Deputy Chief of Party (Nepal M&E Program)

The USAID/Nepal Monitoring and Evaluation and Learning Program is an upcoming five-year contract to assist USAID/Nepal in planning, designing, conducting, disseminating, and learning from M&E activities to support the achievement of USAID’s and Nepal’s development objectives.

Activities will include designing and implementing both quantitative and qualitative evaluations and assessments, as well as providing expert analysis and technical assistance to the Mission’s programs. Outputs will enable USAID/Nepal to facilitate informed program management, shape longer-term strategic direction of programs and comply with accountability and M&E requirements.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Responsibilities and duties will be a mixture of day-day project management with some M&E technical related activities. These include:
• Leading and overseeing the review of project level M&E plans and supporting such work by reviewing reporting methods, carrying out training, designing reporting tools and advising project teams on their M&E work.
• Overseeing, recruiting for and participating in evaluations and assessments throughout the life of the contract. 
• Support quality control and the overall responsiveness of technical assistance provided under the contract, including necessary adjustments to operations to fit the requirements of USAID. Contribute substantively to the design and field testing of the evaluation methodology, participatory data collection methods and protocols, data verification techniques, and other technical evaluation and analytical tasks conducted under this contract. S/he will support the design, quality, development and completion of assessments, analytical reports and evaluations.

Qualifications & Educational Requirements:

• Master’s degree in economics, social science, public policy, agriculture, statistics, etc.
• Ten (10) years of experience working in monitoring and evaluation.
• Experience conducting performance and impact evaluations of development interventions and significant experience in indicator development, data collection and quantitative/ statistical analysis. 
• A proven record of excellent management, leadership, decisionâ€making, communication and interpersonal skills, including being an articulate speaker and sympathetic listener.
• Demonstrated ability to: quickly and effectively assemble and manage a highlyâ€skilled,
• Inter-disciplinary team; interact with and lead a broad range of governmental and nonâ€governmental actors and institutions across sectors; and implement detailed, organized, timely, accurate M&E programs.
• USAID experience preferred but not required.

Candidates please send your CV/resume and brief a cover letter to recruitment@onlinedts.com with "DCOP Nepal M&E" in the subject line. This position will remain open until filled.