Social Impact Evaluation Team Member /Local Expert Youth Potential Activity Final Evaluation Jobs in Ethiopia

Social Impact Evaluation Team Member /Local Expert Youth Potential Activity Final Evaluation Jobs in Ethiopia

Closing date: 11 Sep 2019

Evaluation Team Member /Local Expert (M&E and Youth) Youth Potential Activity Final Evaluation

USAID/Ethiopia Performance Monitoring and Evaluation Service (EPMES) Activity, Ethiopia

Social Impact (SI) is an 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, 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.

In Ethiopia, SI implements the Ethiopia Performance Monitoring and Evaluation Service (EPMES) Activity of USAID.

The EPMES Activity provides monitoring and evaluation (M&E) services to the USAID/ Ethiopia Mission, which include external evaluation, performance monitoring technical support and improving capacity for learning and adapting.

Background

Building the Potential of Youth is a five-year USAID-funded program, implemented by Save the Children and partner organizations, that promotes opportunities for young Ethiopians to contribute to the betterment of society positively.

POTENTIAL’s goal is for unemployed and underemployed Ethiopian youth ages 15-29 in rural areas and towns to attain the skills, knowledge, and social capital that lead to increased income and long-term economic self-sufficiency.

The program plans to directly reach 34,537 Ethiopian youth in six regions, helping them to have access to gainful employment.

Position Description:

Social Impact is seeking a Local Expert (M&E and Youth) to participate in an upcoming end line evaluation of a USAID activity Building the Potential of Youth.

The Team Member will work under the supervision of the Team Leader. The evaluation is expected to start towards the end of July and the level of effort (LOE) for this evaluation is tentatively estimated at between 60 to 70 days.

This may be revised prior to the inception of this evaluation. The successful candidate will be notified about any changes in the LOE at the contracting stage.

The Local Expert will have the following duties and responsibilities.