Team Leader, MCC Kiribati Threshold Evaluation, Kiribati

Team Leader, MCC Kiribati Threshold Evaluation, Kiribati

Social Impact 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 US government agencies, bilateral donors, multilateral development banks, foundations, and nonprofits.

Proposal Objective:

SI is bidding on a proposal funded through the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Kiribati, to conduct an evaluation of the over $29.1 million MCC Kiribati Threshold Program.​ The Program includes the Mwakuri Aaika Nakoraoi Ibukin Maeuraoimi (MANIM) Project, which focuses on improving youth work readiness skills, job training/vocational education, labor force resilience, and access to employment.

Position Description:

SI is seeking a Team Leader consultant to provide overall technical and managerial leadership of the evaluation, and oversight of the evaluation team members. The Team Leader should have prior experience leading similar USG-funded evaluations in vocational education, access to employment, and/or youth employment, in the region.

Position is contingent upon the award of the contract to Social Impact. Anticipated award date is mid- 2025.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the overall design, implementation, and dissemination of the evaluation.
• Liaise on a regular basis with MCC, SI HQ and other organizations involved in the evaluation. Serve as the evaluation’s main point of contact to MCC and ensuring high quality of all project deliverables.
• Develop a rigorous evaluation design appropriate to labor force development, using the appropriate combination of quantitative and qualitative methodologies to answer the evaluation questions.
• Oversee the data collection and data synthesis efforts.
• Ensure quality control and timely submission of all client deliverables.
• Draft, finalize and present the interim/final evaluation report to MCC.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of a Master's degree in economics, public administration or a related field.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience designing, implementing, and/or evaluating vocational education, workforce development, labor force development, and job training or other relevant projects in developing countries. 
• Experience designing and implementing multi-topic quantitative household and or enterprise surveys in developing country context, including the use of electronic data collection tools.
• Strong skills in quantitative and qualitative data analysis and collection.
• Proven strong leadership, supervision, and teamwork skills and ability to deliver results within specified and often changing timeframes.
• Experience conducting evaluations in Kiribati, or Oceania, preferred.
• Previous experience evaluating MCC projects, preferred.
• Oral and written fluency in English required.