Friday, December 26, 2014

Senior or Mid-Level Education Expert, USAID/Nepal


Senior or Mid-Level Education Expert, USAID/Nepal
Senior or Mid-Level Education Expert, USAID/Nepal Monitoring and Evaluation and Learning Program, Nepal
Social Impact (SI) is a Washington, DC-area international development management consulting firm. SI's mission is to improve the effectiveness of international development programs in improving people's lives. We provide a full range of management consulting, technical assistance, and training services to strengthen international development programs, organizations, and policies. We provide services globally in the areas of monitoring and evaluation, strategic planning, project and program design, organizational capacity building, and gender and social analysis. SI services cross-cut all development sectors including democracy and governance, health and education, the environment, and economic growth. SI's clients include US government agencies such as USAID, the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the US Department of State, bilateral donors, multilateral development banks, foundations, and non-profits.
Proposal Objective:
The anticipated five-year contract is to assist USAID/Nepal in planning, designing, conducting, disseminating, and learning from high-quality M&E activities in order to support the achievement of their three Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS) Development Objectives (DO): (1) More inclusive and effective governance; (2) Inclusive and sustainable economic growth to reduce extreme poverty; and (3) Increased human capital. This includes, in particular, designing and implementing both quantitative and qualitative evaluations and assessments, as well as providing expert analysis and technical assistance to the Mission's programs. These outputs from the contract will enable USAID/Nepal to facilitate informed program management, shape the longer-term strategic direction of programs and decision-making within the Mission, and comply with Agency accountability and M&E requirements.
Position Description:
SI is seeking short- and long-term illustrative consultants to provide technical assistance to support the flexible and needs-based nature of this contract and perform a wide variety of work on an as-needed basis that can include additional assessments, studies, analyses, evaluations, or other M&E tasks required by the Mission.
Upon award, the contract could establish a need for a Senior or Mid-Level Education Expert to provide short- and/or long-term technical assistance to this project.
Qualifications:
  • Demonstrated expertise in best practices for improving and measuring early grade reading skills in developing countries.
  • Demonstrated experience with local language/mother-tongue medium of instruction, community engagement and mobilization around reading, learning assessments, and education systems strengthening.
Come join our energetic and innovative team! We offer you the opportunity to play a leading role in the growth of our company, work as part of a creative and committed team, and make a difference in the well-being of our world.
To learn more about Social Impact, please visit our website: http://www.socialimpact.com
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