Deputy Chief of Party

Deputy Chief of Party, Nepal

USAID’s Monitoring Evaluation and Learning (MEL) project

Overview

CAMRIS International is an international development and research firm that realizes innovative solutions to health and development challenges through high-quality, cost-effective program and research management services. With experience working in more than 80 countries, we combine our proven systems with today’s most effective, evidence-based best practices to improve the lives of people around the world. We apply a customized, customer-centric, cost-effective business approach to offer greater value to our clients and challenge the way things have always been done in our field.

CAMRIS International implements the Nepal Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Project, a five-year Mission-wide monitoring and evaluation (M&E) contract. The Nepal MEL Project supports the achievement of USAID/Nepal’s Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS) development objectives by assisting the Mission in planning, designing, conducting, disseminating and learning from more rigorous monitoring and evaluation of development activities. This includes designing and implementing both quantitative and qualitative evaluations and assessments, as well as providing expert analysis and technical assistance to USAID/Nepal’s programs.

The Nepal MEL project has three major components:

• Component 1: Support greater rigor and coherence in USAID/Nepal’s M&E efforts
• Component 2: Design and conduct analyses, evaluations, surveys, studies, and assessments
• Component 3: Support improved knowledge management within the Mission 

CAMRIS seeks a highly energetic and forward thinking Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP) to join the Nepal MEL Project team. This is a full time position based in Kathmandu. The DCOP will join a fast paced project that typically is expected to produce high quality M&E work under tight timelines. The successful candidate will have deep expertise in project management and administration. The ideal candidate will have technical M&E expertise and experience managing evaluation and assessment teams conducting fieldwork. The candidate will be expected to champion CAMRIS’ administrative systems and processes, and produce high quality, timely work that exceeds Mission expectations. This position will report directly to the Chief of Party.

This position requires an experienced individual with:

• Demonstrated leadership, strategic thinking/planning, management, and presentation skills.
• Strong inter-personal, supervision, and written and oral communication skills.

Responsibilities:

The DCOP will lead/oversee the review of project level M&E plans, and support such technical work as reviewing reporting methods, carrying out training, designing reporting tools and advising DO and project teams on their M&E work. The individual will oversee, recruit for, and participate in evaluations and assessments throughout the life of the contract. S/he will ensure the short-term technical experts and evaluation team members recruited under this contract are of a high caliber and possess the required technical expertise.

Key responsibilities include:

• Day-to-day project management.
• Secondary liaison with COR.
• 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.[ES1] 
• S/he will support the design, quality, development and completion of assessments, analytical reports and evaluations.
• Communicate closely with CAMRIS headquarters and field teams.

Qualifications:

• An advanced degree (master’s degree required; PhD preferred) in a sector relevant to monitoring and evaluation of USAID/Nepal activities (e.g., economics, public policy, international relations, statistics, political science, health, education, agriculture, etc.).
• At least 10 years of experience working in monitoring and evaluation in developing countries, preferably including experience in Nepal.
• 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, interdisciplinary team; interact with and lead a broad range of governmental and non-governmental actors and institutions across sectors; and implement detailed, organized, timely, accurate M&E programs.
• Demonstrated experience managing evaluation or assessment teams in the field from a central project office.
• Experience conducting performance and impact evaluations of development interventions.
• Significant experience in indicator development, data collection and quantitative/statistical analysis, data quality assessments, and/or performance monitoring and reporting.
• Experience creating and managing performance monitoring plans and building knowledge management systems.
• Strong written and oral communication in English and Nepali, and excellent interpersonal skills.

To apply:

Interested candidates are encouraged to apply with the CAMRIS job portal following the link below by November 07, 2016:

https://careers-camris.icims.com/jobs/2235/deputy-chief-of-party%2c-usaid-nepal-monitoring%2c-evaluation-and-learning-project/job