COMPANY PROFILE:
International Business & Technical Consultants, Inc. (IBTCI), a U.S. based international development consulting company established in 1987, has worked in over one hundred countries and has implemented over two hundred projects. IBTCI has served governments, private sector companies and several donor agencies in the practice area of Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) across many sectors including health, education, environment & economic development and crisis, conflict & governance.
POSITION DESCRIPTION:
IBTCI is currently seeking a Senior Evaluation Expert for an end-of-project evaluation for three of USAID/Kenya’s Office of Public Health’s flagship activities namely APHIAplus Rift Valley, APHIAplus Western Kenya and APHIAplus Central Eastern.
The planned evaluation will serve two main purposes: 1) to learn to what extent the activities’ objectives and expected health outcomes at county, sub-county, health facilities, and community levels have been achieved; and 2) to inform the design of follow-on service delivery activities.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
The responsibilities of the Senior M&E Expert include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Develop evaluation design, methodology, sampling strategy, and data collection instruments;
- Coordinate evaluation activities including training of data collectors, data collection, implementation, data management and quality assurance and other related tasks;
- Develop data analysis plan and conduct qualitative and /or quantitative data analysis, as required
- Actively participate with other team members during data triangulation, presentations and report writing.
- Prepare graphic presentations of quantitative data with state of the art data visualization techniques
- Contribute to report writing to ensure production and completion of an inception report and evaluation report in conformance with the scope of work, high-quality analysis, high writing quality and report integration;
- Develop final evaluation report with quality assurance and timeliness of all deliverables to USAID and be responsive to all comments; and
- Adherence to USAID’s ADS2013 policy, standards, guidance and protocols.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- A Master’s degree in social sciences, public health, statistics, or a related area;
- At least 7-10 years of evaluation experience with both qualitative and quantitative methods for data collection and analysis, experience with mixed methods evaluations. Experience with evaluation of health activities highly desired or preferred
- Previous experience with USAID-funded projects and knowledge of USAID Evaluation Policy (highly desired);
- Experience in using SPSS, STATA and/or other analytical software packages including qualitative analytical software packages such as Atlas.ti;
- Strong oral and written communication skills in English is required;
- Ability to effectively work in teams and embrace participatory approaches; and
- US or Kenyan citizenship required.
HOW TO APPLY:
Please submit all application materials at https://ibtci.devhire.devex.com/.
No phone calls please. Applications will be acknowledged, but only final candidates for particular activities will be contacted. IBTCI is an equal opportunity employer.
