Third Party Monitoring Lead Consultant at SoCha

Scope of Work:

The TPM Lead will provide overall technical guidance and support and verification of USAID’s Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) activities in Wajir county.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Provide technical guidance, support, and oversight of the activity.
• Oversee the development/refinement of the methodology.
• Lead desk review of implementing partner reports, activity briefs, and other relevant documents.
• Lead in the development of the data collection tools.
• Participate in the pilot of the data collection tools, in-person and/or remote as well as any other data collection activities.
• Oversee and participate in quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis.
• Compile weekly summary reports with key findings during the data collection.
• Support the development of the reporting templates.
• Lead the writing of the findings report and in presenting to the Mission/ stakeholders.
• Participate in regular check-in calls and debriefs with the Mission and MSP staff.
• Other activities as agreed upon with MSP staff.

Minimum qualifications and experience:

• Master’s degree or doctoral in health, nutrition, WASH or related fields from a recognized university.
• Ability to plan, manage, and implement monitoring activities related to health, nutrition, WASH and food assistance.
• A minimum of 4 years leading the design and implementation of field data collection, planning, developing tools and methodologies, and implementing quantitative and qualitative data collection.
• Experience with managing, and implementing emergency and response programs.
• A minimum of 4 years Leading teams of data collectors
• A minimum of 4 years planning working/ supporting or implementing program in the Arid and Semi-arid Lands (ASAL) of Kenya.
• Ability to diplomatically communicate and work effectively with a wide range of USAID implementing partners and stakeholders.
• A minimum of 4 years conducting third party monitoring of implementing partner activities,
• Experience in authoring TPM reports.
• Possess excellent communication, presentation skills, with experience in presenting to the Mission, national government, or related entities.
• A minimum of 4 years working in/implementing Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) activities for NGO/Development Partners.
• Experience in writing high quality program / data analysis / synthesis reports.