Parliamentary Strengthening Program (PSP) - Team Leader, Kenya
Support Project (KSP), Nairobi, Kenya
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Project Summary:
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)/Kenya has requested KSP to conduct a final performance evaluation of its Parliamentary Strengthening Project (PSP). The purpose of this evaluation is to determine accomplishments, programmatic gaps and opportunities resulting from Parliament’s dynamic political and operational environment during the duration of PSP as implemented through the work of SUNY from 2000 to 2015, but focusing particularly on the last four years. The evaluation will identify key lessons and make recommendations to inform USAID’s design of a new activity focused on providing support to Parliament and County Assemblies.
Position Summary:
Under this task order, MSI’s Team Leader shall lead the PSP final performance evaluation including a desk review of all relevant project documents (e.g., the activity description, quarterly and annual reports, etc.), field based data collection, data analysis and report writing. The period of performance of this task order is estimated to be from early July to late-September, including six to eight weeks in Kenya approximately from mid-July to early-September.
Responsibilities:
- The main objective of this final performance evaluation is to provide USAID information relevant to the design of a new/follow-on project. To achieve this, the team leader will:
- Provide leadership/guidance to the evaluation team in study planning, execution and management.
- Finalize the evaluation design and sampling strategy.
- Develop the data collection instruments.
- Lead the desk review of relevant documents, qualitative data collection and analysis.
- Facilitate the study validation and presentation to the client (USAID).
- Lead the report writing based on the approved standards and guidelines for USAID evaluations.
Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in Political Science, International Development, Governance, and/or related social science field.
- Expert knowledge and at least 7 years of experience in conducting (preferably leading) external performance evaluations.
- Prior Kenyan and/or East African regional experience preferred.
- Prior USAID evaluation experience; evaluation design experience, including the selection of appropriate data collection methods on a question specific basis and development of a detailed data analysis plan; basic social science research skills including basic statistics, strong data visualization skills consistent with USAID expectations; familiarity with and ability to apply a range of data collection methodologies covered by USAID TIPS. Field experience that includes at least some, but not necessarily all of the following:
- Qualitative research including design of tools, specifically development of structured and semi-structured interview and/or observation instruments.
- Qualitative research experience, particularly in conducting structured and semi-structured individual and group interviews and/or focus groups, including the creation of written instruments and transcripts for same; content analysis and other techniques for coding and transforming group/open-ended data into analyzed information; qualitative data analysis software (MAXQDA or alternative) and/or case study documentation experience; transformation of qualitative data into a quantitative form that can be merged with other quantitative data in a mixed methods analysis.
- Superior writing ability, including evidence of an ability to structure evaluation reports in-line with USAID expectations and in a way that logically and transparently lays out empirical findings, conclusions, and recommendations.
Only candidates who have been selected for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls, please.
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