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SoCha LLC

Empowering Social Change

Company background

SoCha (a portmanteau of Social and Change) is an independent Monitoring,
Evaluation, and Learning (ME&L) firm that provides bespoke solutions to social
challenges. Since our inception in 2010, we have grown into a fully-fledged
MEL services firm specializing in advancing innovative methodologies and
changing the way donors find solutions to social problems.

Activity background

USAID/Zambia has a diverse portfolio with programs in the following areas
Health (HIV/AIDS, Maternal and Child Health, Family Planning and Reproductive
Health, Water Supply and Sanitation, Nutrition, Malaria, Tuberculosis);
Education (basic education and early child development); Economic growth
(Agriculture policy support, private sector, economic opportunity, energy,
environment, global climate change, wildlife conservation, energy); and
Democracy, Right and Governance (the rule of law and human rights, good
governance, political environment, and consensus-building, civil
society).USAID/Zambia’s new Performance Management Plan (PMP) is fully aligned
to its new CDCS.

For the purpose of this activity, USAID/Zambia Monitoring, Evaluation and
Learning Platform (Z-MELP) is defined as an implementing mechanism that gives
the mission access to technical and advisory services to design and carry out
specialized multiple, third-party, MEL tasks including practices, processes,
and requirements that support Program Cycle implementation.

Overview of the role

The Senior Evaluator will ensure the coherent and high-quality integration of
the following additional analysis components

> Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA);
> Outcome Harvesting (OH) and other qualitative data components, and
> Qualitative Impact Assessment Protocol (QuIP)

In addition to overseeing and implementing the components, the Senior
Evaluator will build relevant capacity among the local team through learning-
by-doing.

Responsibilities

To successfully meet the objectives outlined above, the Senior Evaluator will

> Review all relevant EDGE activity and evaluation documentation;
> Provide oversight for QCA, OH, other qualitative data components;
> Assess the value of QuIP for the evaluation and oversee component if deemed valuable;
> Support co-creation of QCA model and instruments for relevant analysis components;
> Deliver analysis for evaluation components and integrate local staff into the implementation of analysis components to allow for learning-by-doing;
> Participate and present findings in client meetings and meetings with other stakeholders as needed;
> Draft evaluation report sections for analysis component and ensure their coherent integration of into and support overall report, and
> Provide senior-level technical evaluation guidance as needed.

A local team of enumerators will support the consultant for data collection
and transcription.

Qualifications

> An advanced degree;
> A minimum of three years of experience of working on USAID-funded activities or directly with the Mission;
> A minimum of seven years of experience in MEL working on international development programs;
> Experience with USAID’s program cycle;
> Extensive expertise in evaluations and at least two of the following disciplines performance management/monitoring; data management; CLA; and knowledge
> Familiar with ADS 201 MEL-related requirements, incl. latest revisions;
> Experience in training and organizational capacity building, particularly in the disciplines above;
> Experience designing or delivering utilization-focused performance or impact evaluations;
> Experience with EMMPs;
> An understanding of how to select optimal mixed methods during evaluation design;
> English language proficiency, and
> Fully paid-up member of Zambia Monitoring and Evaluation Association (ZAMEA);



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