Vacancy: Deputy Chief of Party/Performance Monitoring Specialist

Company Profile

LINC is a mission-driven small business headquartered in Washington, DC dedicated to strengthening local actors and systems. At LINC, we believe that a practical approach to engaging committed, capable local actors increases international development effectiveness and sustainability. The recipient of USAID’s “Small Business of the Year” award in 2017, we are a team of reflective practitioners, passionate and energetic in our work, and committed to locally led development. We have developed ground-breaking tools to map organizational networks, measure social capital, and leverage systems- based approaches to development. We partner with major universities, foundations, local NGOs and consulting firms, USAID, and FCDO among others. Our country experience spans Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Europe. For more information on LINC, please visit www.linclocal.org.

Job Description

Description of Services

LINC is implementing the USAID-funded Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Platform activity in Ghana. This Activity will provide USAID/Ghana with expert monitoring, evaluation, and learning services for USAID/Ghana, offering high quality, demand-driven monitoring and evaluation technical assistance and analytical services to USAID/Ghana staff, implementing partners, and local country stakeholders that advance U.S. foreign policy goals and USAID’s strategic objectives in Ghana. The Deputy Chief of Party/Performance Monitoring Specialist will provide project office leadership, day-to-day management of projects and personnel, and extensive technical support to the Platform in monitoring, evaluation, and learning activities and deliverables. While supporting the Chief of Party, the Deputy Chief of Party/Performance Monitoring Specialist will focus primarily on ensuring exceptional technical delivery, including assessment and analysis of ongoing USAID activities in Ghana, and building the capacity of local staff, partners, and the Mission, its implementing partners, and its technical offices.



Responsibilities

• Support the COP with overall leadership of the Platform, including program planning, technical execution, financial management, and operations, ensuring coordination among all components, and ensuring an office culture of quality, respect, and professionalism.


• Collaborate with LINC headquarters to ensure effective management of Platform activities and operations, and timely delivery of contract deliverables.


• Oversee the design, implementation, resourcing, and quality assurance of all assessments, performance and impact evaluations, and Data Quality Assessments.


• Design and ensure quality and appropriate sophistication of evaluation methodologies, data collection methods, instruments, and protocols for evaluations.


• Provide support to implementing partners in data collection, analysis, and presentation ensuring rigor and quality assurance; oversee any data collection and analysis carried out by the Platform.


• Provide training to implementing partners as needed.


• Draft technical scopes of work for and supervise the performance of consultants and subcontractors.


• Plan, organize, and facilitate learning activities for USAID staff and partners.


• Support the management, training, and mentoring of Platform staff.


• Coordinate and provide MEL technical assistance to USAID implementing partners and Ghanaian partner organizations.


• Coordinate and consult with USAID, the Government of Ghana, implementing partners, and other key stakeholders and audiences as required. Build a professional and consultative relationship with USAID, and in support of COP.


• Ensure compliance with all applicable USG, USAID, and LINC rules and regulations.

Required Skills or Experience

Skills and Qualifications

• An MA in evaluation, economics, international development, social sciences, or a related field.


• Minimum eight years of demonstrated experience supporting complex donor-funded activities in a team environment, ideally for USAID.


• At least five years of experience recruiting and successfully managing teams with an emphasis on quality products.


• Prior experience working in Ghana required, with a strong understanding of Ghana’s context and culture.


• Experience designing and managing impact and performance evaluations, analyses, and assessments, including experience with qualitative and quantitative research methods, design of evaluation methodology; and data collection, methods, and verification. And related experience in appropriate methodologies and data analysis software, as well as data quality best practices.


• Familiarity with USAID’s collaborating, learning, and adapting framework required; familiarity with innovative MEL approaches preferred and USAID operational protocols/systems.


• Demonstrated experience managing learning and adaptive management approaches with USAID or other donors.


• Proven USAID and external stakeholder relations, team leadership, and strategic management skills.


• Exceptional written and oral communication skills.


• Fluency in spoken and written English.


• Understanding of USAID regulations and policies, including but not limited to the Automated Directives System 201, Evaluation Policy, and the Journey to Self-Reliance.