Kenya: Political Survey Design Specialist

Organization: International Business & Technical Consultants, Inc.

Country: Kenya

Closing date: 04 Mar 2016

Company Profile

International Business & Technical Consultants, Inc. (IBTCI), a U.S.-based international development consulting company established in 1987, has worked in over eighty-five countries and has implemented over one hundred and fifty projects for donors such as USAID, DFID and the World Bank. IBTCI has served governments, private sector companies and donor agencies in monitoring & evaluation (M&E) across diverse sectors including humanitarian assistance, WASH, food security, shelter, education, health, economic growth and democracy & governance.

Background and Job Summary

IBTCI implements the Somali Program Support Services (SPSS) contract, providing ongoing monitoring, verification, and evaluation support to the USAID/Kenya and East Africa/Somalia Office. The SPSS team received a Task Order to conduct a baseline assessment to establish initial values on activity outcome measures for the Strengthening Somali Governance (SSG) activity. As part of this effort, SPSS is seeking a consultant to assist in designing a baseline Citizen Perception Survey (CPS) of governance issues in Somalia. The estimated level of effort will be five days, including design of survey questions, skip patterns and a data analysis plan, and the position will be based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Requirements

• Seven years of experience in designing political surveys and analyzing data.


• Advanced degree in political science or similar discipline


• Expertise with political science opinion poll surveys required for this survey design and validation (wording of questions, selection of response categories, flow of questions, skip patterns, etc.)


• Experience in designing analysis plans for survey results grounded in thematic area.

The survey should be designed to collect data disaggregated by gender, region, geographic area, and age. Questions should be designed along the following themes:

• Political knowledge


• Access to information


• Expectations of government


• Trust in institutions


• Political participation and civic engagement


• Citizenship

How to apply:

Applications

To apply, please visit https://ibtci.devhire.devex.com/jobs/332670. No phone calls please. Only final candidates will be contacted.

Respondents to this announcement must disclose any actual or perceived organizational, professional or personal conflicts of interest(s) that may exist prior to award and performance of the proposed work with their response to this announcement. While If a conflict exists, the respondent must describe how the actual or perceived conflict of interest can be mitigated in order to ensure that the integrity and veracity of program data, information, deliverables and results are not compromised. Respondents should state clearly that no organization, professional or personal conflicts exist in their submissions. Awardee(s) will be required to certify that no organization and personnel conflicts of interests exist prior to the start of any actions as a result of this announcement. Any conflict of interest not disclosed and discovered prior to award will disqualify the respondent and any conflict of interest not disclosed and discovered after any award is grounds for immediate termination of the award.

IBTCI is an equal opportunity employer. Prospective employees will receive consideration without discrimination of race, creed, religion, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, or veteran status. We are an E-verify employer.