USAID/Ghana Education Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) Consultant

Job title:

USAID/Ghana Education Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) Consultant

Company

Dexis Consulting Group

Job description

About the Position

The Education Office needs short-term technical assistance to provide M&E technical expertise, management and support to the Education Office of the Ghana Mission. This will include supporting a range of M&E education activities implemented by the Government of Ghana (GoG), Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and traditional implementing partners (IP), in close coordination with other bi-lateral and multilateral donors.

The Education M&E consultant will serve as a subject matter expert in strategic information, monitoring and evaluation and knowledge management to the Education Office. In addition, the consultant will be responsible for ensuring the effective development and use of strategic information and performing M&E functions across the Education portfolio. The Consultant duties will include providing M&E technical guidance and support and, under the leadership of the Education Office Director or delegate, manage portfolio research, evaluation and capacity development, data coordination analysis and management, and project and activity performance monitoring and reporting.

The expected level of effort for this consultancy is a total of 120 days.

Responsibilities

Technical Guidance and Support (25%)

• Serve as team resource person for technical and M&E inputs at all stages of project and activity design and development, including, but not limited to: strategy and project review and modifications or amendments, objectives and results, technical reviews and the suitability of interventions to achieve results.
• Provide technical expertise to support operational and strategic planning processes to develop and implement balanced and transparent education activities, emphasizing the use of host-country systems.
• Provide project and activity design support for youth workforce development activities, and support subsequent implementation.
• Monitor progress of planned results and their achievement in an efficient and timely manner, consistent and compliant with Agency regulations, policies and requirements. Identify and work with partners to seek resolution of issues affecting the achievement of results; advise on and maintain a calendar of important benchmarks to ensure team and partner M&E activities are on schedule.

Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (25%)

• Oversee baseline, mid-term and final performance evaluations, and other relevant analytical efforts, such as activity assessments, impact evaluations, studies, keeping close contact and collaboration with M&E contractors and GoG.
• Liaise with the Program & Project Development Office and USAID/Washington on routine M&E tasks and stay updated on USAID strategic information, M&E and knowledge management practices, frameworks and innovations generally and specifically for education.
• Manage and track Education Office and IP compliance with M&E policies and procedures, including, but not limited to Mission Orders, AMELPs, data quality assessments, gender equity requirements. This includes providing quality control for all aspects of M&E for the Operational Plan and Performance Plan and Report.
• Conduct periodic site visits to assess IP and GoG data collection methods, and provide support and technical assistance to IPs.
• Participate in and/or lead knowledge management capacity building programs and workshops.
• Actively foster and facilitate USG interagency collaboration and cooperation in the education sector.

Data Coordination Analysis and Management (25%)

• Coordinate and lead USAID Annual and Semi-Annual reporting, analysis of monitoring and evaluating progress toward planned milestones, achievements and expected results, and regular reporting on such progress to diverse target audiences including USAID, GoG and public and private NGO partners.
• Coordinate and consolidate input from activity IPs for the preparation, analysis and timely submission of Annual and Semi- Annual Activity Reports and ensure follow-up. This includes tracking, overseeing and verifying large volumes of data collected from IPs prior to consolidation into USG reports and developing M&E-perspective narratives on the submitted results with team members.
• Manage the M&E contractor analyzing quantitative and qualitative data, developing clear ways to represent, summarize and communicate the analysis verbally and in writing (e.g., graphics) to inform reporting requirements and internal and external communications.
• Develop databases, spreadsheets or other tools to ensure data is compiled and readily available.
• Provide focused technical guidance and support to government and local organizations to identify and develop evidence-based, contextually appropriate approaches for education activities, including for expanding and strengthening community-based approaches.

Strategic Communication (25%)

• Manage the collection, dissemination and sharing of project implementation lessons learned, successes and best practices. This includes written and oral reports on progress, impact, problems, constraints and opportunities, identifying strengths, deficiencies and suggest corrective actions, where necessary and coordinating M&E learning opportunities with M&E contractors.
• Prepare speeches for USAID and other representational officials. Prepare publicity materials on the implementation of education activities, such as Education Quarterly Newsletter, Education Fact Sheets, strategic, thematic briefers on key foreign policy initiatives (e.g., ending child marriage, youth inclusion, gender equity, conflict prevention). Additionally, review and provide inputs to communication materials submitted by Implementing Partner, such as Activity Briefers, prior to public dissemination.
• Prepare and disseminate periodic internal and external updates/status reports on the implementation of education activities. External audiences may include GoG, stakeholders, IPs, host country media, and the general public.

Qualifications

• Education and Experience: Advanced degree (masters or higher) in education, statistics, public sector administration, international development, or other relevant training in education program management and a minimum of five years’ experience in international development programming and/or implementation, or a bachelor’s degree and at least six years of progressively more senior experience managing education or bi- multilateral assistance projects in a developing country context.
• Excellent written and oral English communication skills.

Expected salary

Location

Washington DC

Job date

Sun, 11 Feb 2024 08:43:13 GMT

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