Company Profile

LINC is a 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. Awarded USAID’s “Small Business of the Year” distinction in 2017, we are a team of reflective practitioners, passionate and energetic in our work, and committed to locally led development. We partner with major universities, foundations, local NGOs, consulting firms, and international cooperation agencies, like USAID. Our country experience spans Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America. For more information on LINC, please visit www.linclocal.org.

Job Description

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

LINC is seeking an Evaluation Expert for the MEL Platform. The Evaluation Expert will oversee evaluations, analyses, and assessments throughout the life of the activity, including reporting and, in collaboration with the Chief of Party, ensuring that results are disseminated and used.

Responsibilities

• Oversee evaluations, analyses, and assessments throughout the life of the activity, including the development or refinement of evaluation statements of work (SOWs), data collection, design of evaluation methodologies and participatory data collection methods and protocols, as well as data quality verification techniques.
• Responsible for the design, quality, and final deliverables of all evaluation reports and any evaluations, assessments, surveys, and studies, including testing of development hypotheses, where feasible.
• Responsible for design of the evaluation methodology and participatory data collection methods and protocols for both performance and impact evaluations.
• Work with the Chief of Party to share evaluation information and support its uptake and use through knowledge sharing and strategic learning processes to speed innovation.
• Draft technical scopes of work for and supervise the performance of consultants and subcontractors.
• Coordinate and provide evaluation technical assistance to USAID, implementing partners, and Ghanaian partner organizations.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for one of USAID’s technical offices.

Required Skills or Experience

Successful candidates should have:

• A Master’s degree in monitoring and evaluation, agriculture, statistics, or business administration.
• Minimum eight years of demonstrated experience in monitoring and evaluation methodologies (i.e., both quantitative and qualitative data collection, processing, and analysis).
• Demonstrated experience in monitoring and evaluation and USAID’s collaboration, learning, and adapting (CLA) approach, including using MEL activities to inform project implementation.
• Demonstrated ability to work as a member of a team and willingness to receive and provide feedback.
• Understanding of international development, including health, education, governance, and energy.
• Prior experience working in Ghana required, with a strong understanding of Ghana’s context and culture.
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills.
• Fluency in spoken and written English.