Responsibilities: 

The Team Leader will be responsible for the overall management of the evaluation. S/he will be the primary person responsible for ensuring a rigorous and high-quality evaluation design. The Team Leader will develop the outline for the draft report, present the report, and after incorporating USAID/Nigeria staff comments, submit the final report to USAID/Nigeria through the MEL Support Activity within the prescribed timeline. The evaluation team leader will be responsible for the overall management of the evaluation. S/he will be the primary person responsible for ensuring a rigorous and high-quality evaluation design. The team leader will finalize the evaluation design, coordinate activities, arrange meetings, consolidate individual input from team members, coordinate the process of submitting an inception report, and assemble the final findings and recommendations. S/he will also prepare and present the key evaluation findings and recommendations to USAID/Nigeria. The Team Leader will:

Participate in the evaluation kick-off session with USAID/Nigeria.

Conduct an initial desk study: gather relevant secondary materials to identify key actors and stakeholders.

Lead the development of data collection tools, including survey and interview tools, and methodology for covering target states

Conduct and manage the entire process of data collection, including conducting several KIIs and FGDs with stakeholders including women, health care providers, etc.

Present preliminary findings on data collected from stakeholders’ engagement and desk review

Provide leadership for the team and coordinate activities as necessary.

Coordinate the team’s ongoing analysis of qualitative and quantitative data.

Lead the preparation and presentation of the In-brief and Out-brief to USAID/Nigeria and other stakeholders as requested.

Write the draft evaluation report with support from the team members, taking into consideration feedback from the Out-brief presentation.

Respond to USAID comments on the draft report, incorporate USAID/Nigeria staff comments into the final version of the report, and finalize the report.

Present the rapid evaluation results to diverse audiences according to USAID standard reporting.

Work collaboratively with team members throughout design, implementation, analysis, and report writing to complement each other’s areas of expertise.

Qualifications: 

The candidate is expected to have the following qualifications:

• Minimum of ten years of professional experience in the Malaria sector, with specific expertise (including clinical) in malaria prevention and case management at the various levels of health care preferably in Nigeria.
• Minimum of ten years of professional experience in endline evaluations, research methods, and impact evaluation in a low/middle-income country.
• Experience in conducting endline evaluation for malaria programs.
• Expertise in the use of DID and Contribution Analysis for program impact evaluation is a key requirement
• Experience in international public health would be beneficial.
• Experience in preparing scientific technical reports and making verbal presentations, explaining issues clearly and concisely.
• Required oral and written communication and presentation skills in English.
• Demonstrated experience in collaborating across project stakeholder groups and donor projects.

The STTA should adhere to ethical guidelines, obtain informed consent, and protect the confidentiality and anonymity of participants.

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