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Short term Consultants

SUN LE Readiness and Performance Assessments (PAs)

Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates to work on a short-term basis as Performance Assessors between May 2020 to July 2020.

Qualifications and skills

• A Bachelor’s degree in public administration, social sciences, public health, nutrition or agricultural related field with at least 10 years work experience.
• Master’s degree will be an added advantage
• Demonstrated understanding of the Zambian public sector particularly multi-sectoral public sector initiatives and services delivery
• Demonstrated experience with social development programmes.  Familiarity with nutrition, food security, water and sanitation programmes highly desirable. 
• Substantial experience with field data collection – both quantitative and qualitative methods.  Demonstrated experience interviewing government officials at provincial/district / sub district level
• Experience with performance audit/assessment, data quality assessment or general service quality assessment will be an added advantage
• Experience in electronic data collection
• English and local Language proficiency required. 
• Excellent verbal commination skills, logical thinking, and ability to write clearly.
• Need to be available for all the days of the assessment, including the training. (NO FULLY EMPLOYED CANDIDATES WILL BE CONSIDERED – CONSULTANTS ONLY)

Duties and Responsibilities

Assessors will work under the supervision of the SUN-LE Performance Assessment Team.  Assessor will be required to:

• Participate in a 7-10 residential day training: Become fully familiar with the performance assessment methodology and tools
• Participate in the sampling process to select units as well as key informants for the performance assessment using prescribed methodologies
• Confirm appointments with the selected respondents for performance audits.   Make alternative arrangements for appointments as necessary.
• Make courtesy calls to relevant government offices to brief the officials on the performance assessment
• Make courtesy calls to relevant government offices to brief the officials on the performance assessment
• Collect data – using a mix of quantitative and qualitative methods from the selected respondents and capture the data into a tablet.
• Collect data according to the prescribed data collection schedule (which may include evenings and weekends) ensuring adherence to timelines
• Be fully responsible for project equipment entrusted to him/her

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