Team Leader, Evaluation of the MCC Belize Education Project, Belize

Team Leader, Evaluation of the MCC Belize Education Project, Belize

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 to provide a mixed methods performance evaluation services to Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Belize's Education Project. The Education Project aims to invest in Belize’s secondary education and technical and vocational education training (TVET) sector. The project will finance:

• establishing an educational quality assurance system to assess and improve the quality of management and teaching as well as the achievement of learning outcomes;
• building capacity of educational leadership and teachers; 
• providing teaching and learning resources; 
• supporting the increase in the percentage of primary graduates that enroll in and complete secondary school; and
• supporting the establishment of a National Training Agency and building the capacity of the TVET sector to implement inclusive TVET programs that are aligned to labor market needs.

The period of performance for this contract is multiple years, expected to start March/April 2025.

Position Description:

SI is seeking a Team Leader consultant for the upcoming evaluation of the Education Project under MCC Belize. 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.

Position is contingent upon the award of the contract to Social Impact. Anticipated award is March/April 2025

Responsibilities:

• Liaise on a regular basis with MCC HQ, MCA-Belize and other organizations involved in the evaluation.
• Lead and manage the study team.
• Ensure quality control of all deliverables being submitted to MCC.
• 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.

Required 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, including TVET, workforce development, education, evaluation, and/or political economy.
• 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 education sector, particularly with a strong understanding of technical and vocational training programs, labor markets, and youth employment.
• 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 and Spanish.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working in Belize or Central America, preferably in the TVET or workforce development sectors.