Seeking a Country Lead

Khulisa seeks a qualified and experienced Country Lead for a Porticus proposal for the Monitoring Evaluation and Learning Partnership for Porticus-funded Programmes “Children in Displacement” AND/OR “Children on the Margin”. If awarded, this will be a multi-year consultancy working with country-level and programme-level grantees on programme learning.

Must be based in one of these countries: Kenya, Uganda, India, Bangladesh, Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Haiti, Lebanon, and Jordan. 

Qualifications/Experience

• Masters Degree
• Minimum 10 years of work experience in International Development programs in developing countries
• Minimum eight years of experience in implementing program evaluations with some level of research expertise, in the children in displacement or children on the margin sector
• Experience in leading Evaluation Teams
• Excellent oral and written skills in English are required
• Fluency or working knowledge of the local language will be an added advantage
• Must be based in one of these countries: Kenya, Uganda, India, Bangladesh, Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Haiti, Lebanon and Jordan

Areas of Focus

• Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL)
• Programme learning, learning loops and learning agendas
• Capacity Building for programme monitoring, evaluation and learning with grantees from a variety of countries (Africa, South Asia and Latin America)
• Whole Child Development, specifically socio-emotional learning
• Education
• Youth

Responsibilities

• Manage all aspects of the project in country
• Provide and implement technical expertise
• Communication and liaison with grantees
• Communication and reporting to Khulisa
• Documenting and providing monitoring evidence
• Facilitating the coordination and review of the TOC and strategy with relevant stakeholders and partners/grantees
• Bringing the contextualization into the TOC and strategy
• Setting up the structure to implement the strategy in country
• Contribute to the design of the programme evaluation
• Manage, coordinate and be responsible for the programme evaluation activities in country
• Ensure adherence to financial processes, reporting, accountability and due diligence

Khulisa is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse workforce. Khulisa provides market-competitive salaries and employee benefits.

Please apply with a comprehensive CV highlighting experience to jobs@khulisa.com