Local Evaluation Specialist STTA, Timor-Leste - DevTech Systems, Inc. (DevTech)

 

Job ID : 2022-1482

# of Openings : 2

Job Locations : TL-Dili

Department : Monitoring and Evaluation

About Us

DevTech Systems, Inc. (DevTech) is an international consulting firm dedicated to development, with 37 years of experience providing advisory services and technical assistance to government, private sector, and civil society stakeholders in more than 100 countries. We are a data driven organization that specializes in informing policy making by delivering focused data-driven evidence-based analysis products and services.  DevTech core practice areas include: Economic and Data analysis, Monitoring and Evaluation, Education and Youth Development, Gender and Inclusive Development, and Public Financial Management.  

Overview

The Department of State Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Office has requested an evaluation of TIP Office-funded programming that has contributed to the development and/or implementation of victim identification data collection and data collection systems. Through this evaluation, the TIP Office seeks to identify successes, challenges, and promising practices, as well as the conditions facilitating programmatic success, to bolster the effectiveness of future victim identification data collection programs. DevTech seeks local evaluation specialists to actively support the collection of qualitative data from diverse stakeholders in Timor-Leste.

Scope of Work

• Participate in a kick-off call with the DevTech team 
• Participate in regular phone/Skype communications with evaluation team
• Translate data collection tools into local language and contribute to revising data collection tools, as directed by the Team Lead
• Prepare and facilitate logistics for field work, including reaching out to and scheduling interviews with stakeholders, identifying suitable stakeholders for interviews and surveys, obtaining government approvals, and arranging meeting locations (virtual and/or in-person as appropriate)
• Conduct data collection activities (key informant interviews and, where needed, surveys) in Timor-Leste, in accordance with the evaluation plan and data collection protocols
• Conduct follow-up communications with informants as necessary
• Translate interview notes/transcripts and submit clean copies, in English, to Team Lead and Program Manager within 72 hours of completion of interview
• Maintain focused and effective communications with the evaluation team to problem solve, lend subject matter expertise and guidance as necessary, and ensure issues are addressed in a timely manner

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in International Development, Monitoring and Evaluation, Statistics, Law, Criminal Justice or a related field.
• Strong knowledge, skills, and experience in qualitative and quantitative evaluation toolsand methodologies
• Experience successfully organizing logistics for an evaluation team
• Fluency in English and local languages
• Must be a resident in Timor-Leste

Experience Requirements: 

• Minimum of 8 years’ professional experience in evaluations; designing methodologies, data collection, data analysis and report writing.
• Lengthy experience conducting key informant interviews, focus group discussions, and in person and telephone surveys
• Extremely organized and thorough with data collection 
• Experience in data management; analysis of quantitative and qualitative data using analytic software
• Demonstrated experience using qualitative evaluation methodologies
• Able to review, interpret and analyze as needed existing data pertinent to the evaluation
• Experience with the US State Department and/or USAID is a plus
• Demonstrated work experience and knowledge in criminal justice and/or human trafficking is a plus

Deliverables, Level of Effort, Schedule

• Revisions of the data collection tools
• Interview notes for each key informant interview within 24 hours of completion
• Data tables or visualizations, as requested by the Team Lead
• Sections of the draft and final evaluation report, incorporating comments and feedback from DoS
• IRB and government ethnical approvals, if necessary

EEO Statement

NOTE: This job posting should not be construed to imply that the requirements are the exclusive standards of the position nor will it be the sole basis for any subsequent employee evaluations. Incumbents will follow any other instructions and perform any other related duties as may be required by their supervisor. 

 

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or other status protected by applicable law.

 

 

 

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