focus on Peace & Democratic Governance (PDG).
• The STTA Expert should possess strong familiarity with their respective sector and experience across the MEL spectrum, including conducting a variety of monitoring, evaluation, and learning activities. High-performing STTA experts will be able to apply their individual technical skills, knowledge, and experience to help GoN and USAID create a culture of innovation, integration, and accountability.
• Navnati's STTA network will mobilize rapidly and remain flexible depending on context shifts and user needs, including being seconded to GoN or USAID, if desired. Upon receiving an STTA Work Order, Navanti's COP will assign an appropriate lead such as the DCOP, Monitoring Advisor, or Learning and Institutional Capacity Advisor to recruit from our STTA Expert pool of candidates and oversee the STTA network according to the technical requirements.

Desired Skills:

• Advanced degree in a relevant field.
• Demonstrated experience in MEL activities including MEL plans at the activity and project level, monitoring activities, data quality assessments, evaluations, MEL training and capacity building, implementing learning agenda activities, as well as other MEL technical activities.
• Demonstrated technical expertise in either of the above-mentioned technical fields in Nigeria and experience conducting relevant MEL activities.
• Strong qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis skills; proficiency in relevant software such as SPSS, Stata, NVivo, or others preferred.
• Experience working with USAID and local stakeholders in evaluation processes.
• Knowledge USAID program cycle and evaluation policy.
• Excellent communication, writing, facilitation, and presentation skills.
• Fluency in spoken and written English required.

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Opportunity Description:

• Navanti is seeking a Short-Term Technical Assistance Experts in various fields and topics who will contribute to the implementation of activities for this project in support of USAID/Nigeria's technical offices with a focus on Water and Sanitation (WASH).
• The STTA Expert should possess strong familiarity with their respective sector and experience across the MEL spectrum, including conducting a variety of monitoring, evaluation, and learning activities.
• High-performing STTA experts will be able to apply their individual technical skills, knowledge, and experience to help GoN and USAID create a culture of innovation, integration, and accountability.
• Navnati's STTA network will mobilize rapidly and remain flexible depending on context shifts and user needs, including being seconded to GoN or USAID, if desired. Upon receiving an STTA Work Order, Navanti's COP will assign an appropriate lead such as the DCOP, Monitoring Advisor, or Learning and Institutional Capacity Advisor to recruit from our STTA Expert pool of candidates and oversee the STTA network according to the technical requirements.

Desired Skills:

• Advanced degree in a relevant field.
• Demonstrated experience in MEL activities including MEL plans at the activity and project level, monitoring activities, data quality assessments, evaluations, MEL training and capacity building, implementing learning agenda activities, as well as other MEL technical activities.
• Demonstrated technical expertise in either of the above-mentioned technical fields in Nigeria and experience conducting relevant MEL activities.
• Strong qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis skills; proficiency in relevant software such as SPSS, Stata, NVivo, or others preferred.
• Experience working with USAID and local stakeholders in evaluation processes.
• Knowledge USAID program cycle and evaluation policy.
• Excellent communication, writing, facilitation, and presentation skills.
• Fluency in spoken and written English required.

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Position Description:

• Navanti is seeking an International Team Leader who will be responsible for the overall coordination and management of the assessment team’s effort and ensuring a rigorous and high-quality political economy analysis.
• Under the guidance of the MEL Support Activity, the Team Leader is expected to work closely with the USAID/Nigeria team and USAID/Washington Health Systems Advisor and Health Governance Lead.
• The team leader will be supported by other health practitioners and research assistants.
• The team leader will consult with and facilitate input from all team members throughout the duration of the evaluation.

Responsibilities:

The Team Leader will:

• Participate in a PEA kick-off session with USAID/Nigeria.
• Conduct an initial desk study: gather relevant secondary materials to identify key actors and stakeholders, relevant local and oversight institutions, coordination mechanisms and support structures.
• Lead the design and development of workplan including protocols for data collection in selected states and FCT.
• Participate in field work including conducting several KIIs and FGDs with stakeholders from health institutions, states and national health actors, State and federal legislators, civil society organizations (CSOs), implementing partners and others.
• Present preliminary findings on data collected from stakeholders’ engagement and desk review.
• Provide leadership for the team and coordinate activities as necessary.
• 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 assessment 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 political economy analysis 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:

• Possess an advanced university degree in public health, health policy and financing, health systems strengthening public administration, finance, economics, or related field with demonstrated competence in political-economic analysis or similar assessment frameworks.
• Must have been a team leader for a large-scale assessment or an evaluation.
• A minimum of 15 years of experience in conducting assessments, evaluation and must have led a minimum of two PEAs or similar studies and participated in a minimum of three health-focused PEAs.
• The consultants must have a strong understanding of contextual knowledge of the Nigeria political, economic and health spheres.
• Demonstrated experience in both qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis with good interview techniques.
• Proven experience of working in the health sector and engagements with state and federal government authorities, civil society organizations in the health sector
• Experience facilitating and providing leadership in collaborative and participatory evaluations with multiple stakeholders.
• Experience working in the health sector with international donor organizations particularly USAID.
• Excellent writing and presentation skills.
• Ability to produce preliminary and final reports on time.

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Position Description:

• Navanti is seeking a Health System Practitioner who will provide technical support to the team leader to conduct a rigorous and high-quality political economy analysis.
• Under the guidance of the MEL Support Activity, the specialists are expected to work closely with the team leader USAID/Nigeria team and USAID/Washington Health Systems Advisor and Health Governance Lead.
• The team leader will be supported by two health research assistants.
• The Health Practitioner will be part of the team carry out in-country PEA for USAID/Nigeria.

Responsibilities:

The Health Systems Practitioner will:

• Participate in a PEA kick-off session with USAID/Nigeria technical team.
• Support to conduct an initial desk study: gather relevant secondary materials to identify key actors and stakeholders, relevant local and oversight institutions, coordination mechanisms and support structures.
• Work with the team leader in the design and development of workplan including protocols for data collection in selected states and FCT.
• Participate in field work including conducting several KIIs and FGDs with stakeholders from health institutions, states and national health actors, members of the parliaments, State and federal legislators, civil society organizations (CSOs), implementing partners and others.
• Work collaboratively with other team members throughout assessment design, field work/data collection, analysis, and report writing to complement each other's areas of expertise.
• Participate in Out-brief with USAID and other partners.
• Write the draft and final assessment report with support from the other team members, taking into consideration feedback from the Out-brief presentation.
• Present political economy analysis results to diverse audiences according to USAID standard reporting

Qualifications:

The candidate is expected to have the following qualifications:

• Master’s degree in health economics, or public health with a health systems planning, strengthening and implementation focus;
• At least 10 years of relevant work experience in health systems strengthening and health economics;
• Experience working with federal and state ministries of health and finance, donors and implementing agencies;
• Strong communication skills to effectively interact with key actors;
• Established track record of carrying out analytical work and preparing high-quality technical reports, policy briefing materials, and presentations;
• Strong quantitative skills and research capacity, proficiency in STATA or another statistics software is highly desirable, or may be substituted by exceptional command of Excel;
• Strong and compelling writing skills;
• Experience working in the health sector with international donor organizations particularly USAID
• Knowledge of local language(s).
• Excellent writing and presentation skills.