The Research & Evaluation (R&E) Department of FHI 360 Global Education, Employment and Engagement (G3E) Business Unit provides technical leadership and technical support in the design and implementation of monitoring, evaluation, and research activities across the technical areas and projects in G3E. The R&E Department works with G3E technical teams to develop and implement a robust research agenda that advances FHI 360’s intellectual leadership in the field of international education and development, including early grade learning, post-primary education, youth and workforce development, civil society and peacebuilding, and economic participation. R&E fosters a continuous process of learning and evidence building across G3E with the goal of strengthening the technical quality of project implementation and improving project outcomes. It develops and maintains standards of quality for all aspects of research, monitoring, and evaluation, and ensures its own capability to uphold those standards.
The R&E Department also carries out independent research and evaluation projects in support of priority areas for the G3E research agenda, using its core operational funds and competitively won project contracts. As an integral part of G3E projects, the R&E Department supports strengthening the capacity of local and national counterparts in data use, data management, monitoring, and evaluation in the countries of G3E presence.
Job Summary:
We are looking for someone who is passionate about data collection and data visualizations, and who has a knack for creating stories with data. Ideally, the successful candidate will also have extensive experience in data systems strengthening for stakeholders such as government and local partners. We are a fun and collaborative team of data capture and utilization experts, nerd on cool graphics and are always looking to push ourselves to remain on the cutting-edge of innovation with it comes to data utilization in international development. We care deeply about systems strengthening and building local capacity. The successful candidate is someone who excels technically but also possesses strong interpersonal skills, a willingness to be a lifelong learner and is an effective communicator.
The Senior Technical Officer for Data Capture and Utilization will work within the Research and Evaluation Department to lead and support monitoring and evaluation of projects, and contribute to research studies. He/she will be an integral part of HQ-based project M&E support teams, and be involved in development of M&E and data collection plans, implementation of data collection efforts including programming data collection instruments for tablet use, data analysis and dashboard development to strengthen data utilization for continuous project improvement. A key quality of the Technical Officer will be his/her ability to translate M&E needs into efficient data collection systems, and a deep motivation to ensuring that data collected are utilized for adaptive management to the extent possible. Team spirit, collaboration, high quality standards and adaptability to changing situations are highly valued.
Responsibilities:
Support G3E projects to define M&E plans and data collection needs, including indicator development
Lead development of data collection instruments for paper-based and/or mobile data collection, ensuring that questions link back to key indicators
Lead data systems strengthening activities with key stakeholders, such as Ministry evaluation u
Develop data quality assurance protocols and ensure they are used by project staff
Program and test data collection instruments for mobile data collection using programs such as Open Data Kit (ODK)
Lead development of training materials and provide trainings to enumerators in the field, and monitor data collection progress
Conduct data analysis
Develop dashboard visualizations using platforms such as Power BI
Participate in R&E meetings and research efforts as needed
Lead development of robust data capture and utilization processes and to capacity building efforts for the entire R&E and field-based M&E teams
Facilitate knowledge sharing and learning, communicating regularly on results and activities in assigned projects and fostering evidence building on common issues across projects within R&E and across FHI 360
Contribute to the development of proposals in research and evaluation
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s Degree required and Master’s degree preferred in one of the following or related fields:, International Development, International Affairs, International Education, Education Research and/or Policy, Monitoring and Evaluation, Statistics, Information Technology
A minimum of 8 years of experience in monitoring and evaluation, including at least 5 years working on international development projects
Experience programming data collection instruments using ODK or other survey programming tool
Skilled in data visualization tools; preferably with Microsoft Power BI
Experience training enumerators in data collection
Experience with human-centered design desirable
Experience with the Early Grade Reading Assessment (EGRA) or Early Grade Math Assessment (EGMA) desirable
Quantitative research skills and proficiency in Stata and/or R a plus
Speaking and writing skills in Arabic, French and/or Spanish strongly preferred
Ability to travel up to 25%
Ability to work under tight deadlines and to adapt to changing circumstances; collaborative team spirit and cultural sensitivity are a must
Strong desire to learn.
This job posting summarizes the main duties of the job. It neither prescribes nor restricts the exact tasks that may be assigned to carry out these duties. This document should not be construed in any way to represent a contract of employment. Management reserves the right to review and revise this document at any time.
FHI 360 is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer whereby we do not engage in practices that discriminate against any person employed or seeking employment based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, age, marital status, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable law.
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