USAID Jordan MESP, Health Evaluation Team Lead (Short Term) - Management Systems International

Activity Summary:

Under the Jordan Monitoring and Evaluation Support Project (MESP), MSI is conducting a performance evaluation of USAID’s Strengthening Health Outcomes through the Private Sector (SHOPS) project, a five year $38 million activity that is ending in July 2015. SHOPS has worked to involve non-governmental organizations and for-profit entities in increasing availability, improving quality, and expanding coverage of essential health products and services in family planning. The purpose of this evaluation is to assess how effective the project was in meeting its objectives of increasing the demand for and supply of family planning services; to assess the sustainability of project outcomes and practices; to identify causal factors of outcomes and sustainability; and to provide recommendations on how to make future projects with similar objectives more effective and more sustainable.

Position Summary:

The Evaluation Specialist will work with technical experts on the evaluation team to design quantitative and qualitative design methodologies and tools, oversee data collection, ensure that the technical expertise of the evaluation team is effectively utilized, lead in data analysis and reporting to ensure linkage of findings, conclusions and recommendations, and ensure the evaluation process and reporting meet USAID evaluation requirements.

The Evaluation Specialist will also serve as the team leader, overseeing a team of up to five Jordanian and international technical specialists, and maximizing use of their particular skills and expertise. Overseeing the smooth operation of the evaluation process, the team leader is responsible for quickly and effectively identifying and addressing issues that might hinder the evaluation.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure clarity of roles and responsibilities of team members.

• Design evaluation methodology to address evaluation questions using quantitative and qualitative approaches.

• Lead in evaluation tool design and define approach to analysis.

• Produce evaluation design report detailing methodology.

• Conduct literature review.

• Oversee training and pilot testing of data collection tools by subcontracted firm.

• Lead the team’s data collection efforts.

• Lead data analysis and facilitate evaluation team in detailing findings, conclusions and recommendations that address the evaluation questions.

• Meet deliverable deadlines.

• Oversee quality control of evaluation process and deliverables using MSI quality control templates.

• Lead evaluation team in structuring evaluation report and final presentation.

• Responsible for producing reports and presentations in professional-level English language, especially as some team members may not be native English speakers.

• Lead presentations and briefings to USAID and other project stakeholders.

• Write final report that meets USAID evaluation requirements.

Job Details

Date Posted:	2015-03-26
Job Location:	Amman, Jordan
Job Role:	Other
Company Industry:	Management

Preferred Candidate

Career Level:	Management
Degree:	Higher diploma

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Date Posted: March 26, 2015 at 11:08AM

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USAID Jordan MESP, Health Evaluation Team Lead (Short Term) - Management Systems International