Technical Director, USAID Building Evidence for Making-Decision

Overview of the Company

Social Solutions International, Inc. (Social Solutions) is a Hispanic and woman-owned business emphasizing quality research and evaluation, training and technical assistance, and institutional support services. We are a mission-driven organization that believes that superior science can improve the world. Social Solutions is dedicated to the creation of social and health solutions to improve the welfare of underserved populations worldwide.

Overview of the Position

Social Solutions is seeking a Technical Director for the anticipated, USAID-funded, Building Evidence for Making-Decision (BE4D). BE4D will be an up-to-ten-year,  $98 million program that aims to utilize evidence-based solutions for monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL services for the USAID Bureau for Democracy, Development, and Innovation (DDI), local actors, and implementing partners. BE4D is a buy-in mechanism activity.

The Technical Director serves as the Contractor’s designated person for oversight of the technical aspects of evaluation, research, and learning tasks undertaken as a part of the Contract and related coordination and communications with the USAID TOCOR and/or tasking managers

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensures the high quality and rigor of technical services provided under this Contract, including but not limited to technical aspects of recruitment/staffing, research designs, instruments, data collection, data security and privacy, data analysis, writing, dissemination, and evidence use.
• Ensures that activities implemented under the Task Order are managed and implemented in accordance with USAID regulations, policies and procedures related to data, research, and evaluation, and the specifications determined in the SOW.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in areas such as international affairs, humanities, or social sciences (Advanced degree such as a Master’s preferred, but not required)
• Minimum of eight (8) years of relevant work experience
• Demonstrated excellent English oral and written communication skills and the ability to translate highly technical research for a practitioner audience
• Demonstrated experience promoting a culture of evidence use beyond just delivering MEL/CLA services
• Demonstrated experience with collaboration, learning, and adaptive management
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to establish and sustain professional, collaborative relationships
• Demonstrated strong management skills to be able to effectively deliver against responsibilities outlined above and to ensure the delivery of high-quality contract activities, excellent customer service, and contract oversight
• Demonstrated excellent experience using both qualitative and quantitative research methods
• Demonstrated experience with evaluation methodology
• Demonstrated experience with program design, including work collaboratively with stakeholders to facilitate strong program design
• Demonstrated experience with performance monitoring for learning and adaptive management
• Demonstrated excellent communication skills to foster open, transparent, and collaborative communications with the Government.
• Demonstrated ability to foster transparency and trust with other partners
• Able to obtain the Facility Access Clearance.

Equal Employer

Social Solutions International offers competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits. Please submit your resume online at www.social solutions.biz.

Social Solutions is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.