The Director of Evaluation, US Programs is responsible for overseeing and strengthening the quality of monitoring and evaluation for Save the Children US Programs. US Programs areas of focus include early childhood development, early grade literacy and math, psychosocial support, community preparedness and community engagement. The Director leads efforts to monitor and evaluate each of these programs – from design to implementation, analysis, dissemination and learning. S/he will provide expert advice and guidance to the domestic Program Leadership Team to inform quality improvement efforts. The Director of Evaluation will oversee management of contracted third party evaluators, when required. S/he will also provide support for proposal development – highlighting results and ensuring the monitoring and evaluation efforts are adequately resourced.
Areas of Responsibility:
Technical Guidance and Capacity Strengthening (70%)
- Lead the development of evaluation and research designs including formative and summative research, quantitative and qualitative research, database management and statistical analysis for our core programs and community-wide initiatives;
- Oversee the development of evaluation sections for new proposals and the reporting of evaluation progress/results;
- Lead a team of staff and third-party evaluators to analyze the data collected from different programs through identified systems and other sources and provide timely feedback to program teams; and develop documentation and reports on findings, results and learnings;
- Lead or co-lead technical assistance to put in place evaluation and research plans that will provide data necessary for improved program and project quality and impact;
- Lead the development of and roll-out of strategies for strengthening monitoring, evaluation and learning capacities;
- Identify tools and resources for promoting best practices in evaluation, research and monitoring both within and outside USP, and/or contribute to the development of new tools and resources where gaps exist;
- Provide day-to-day oversight and management of USP evaluation staff and external third party evaluation contractors.
Evaluation Communication Efforts (15%)
- Support the communications team with their data base and analytical needs by providing data and reports;
- Lead the development of publications, briefs, white papers, presentations, and reports to stakeholders including donors;
- Take a lead role in continuing to improve the quality and visibility of reported results including assistance in data analysis and dissemination efforts.
Contribute to Save the Children's external profile as a thought leader (15%)
- Represent US Programs internal and external Monitoring Evaluation Accountability and Learning (MEAL) networks;
- Conduct external presentations in on Save the Children's evidence generation and impact;
- Contribute to the incorporation of lessons learned into organizational planning, monitoring, evaluation and reporting;
- Build linkages across Save the Children and other agencies and networks on issues pertaining to evaluation and research
Educational Background:
Master's in a relevant social science field preferred
Skills/Experience:
Required Qualifications
- You have a minimum 7-10 years' experience in area of expertise
- Bachelor’s degree
- Strong Level of Technical and/ or Managerial knowledge, skills, and experience to direct the operational activities of a Unit or Team, or provide technical advice, guidance and management related to various size programs, grants or projects.
- Content expertise in youth development, place-based initiatives, community health initiatives, early childhood education, literacy, and/or health and human services systems;
- Strong qualitative and quantitative research skills, including but not limited to study design, survey instrument design and use, sampling, data analysis plans, data cleaning, statistical analysis and presenting, reporting and communicating results;
- Strong training skills, including a demonstrated ability to facilitate workshops and build capacity;
- Strong analytical ability, especially related to problem solving and systems thinking Solid background in sampling, data collection techniques, programming database systems (Excel and Access) and statistical analyses (STATA);
- Excellent interpersonal and communications skills, with a demonstrated ability to work successfully with colleagues and partners and network with peer organizations;
- Ability to travel up to 20% of the time;
- Bilingual Spanish/English language skills would be a plus.
Compensation/Benefits:
- Meaningful work, with a knowledge that you are changing the lives of children all around the world
- A family friendly work environment
- Highly collaborative and innovative teams
- Generous paid vacation days, holidays, family leave days, and sick time
- Healthcare plans including medical, dental, and life insurance
- Retirement savings account with matching company contributions
- Structured and formalized management development and coaching programs for mid and senior level managers
- Extensive e-learning opportunities on a variety of topics offered through our affiliation with several prestigious universities and with the American Management Association, as well as language learning opportunities
Job Function:
Organization Info
Listing Stats
Post Date:
Dec 10 2017
Active Until:
Jan 9 2018
Hiring Organization:
Save the Children US
industry:
Nonprofit