Team Leader for Baseline Survey Team Sought for Somalia
Description
International Business and Technical Consultants Incorporated (IBTCI) is recruiting a Team Leader for a baseline survey team to help execute a Task Order issued by the USAID/East Africa /Somalia Office. As the holder of the Somalia Program Support Services (SPSS) contract, IBTCI will be conducting a baseline survey to support a program engaged in formal and informal education activities in Somalia. The purpose of the baseline study is to establish pre-intervention (baseline) measurements that can be tracked during this phase of the program activity, and used to compare end-line measurements via a performance evaluation.
This position is based in Nairobi, Kenya with frequent travel to Somalia, and is full-time, beginning in April 2015 to approximately July 31, 2015.
The Team Leader shall be responsible for the following activities:
- Selection of field staff
- Organization of training sessions for interviewers according to SPSS requirements
- Development of quality control procedures, data entry manuals and codebooks
- Design of protocols and supporting processes
- Development of pre-test and pilot test plans
- Development of survey related documentation
- Oversight of pilot-testing
- Provide primary control oversight of survey data collection
- Follow international standard quality control standards and quality assurance procedures adopted by international research community
- Adhere to standard USAID requirements (disaggregation by sex, region, etc.)
- Produce a final report that covers all results
The Team Leader should meet minimum qualification requirements:
- Minimum of 10 years of proven experience in leading of multinational teams assigned to evaluate USAID funded projects in fragile environments (Somalia experience is a plus);
- Experience in evaluating international education projects
- Strong skills in obtaining feedback from stakeholders, facilitation of in-brief, mid-term and out-brief meetings and presenting progress;
- Experience in synthesizing findings and writing reports;
- Excellent communication (written and verbal) in English (Somali language is a plus)
- Only finalists will be contacted.
HOW TO APPLY:
Please Submit CV, Cover Letter, and 2-3 References to:
Diana Otieno, Dotieno@ibtci.com, Project Assistant
USAID Somalia Program Support Services (SPSS)
28 School Lane - Whitefields Place Suite A1, Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya
Please submit your application by March 7, 2015
