Team Lead USAID Project Careers – Abt Associates

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Job Title:        Team Lead
Organisation: Abt Associates
Funding Source: United
States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda
About Us:
Abt Associates is a mission-driven, global leader in research and
program implementation in the fields of health, social and environmental
policy, and international development. Founded in Cambridge, Massachusetts in
1965, Abt Associates was built on the concept that sound information and
empirical analysis are the best foundations for effective decision making.
About USAID Project:
Abt Associates is bidding to provide Independent Evaluation Services in
support of USAID’s Evaluation of Two Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC)
program activities in Uganda. Abt is seeking a Team Lead to lead the
evaluation. The evaluation will include a quantitative, quasi-experimental
component and a qualitative component. Qualified candidates have extensive
impact evaluation experience and experience in the OVC sector, preferably in
Uganda. The purpose of the evaluation is to provide the Mission with rigorous
evidence regarding the extent to which two ongoing OVC focused programs did or
did not achieve impact on key outcome indicators and to identify factors or
combination of factors, within and outside the program, which may explain how
impact was achieved. It is expected that the contractor will conduct future
data collections over the life of the program as well as data analysis and
dissemination of findings. The design is a combination of a nested
quasi-experimental approach with qualitative comparative analysis (QCA).
Key Duties and
Responsibilities:  
  • The incumbent will provide technical,
    logistical, coordination, and communication leadership to the evaluation
    team to ensure timely completion of evaluation deliverables
  • Steer the development of the
    quasi-experimental impact evaluation design, including providing feedback
    on evaluation questions, in collaboration with other team members
  • Manage the development of sampling plans,
    survey instruments, enumerator training guides, and other evaluation
    materials
  • Oversee quantitative and qualitative data
    collection, executed in collaboration with other team members
  • Lead quantitative analysis in
    collaboration with other team members
  • Produce high-quality evaluation reports
    and other deliverables, integrating and interpreting qualitative and
    quantitative findings



Qualifications, Skills and
Experience: 
  • The ideal candidate must hold a Master’s
    degree in economics, statistics, or other social science with research
    experience. PhD in respective field is desired
  • A minimum of eight years’ experience
    conducting evaluations and overseeing both qualitative and quantitative
    research (large-scale surveys, key informant interviews, focus groups,
    small-sample surveys, participant observation, etc.)
  • Experience overseeing all aspects of quasi-experimental
    impact evaluations, including design, data collection, analysis, and
    reporting
  • Previous exposure and experience
    evaluating projects in the OVC Sector, preferably in sub-Saharan Africa
  • Previous experience working in the OVC
    Sector in Uganda
  • Experience working in non-medical aspects
    of HIV prevention such as support/outreach programs
  • Previous experience in conducting
    qualitative research
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates should send an updated
CV via E-mail to IEGUgandaJobs@abtassoc.com
Deadline: 10th
September 2017

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