Associate Director, Research, Monitoring and Evaluation Practice At Tetra Tech

• Corporate Position
• Job Title: Associate Director, Research, Monitoring and Evaluation Practice
• Duration of contract: 12 months
• Location: Australia

Why Tetra Tech International Development?

As a leading global development consulting firm, our purpose is to contribute to a world where people, communities and the planet thrive.

Tetra Tech International Development has a 40-year history in successfully delivering international development projects on behalf of donors right around the world, including Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, USAID and the UK’s Department for International Development (now known as the Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office). Our people work side by side with local partners to support stability, economic growth and good governance, positively changing people’s lives. Tetra Tech International Development works with governments, businesses and NGOs to solve complex development challenges. Our dedicated team helps partners including DFAT, USAID and the Asian Development Bank to deliver effective and sustainable projects in more than 80 countries around the world.

The Position

As an Associate Director in the RME Practice, you will play a critical role in continuing to grow our footprint and expertise in this important area of our business – by taking our expertise to existing and new clients and expanding into new markets. You will strive for excellence in leading rigorous evaluations, monitoring and research projects that meet our stakeholders’ needs and deliver useful, pragmatic solutions that influence systemic change. This will require a passion to help our clients achieve positive social, environmental and economic outcomes through the use of high-quality evidence and maintaining strong internal and external relationships.

Annex J – RME – Associate Director – Position Description.pdf

The Person

The successful candidate will have 10 to 15+ years of minimum experience undertaking evaluation and social research methods, and demonstrate the following:

• Strong knowledge and experience in applying the main approaches, methods and tools used to evaluate public sector interventions and policies.
• Evidence of designing and applying different quantitative research techniques (e.g. statistical analysis, sample survey design and implementation), qualitative research techniques (e.g. interviewing, focus groups, workshops, case studies) and MERLA frameworks.
• An expert understanding in applying research techniques in one or more of the following thematic areas either in the public sector in Australia and/or Asia Pacific: health; education; child and family services; social services; agriculture; NGO capacity building; inclusive growth; economic development; governance; and justice.
• Lead a range of small to large, complex evaluations from the inception to close-out, including leading and motivating project teams to meet client needs and deliver projects on time and within budget.
• Write and present high-quality evaluation reports and other client-ready deliverables
• Build and manage client/stakeholder relationships, including building stakeholders’ capacity to achieve their objectives
• Lead in the preparation of bids for tenders and participating in other business development activities
• Advanced computer skills in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Visio. Skills in other software applications such as NVivo and SPSS desirable.

Tetra Tech International Development is an equal opportunity employer of choice and is committed to safeguarding including technical excellence in gender equality, child protection, respectful workplaces and does not tolerate sexual exploitation, abuse or harassment of any kind. Our team of dedicated GEDSI advisers work closely with our staff and partners to ensure a context-specific and consistent approach is applied to all our programmes to improve the livelihoods of the world’s most marginalised groups.