US Dept. of Labor ILAB -- Planned Procurement: Lead Evaluator

I Aps; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

US Dept. of Labor ILAB is seeking a Lead Evaluator for on‑demand monitoring, evaluation and data services. The role supports ILAB-funded projects across regions, with a 12-month base and four 12-month options.

Responsibilities include guiding the evaluation bench, ensuring quality deliverables, and leveraging AI in analysis. The candidate will lead virtual and hybrid teams, facilitate learning workshops, and deliver high-quality English reports on deadline. Authorization to work in the U.S.

Qualifications

• Master's degree or higher required.
• At least 8 years of monitoring, evaluation, and learning experience with international development.
• Ability to facilitate trainings and lead cross-team learning workshops.
• Experience leading evaluation teams virtually or in hybrid settings.
• Proficiency in English with high-quality deliverables on deadline.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning, implementation, and utilization of all M&E tasks under the contract.
• Conduct quality reviews and finalize requested deliverables.
• Apply expertise in program evaluation, indicator development, and data analysis.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to bench members.
• Coordinate on-site facilitation, data collection, and site visits as appropriate.
• Verify AI-assisted analysis before inclusion in deliverables.

Skills

M&E leadership

Program evaluation

Training facilitation

Cross-team collaboration

Stakeholder communication

English fluency

Education

Master's degree or higher

Tools

AI in evaluation

Data analysis

Data visualization

Job description

US Dept. of Labor ILAB -- Planned Procurement: Lead Evaluator

Working hours Flexible

Location United States

Job Description

About the assignment: i-APS is recruiting several positions for the planned U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) requirement for on-demand monitoring, evaluation, and data services. The services will assess and report on the effectiveness and outcomes of ILAB-funded technical assistance projects and other program areas. ILAB anticipates a contract with one 12-month base period and four 12-month option periods.

Assignments span Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Europe, North, Central and South America, and the Caribbean, and cover five task areas:

• Outcome-based interim, final, and thematic performance evaluations;
• Rapid and ad-hoc evaluative studies;
• Ad hoc training and collaborative learning activities on M&E topics;
• Data support services, including data quality assessments;
• Data visualization, communications, and synthesis support.

Designated key personnel. Based in the United States; candidates must be authorized to work in the United States. Substitution requires prior written approval from the COR.

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, implementation, and utilization stages of all monitoring, evaluation, and learning tasks under the contract;
• Conduct quality reviews of technical work and prepare and finalize requested deliverables;
• Apply technical expertise in program evaluation, performance monitoring, indicator development, facilitation of learning, and data analysis and data use;
• Provide technical oversight of the bench of specialists: match specialist expertise to assignment needs, review and approve the technical quality of specialist work product, and provide technical guidance and mentorship to bench members;
• Work with the bench to carry out on-site facilitation, data collection, site visits, and observations where fieldwork is appropriate;
• Verify the accuracy of AI-assisted analysis or content before it is included in any deliverable.

Minimum Qualifications

• Authorization to work in the United States;
• Master's degree or higher;
• At least 8 years of recent monitoring, evaluation, and learning experience with international development projects in the communities and with the populations served by ILAB projects;
• Demonstrated ability to facilitate trainings, create and use tools that elicit and leverage collective thinking, and lead cross-team learning workshops;
• Demonstrated ability to work with portfolio approaches and methodologies and to provide actionable feedback on thematic areas of interest;
• Experience within the past three years leading evaluation teams virtually and in hybrid (remote and in-person) settings;
• Demonstrated experience in one or more of the following: adaptive evaluation; collaboration, learning and adaptation (CLA); rapid evaluation; use of AI in evaluation;
• Ability to listen to stakeholder input, adapt evaluation approaches accordingly, and communicate findings persuasively to influence program improvements;
• Fluency in written and spoken English, and ability to produce high-quality deliverables in proficient English on deadline.

Assets

• Fluency in one or more languages of countries where ILAB projects are implemented;
• Previous experience evaluating or researching labor rights programs and initiatives.

Equal Opportunity and Compliance

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