No of Openings: 1

Job Type: Long Term Consultant 

Overview:

CAMRIS seeks an experienced Monitoring and Evaluation Consultant to assist a fast-paced project expected to produce high-quality M&E work under tight timelines. This is a short-term, deliverable-based position working with a team located in Baluwatar, Kathmandu. The consultant will work primarily in component 2 under the senior-level Evaluation Specialist focusing on managing and contributing to evaluations, assessments, studies, and baseline data collections. However, he or she will work with or under other staff as directed.

Responsibilities:

• Under the supervision of the senior-level Evaluation Specialist, undertake quality control of consulting teams in developing and implementing qualitative and quantitative evaluations or assessments including planning for data collections, development of protocols, and other technical evaluation and analytical tasks.
• Oversee or undertake field work managing, overseeing, or participating in both qualitative and quantitative data collections by small or large field teams
• Provide technical feedback on study and evaluation scopes of work from the client
• Join or oversee external teams in coding and analyzing qualitative data collected from the field.
• Undertake basic to moderate-level analysis of quantitative or qualitative data
• Work across multiple sectors
• Help liaise with external consultants (expat and Nepali), evaluators, subject matter experts, translators, and transcribers.
• Perform related administrative, logistic, and organizing responsibilities involving the studies, as assigned.
• Provide deliverables as requested and report regularly on tasks assigned.

Qualifications:

• An advanced degree in a sector relevant to monitoring and evaluation of USAID/Nepal activities (e.g., economics, public policy, international relations, statistics, political science, health, education, agriculture, etc.)
• At least 3 years of experience working in monitoring and evaluation in Nepal
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in evaluation and research with at least 3 of years heavily involving evaluation or research strongly preferred
• Experience working with USAID preferred
• Experience working on both third-party and internal evaluations preferred
• Field experience in undertaking data collection in the field strongly preferred
• Experience across sectors preferred
• Strong interpersonal skills required
• Proven ability to work on multiple projects or tasks simultaneously required
• Experience and skills in statistical analysis preferred
• Excellent oral and written communication in English and Nepali required
• Experience writing and editing reports in English at a sophisticated level required