Evaluation Specialist Consultant

Job Summary

Serving as the Fund's Experimental Design Lead, the remote contractor Evaluation Specialist Consultant will validate evaluation designs, oversee quasi-experimental impact evaluations, and ensure scientific integrity in the Fund's impact evaluation strategy across multiple intervention geographies.

Key responsibilities

• Validate and finalize the experimental design and pre-register evaluation protocols on an open science platform
• Lead mid-term and final evaluations, applying a contribution analysis framework to address attribution challenges
• Produce peer-reviewed findings and recommendations for program expansion based on evaluation results

Required qualifications

• Advanced degree (PhD preferred) in evaluation, statistics, economics, ecology, or a related quantitative field
• Minimum 7 years of experience designing and leading impact evaluations or quasi-experimental studies in relevant fields
• Demonstrated expertise in quasi-experimental designs and experience pre-registering evaluation designs on open science platforms
• Familiarity with remote sensing data and advanced causal inference methods is preferred
• Fluency in English, Spanish, and Portuguese is required