Country: Ethiopia
Closing date: 13 Jun 2016
Organizational Overview:
JaRco Consulting an Ethiopian Development Consulting Firm based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. We provide high-quality technical support for a variety of institutions working across a broad range of development sectors.
Our work brings together an unparalleled combination of local and international expertise in addition to a wide breadth of multi-country experience. The diverse expertise we hold enables us to provide nuanced and appropriate services that assist social and economic development.
Job Description
JaRco Consulting seeks to form a pool of monitoring and evaluation experts to engage on a short-term consultancy basis for projects matching their portfolio. Consultants must have a minimum of 10 years experience conducting quantitative and qualitative research in one of the following areas: Education and/or Livelihoods.
Education: The assignment requires measuring learning outcomes, documenting good practices, and familiarity with different educational modalities. The position demands a strong background in implementing educational evaluation frameworks in various regions (locally) and/or international contexts.
Livelihoods: The assignment will require the ability to conduct rigorous research in remote regions (e.g. pastoral areas) in the field of sustainable livelihoods and food/cash programming.
The purpose of the assignments would be to support the implementation of large-scale Education or Livelihoods project evaluations in various regions of Ethiopia and other sub-Saharan African countries.
Responsibilities
- Conduct a thorough desk review (secondary quantitative and qualitative documents & data)
- Develop and provide technical input in building evaluation tools
- Provide local and international context in one of the following: Education policies, or sustainable livelihoods
- Support the data collection efforts in the target areas
- Contribute to a rigorous dissemination of data analysis and report writing
- Represent the company in meetings
Requirements
- Minimum of 10 years of experience conducting monitoring and evaluation studies in one of the following areas: Education and/or Livelihoods
- Masters level or higher in education, economic development, livelihoods or related fields.
- International experience highly preferred as well as familiarity with local context (Female candidates highly encouraged to apply)
- Travel flexibility to different regions and countries
- Native English speaker and/or Excellent command in English (spoken and written)
How to apply:
Applicants can apply to one or more areas of expertise (Education and/or Livelihoods) by sending a Cover Letter and CV to hresource@jarrco.info
Applicants should make it clear in their cover letter which area(s) of expertise they are applying for.