Local Staff for USAID Vietnam Learn Project

Seeking Local Staff for USAID Vietnam Learn Project

Background

NORC at the University of Chicago is one of the largest and most highly respected social research organizations pursuing high quality social science research both in the U.S. and internationally.

NORC is seeking several Specialists for a large USAID monitoring, evaluation, and learning Support Project who will work full-time over a 5 year period based in Hanoi, Vietnam. The Project will provide monitoring and evaluation (M&E) technical support to USAID; design and conduct impact and performance evaluations, using mixed methods, and other studies; design and conduct data collection (quantitative and qualitative); and strengthen knowledge management and build M&E capacity of USAID and implementing partners.

All individuals should be fluent in Vietnamese and English. Vietnamese nationals are preferred. Women are strongly encouraged to apply.

Evaluation Specialist

The Evaluation Specialist will contribute to mixed method performance and impact evaluations.

Responsibilities will include:

• Design of rigorous evaluation designs, with well thought-out research questions and associated indicators
• Questionnaire development
• Key informant in-depth interviewing
• Management of survey data collection, review of data, preparation of datasets, analysis of quantitative or qualitative data to measure program impact and implementation performance, and report writing.

The evaluation specialist must have strong grounding in evaluation methodology, as well as familiarity with one or more of the following sectors: economic growth and governance, education, environment, health, persons with disabilities, vulnerable populations.

Qualifications

• University degree in sociology, economics, political science, public policy, or other relevant field.
• A minimum of five years of work experience in M&E, including design and implementation of impact and/or performance evaluations.
• Experience working in an M&E role on a USAID project and familiarity with experimental/quasi-experimental design impact evaluations preferred.

Survey Specialist

The Survey Specialist will support all data collection activities (surveys, Focus Group Discussions (FGD), Key Informant Interviews (KII), and other types of data collection). The person filling this position will provide support and oversight of enumerator training, pilot testing of instruments, and quality control of data collection in the field. This person will also be responsible for conducting data quality reviews (DQR) and data cleaning for a wide range of data sets.

Qualifications

• University degree in survey methodology, statistics, sociology, economics, or other relevant field.
• A minimum of five years of data collection.
• Experience developing data collection instruments and enumerator training manuals and materials.
• Experience managing large scale data collection, conducting DQR, and organizing data analysis.

Capacity Building Support

The Capacity Building specialist will plan, prepare, deliver, and oversee on-the-job training to staff from a range of institutions, including government agencies, USAID, NGOs and development project implementers. An understanding of organizational development will be valuable. An emphasis will be placed on consultative development of learning activities, and participatory approaches to all capacity building.

Qualifications

• University degree in international development, public policy, communications, or other related fields.
• Eight years of capacity building experience, including development of courses, training and/or technical assistance.
• Excellent communications and interpersonal skills required.
• Fluency in English and Vietnamese required.

Interested candidates should email a CV and cover letter to [email protected] .