Team leader

For the evaluation of phase 1 of the International Business College Mitrovica
to start in February 2012,
SPARK is currently looking for:
International Consultant/Team leader

Objective of the evaluation:

• Assess the extent to which the project achieved its overall objectives and outputs as identified in the Project Document;
• Review effectiveness of the overall Project interventions, its main achievements, compliance with expanding country’s needs and overall impact in improving the situation of youth’s tertiary educational needs in business and public administration;
• Review and evaluate the extent to which project outputs have reached the intended beneficiaries;
• Assess the likelihood of continuation and sustainability of project outputs and benefits after completion of the project - analyze how far the system of exit policy in the project ensures the sustainability of the project benefits;
• Identify gaps/weaknesses in the current Project design and provide recommendations as to their improvement;
• Identify lessons learnt from ongoing interventions in the area;
• Identifying future interventions of the Project.

Requirements for this assignment

• Higher education (a degree) in socio-economic development sciences;
• Extensive experience in conducting evaluations, strong working knowledge of international donors, the tertiary education sector or private sector and working with government sectors and levels;
• Extensive knowledge of result-based management evaluation, OECD/DAC and /or UN-system evaluation standards, as well as participatory monitoring and evaluation methodologies and approaches;
• Experience in applying SMART indicators and reconstructing or validating results chains;
• Minimum 7-10 years of extensive professional expertise in international development co-operation, in programme/project evaluation, and strategic recommendations for continued support/development of programming/strategies;
• Good professional knowledge of the Western Balkans region, especially a strong political understanding of the complexities of Kosovo;
• Extensive experience in working with the donors;
• Demonstrated and strong analytical, communication and report writing skills;
• Teamwork capacity to work with the target group representatives;
• Fluency in written and spoken English.
  

For more information please refer to the Terms of Reference.

To apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV/Company Capacity Statement, with a letter of interest and 3 reference letters to vacancy@spark-online.org by February 3, 2012. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

Url:

http://www.spark-online.org