USAID Kenya Civil Society and Evaluation Expert Jobs

Social Impact is a global development management consulting firm. We provide monitoring, evaluation, strategic planning, and capacity building services to advance development effectiveness.

We work across all development sectors including democracy and governance, health and education, the environment, and economic growth. Since 1997 we have worked in over 100 countries for clients such as US government agencies, bilateral donors, multilateral development banks, foundations, and nonprofits.

Project Objective:

USAID Kenya and East Africa (KEA) have asked Social Impact to conduct a mid-term performance evaluation of the Yetu Initiative, an intervention which leverages resources for community philanthropy-based approaches to empower Kenyan civil society organizations (CSOs) to help communities tackle challenges that they deem most pressing.

By supporting Kenyan contributions towards community-driven priorities, Yetu builds local ownership, trust, and support for Kenyan civil society, while also building self-reliance and reducing dependence on external donors.

The purpose of the Yetu evaluation is to learn from the experiences in Yetu: the strengths, limitations and good practices of community philanthropy as practiced in the initiative and how community philanthropy can be used to strengthen civil society and promote self-reliance in Kenya. The estimated period of performance for this evaluation is from July 2018 through October 2018.

Position Description:

SI is seeking individuals with civil society and community philanthropy expertise to serve as Team Leader or Team Member.

Tasks will include conducting a desk review, designing data collection activities, producing an inception report, collecting and analyzing data, presenting findings at stakeholder dissemination events, and producing draft and final reports as the main deliverable. The expected start date is at the beginning of July 2018 and we anticipate this position will require between 32 to 42 days of LOE. This is a consultancy position reporting to the U.S.-based SI Technical Director and working closely with the SI management team, as well as two to three other evaluation team members with civil society, philanthropy and/or performance evaluation expertise.

If selected as Team Leader, this individual will have overall responsibility for the quality of the evaluation design, data collection, and deliverables and the overall management of the evaluation team. This position includes fieldwork in Kenya, which will take place in August/September 2018.

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