USAID/Haiti Evaluation and Survey Services Plus (ESS+) Project

Social Impact (SI) is an international development management consulting firm based in Washington, DC area. 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. In the arena of international development, SI is considered to be one of the global leaders in the areas of monitoring and evaluation, strategic planning, project and program design, organizational capacity building, and gender and social analysis. SI services crosscut all development sectors including democracy and governance, health and education, the environment, and economic growth. Since 1997 we have worked in over 100 countries and our clients include US government agencies such as the US Agency for International Development (USAID), the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the US Department of State, bilateral donors, multilateral development banks, foundations, and non-profits.

Project Objective:
In August 2022, The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded International Business Initiatives Corp. (IBI)The Evaluation Survey Services Plus (ESS+) contract to support USAID/Haiti and its partners with evaluations, survey and study support, capacity building and learning events, and in-country Third Party Monitoring. IBI partner with SI to implement the USAID Haiti Evaluation and Survey Services Plus (ESS+) Activity

Position Description:
Haiti ESS+ is seeking 6 local research assistants (RA) to support data collection and data analysis of its Evaluation/Assessment portfolio. RAs serve generally as a member of the baseline/evaluation/assessment team, helping in planning and conducting data collection, note-taking and data analysis. RA will be expected to produce high quality summary notes after each Key informant interviews (KII) /focus group discussion (FGD) and group interviews (GI). The RAs will work under the supervision of Team Leader to assist throughout the data collection and analysis process.
The baseline/evaluation/assessment level of effort is approximately 7 – 8 weeks, including 3 weeks of data collection and 4 weeks of data analysis.

Roles & Responsibilities:
Under the supervision of the evaluation Team Leader, the RA will:
• Contribute to the design of data collection tools.
• Participate in the training for RAs.
• Plan and coordinate logistic for data collection.
• Record and take notes during interviews.
• Provide high quality summary notes for each interview.
• Participate in all Team Planning Meetings (TPM) or other meetings with the Team Leader
• Participate in all data analysis.
• Collaborate in any other evaluation tasks as directed by the Team Leader

Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in social sciences or other related fields
• At least 3 years of experience participating in data collection in Haiti.
• Ability to contribute to analyze qualitative and quantitative data.
• Strong skills in note taking and transcription.
• Strong skills writing report in French.
• Proficiency in writing and spoken French and advance Intermediate level in English.
• Familiarity with development projects
• Proven leadership and organizational skills to successfully support the Team Leader

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SI is an EEO/AA/ADA Veterans Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
Only selected candidates will be contacted for an interview. Please, no phone calls.

2023-02-25