Team Leader - USAID Zimbabwe:
Social Impact, Inc. (SI) is a global development management consulting firm. We provide monitoring, evaluation, strategic planning, and capacity-building services to advance development effectiveness. We work across all development sectors including democracy and governance, health and education, the environment, and economic growth. Since 1997 we have worked in over 100 countries for clients such as U.S. government agencies, bilateral donors, multilateral development banks, foundations, and nonprofits.
The purpose of this evaluation is to assess the contribution of community gardens to household nutrition and income. Community gardens and water supply infrastructure are the most common types of assets created by USAID's Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA)'s Early Recovery, Risk Reduction and Resilience (ER4) awards in Zimbabwe. Most community gardens are established to promote access to nutritious foods and increase household income. The gardens have had mixed success with some continuing to function after activities ends, while some are abandoned after activities end.
This evaluation will look at three aspects related to community gardens: 1) Assess if community gardens are making any meaningful contribution to nutrition, particularly focusing on dietary diversity of women of reproductive age and children 6-23 months old and household income. 2) assess different sizes of plots per participant and establish the minimum plot size necessary for gardens to be effective in improving nutrition and/or income. 3) Assess the functionality and sustainability of gardens focusing on governance, water supply, production, and marketing. The evaluation results will inform BHA on investment in gardens and related infrastructure. It will enable BHA to develop technical guidelines on minimum standards for investment in community gardens and related infrastructure.
Social Impact is seeking a Team Leader consultant for the upcomming Zimbabwe Evaluation. The Team Leader will lead the design and provide oversight of all evaluation methods and tools, in addition oversee technical and managerial leadership of the evaluation, and supervision of the evaluation team members.
-Liaise on a regular basis with USAID and other organizations involved in the evaluation.
-Lead and manage the study team.
-Ensure quality control of all deliverables being submitted to USAID.
-Ensure deliverables are submitted on time, and any delays are clearly communicated to the COR/PM as soon as they are known.
-Provide technical oversight of instrument and evaluation tool development.
Qualifications:
-A minimum of a Master's degree in economics, workforce education and development, career and technical education, statistics, or another field directly relevant to the evaluation.
-A minimum of ten (10) years of experience in fields directly related to the evaluation.
-A minimum of ten (10) years of demonstrated experience managing large, complex teams, including prior experience leading similar evaluation work.
-Experience designing and carrying out evaluations in the following disciplines: nutrition, agriculture, economics/business management, and gender.
-Demonstrated ability to translate technical findings into clear, concise results and findings, both orally and in writing.
-Demonstrated ability to integrate findings from both quantitative and qualitative methods to inform overall evaluation findings and analysis.
-Strong economic and statistical skills, including experience with detailed, high-level quantitative data analysis and survey sampling.
-Experience with qualitative data analysis and sampling.
-Experience with the design and implementation of multi-topic qualitative surveys and longitudinal studies in a developing country context, including key informant interviews and focus group discussions.
-Experience with the design and implementation of multi-topic quantitative household and or enterprise surveys in developing country context.
-Experience designing and carrying out pre-post performance evaluations.
-Full professional fluency in written and spoken English.
Harare
Expires
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Harare
Contractor
20 Jul 2024
12 Jul 2024