Local Evaluation Specialist, Monitoring and Evaluation Support for Collaborative Learning and Adapting (MESCLA) Activity, Honduras

Proposal Objective:

USAID/Honduras’s Monitoring and Evaluation Support for Collaborative Learning and Adapting 2.0 Contract (MESCLA 2.0) is aimed at supporting and strengthening monitoring and evaluation of USAID development assistance in Honduras. The MESCLA 2.0 project will provide USAID/Honduras with project and activity evaluation, performance monitoring, learning, assistance in strategy development, activity design, and performance management support services in order to implement the Mission’s new Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS).

The project will provide USAID/Honduras with flexible, demand-driven services, including assisting the mission with:

Planning, designing, conducting, disseminating, learning and supporting adaptive management based on rigorous monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of USAID/Honduras development projects and activities.
Facilitating and promoting Collaborating, Learning and Adapting (CLA) practices throughout the Mission, implementing partners (IPs), local organizations, private sector partners and local academia.
Supporting monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) capacity building of USAID/Honduras internal and external stakeholders.

Position Description:

SI is seeking a full-time Honduran Evaluation Specialist to manage data collection from qualitative and quantitative evaluations under the activity, analyze data and produce reports for the Activity as needed. This full-time position, based in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, will report to the Deputy Chief of Party/Lead Evaluation Expert.

**Please note: This is a local position. Only candidates with Honduran citizenship will be considered.

Responsibilities:

Establish data collection and management of the digital platform.
Perform monitoring and evaluation including data collection and data analysis.
Regularly review data collection processes, perform data quality assessments, and make adjustments as needed.
Work with M&E project staff to develop standardized data formats and data input procedures for qualitative and quantitative study fielding and reviews output datasets for compliance.
Coordinate to ensure standardized data formats and input procedures are followed.
Monitor progress of data collection/entry.
Coordinate and performs analyses of survey data, including descriptive, bivariate, multivariate, and inferential analyses for the performance evaluations.
Prepare and write-up results for inclusion in the evaluation report and debriefing presentations.

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree (Master’s degree preferred) in statistics, economics or related field required.
At least five years of experience in data management, including qualitative and quantitative data analysis experience, database development and management, and data visualization.
Experience in data analysis software such as ACCESS, SPSS, EXCEL, and/or CsPro platform.
Experience producing reports or technical document based on analysis of data.
Must be fluent in English and Spanish.
Only individuals authorized to work in Honduras should apply.

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