Third Party Monitoring (TPM) Technical Lead at SoCha

Scope of Work

LISA seeks short-term consultants to serve as technical leads for TPM tasks for the following technical areas:

• Democracy and Governance
• Nutrition
• WASH
• Livelihoods
• Livestock
• Agriculture
• Education
• Youth
• Environment
• Health
• Resilience
• The technical lead MUST indicate his/her areas of speciality.
• The technical lead MUST indicate the counties they have work experience in.
• The technical lead MUST indicate counties they can comfortably work in and should be conversant with the local dialect.

Responsibilities

The Technical Lead responsibilities will include:

• Provide technical guidance, support, and oversight of the activity.
• Oversee the development/refinement of the methodology including the design and sampling.
• Demonstrate leadership in providing timely and effective communication with enumerators, ensuring they have necessary tools and resources to carry out tasks effectively.
• Lead desk review of implementing partner reports, activity briefs, and other relevant documents.
• Lead in the development of the data collection tools.
• Develop and maintain codebooks, datasets, and questionnaires in compliance with ADS 579 for all data collection activities.
• Ensure that all the tools are integrated into the data management system and quality checks are in place to ensure the quality of the data collected.
• Test and pilot data collection instruments, identifying and correct issues before full-scale deployment.
• Oversee and participate in quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis.
• Compile weekly summary reports with key findings during data collection.
• Support the development of the reporting templates.
• Lead the writing of the comprehensive findings report that highlights critical insights and presents them in easily digestible format for the Mission/stakeholders.
• Participate in regular check-in calls, debriefs, and findings presentation to the Mission and LISA staff.
• Other activities as agreed upon with LISA staff.

Minimum Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Statistics, Health, Environment, Education, Sociology, Psychology, Economics, Monitoring and Evaluation, Public Health, Development studies, Social work, Communication, or related fields from a recognized university.
• At least five (5) years of proven experience in planning, managing, and implementing TPM of implementing partner activities.
• Experience with managing and implementing emergency and response programs.
• A minimum of  four (4) years leading enumerator teams.
• A minimum of four (4) years planning, working/supporting, or implementing programs in the country.
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team and independently.
• Strong project management and organizational skills.
• Professional proficiency in spoken and written English is required.
• Experience working with USAID projects preferred.
• Ability to diplomatically communicate and work effectively with a wide range of USAID implementing partners and stakeholders.
• Experience in authoring high quality TPM reports