Posted September 3, 2024
Headlight Organization Overview
Founded in 2018, Headlight Consulting Services, LLP delivers data-driven decision-making to its partners through robust strategy design support, in-depth monitoring, evaluation, and learning technical services, and facilitated organizational change processes. Headlight brings over 60 years of combined experience in international development and expertise in qualitative methods; systems-thinking; utilization-focused Collaborating, Learning, Adapting, Monitoring, and Evaluation (CLAME); emergent methods such as developmental evaluation; organizational development; and much more. Headlight offers fit-for-purpose, agile solutions to improve the efficiency and efficacy of development programs around the globe, focusing on the structures and systems that enable sustainable solutions.
Summary of Position
Headlight Consulting Services seeks consultant(s) to provide short-term qualitative analysis coding support on an Outcome Harvesting Evaluation. Through coding, our team will seek to understand and examine what, if any, outcomes/changes or unintended effects have occurred as a result of the Activity implementation. This is a part-time (20-30 hours/week) and remote position that will report to the Methodologist supporting this evaluation (located in Washington, DC). It is required that the applicant is based in the U.S., with the ability to work U.S. East Coast time zone working hours.
Responsibilities
The Coding consultant will be responsible for a variety of tasks, depending on need, but are likely to include the following outlined responsibilities in support of the Outcome Harvesting evaluation:
- Conduct cleaning and qualitative coding of interviews received from the data collection throughout the evaluation
- Maintain and update the codebook iteratively
- Contribute to outcome mapping during and after coding to make sense of the identified outcomes
- Apply feedback from the supervisor to edit code applications accordingly
- Regularly participate in team communications to maintain consistency and quality assurance throughout data collection and analysis
- Provide quality assurance of all deliverables
- Maintain trackers on the progress of requested/assigned tasks
- Contribute to individual and team work planning and coordination
- Potentially continue support in the initial stages of qualitative analysis by contributing to prioritize and consolidate findings to understand the who, what, where, when, and how details of the identified change/outcome
Qualifications
- Master’s in Political Science, International Relations, or related disciplines or a Bachelor’s and an additional 3 years of experience in qualitative analysis
- 2-3 years of professional experience in international development and/or monitoring and evaluation preferred
- Demonstrated experience with qualitative coding required, and use of associated applications such as Dedoose is preferred but not required
- Familiarity with USAID’s organizational structure, program cycle, and operating context, advantageous but not required
How to Apply
Interested persons should send a CV and Cover Letter that highlights experience aligned with the requirements above to info@headlightconsultingservices.com. Please include in the subject line of your email “Qualitative Coding STTA – IYA.” Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis so apply as soon as possible! Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Qualified Female applicants are encouraged to apply.
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