Performance Evaluation Team Leader - Management Systems International in Nairobi

Job Title: Performance Evaluation Team Leader - APHIAplus Nairobi Coast, Kenya

Final Performance Evaluation Team Leader, APHIAplus Nairobi Coast , Kenya

Project/Proposal Summary:
APHIAplus Nairobi/Coast is a cooperative agreement with Pathfinder International and is managed by USAID/Kenya's Office of Population and Health (OPH).
The award began on January 1, 2011 and ends on December 31, 2013.
This project is one of five regional service delivery mechanisms under the APHIAplus Service Delivery awards.
APHIAplus stands for AIDS Population and Health Integrated Assistance – People-centered, Leadership-focused, Universal access and Sustainability. The Implementation Framework envisioned these projects supporting delivery of critical health services at the provincial and district levels while working in coordination with USAID-funded national-level technical assistance partners.

Position Summary: Under this task order, MSI's Team Leader shall conduct a final Performance Evaluation of the APHIAplus Nairobi Coast program.
Findings and recommendation will inform USAID, the GOK and other stakeholders on what has worked, what has not worked and why.
Recommendations will also shape strategies, approaches and activities for the follow-on program design.
The period of performance of this task order will start from May 6, 2013.
The evaluation will take place in in Nairobi and the Mombasa Coastal area where the APHIAPlus program has been operating.

Responsibilities: The main objective of this final evaluation is to assess the performance of the APHIAPlus Nairobi Coast Project. The specific objectives are:


To conduct an in-depth qualitative assessment of technical and management approaches, coordination with host country and other stakeholders and support to country health systems.


To conduct a quantitative review of project achievements based on assigned targets in HIV/AIDS, FP/RH and Child Survival activities.
Qualifications:

Evaluation design experience, including the selection of data collection methods on a question-specific basis and development of a detailed data analysis plan.

Superior writing ability, including evidence of an ability to structure evaluation reports in a way that logically and transparently lays out empirical findings, conclusions and recommendations in relation to evaluation questions.


Health-related social science research skills and statistics, including strong data visualization skills.

Knowledge of HIV/AIDS-related programming and M&E.


Field experience that includes at least some but not necessarily all of the following:

Survey research experience, including development of structured and semi-structured interview and/or observation instruments, by hand and using mid-size survey aids such as EPI Info from CDC; sample size determination for specific confidence levels and confidence intervals; selection and use of other survey data (and other large data set) entry and analysis software (SPSS or alternative).

Structured or semi-structured 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 (NVIVO 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.

Applied experience with non-experimental theory testing techniques for examining program/project effects (baseline reconstruction, outcome mapping, outcome harvesting, general elimination method (modus operandi), contribution analysis, lagged regressions and/or others). Advanced degree, particularly PhD, in International Development, Economics, Political Science, Statistics or related social science field preferred. Only candidates who have been selected for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls, please.

How to Apply:

http://ch.tbe.taleo.net/CH08/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=MSI&cws=2&rid=3578

Deadline:17/06/2013