Evaluation Consultant (PVE)

THE COMPANY:

ARK Group is a stabilisation and development company committed to empowering local communities and beneficiaries in conflict, post-conflict, and fragile areas through the provision of evidence-based programmatic interventions, policy recommendations, research and capacity-building. Working with and through local communities, we seek to understand and then mitigate the negative effects of conflict and instability, enhancing social social cohesion and resilience whist promoting human security, development and economic opportunity with a focus on the following UN Sustainable Development Goals – Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Reduced Inequalities, Gender Equality and Partnerships for the Goals.

ARK’s approach combines mixed-methods research with strong, consistent engagement with local communities and stakeholders to bridge the gap between the aspirations of local communities and the priorities of governmental and multilateral actors, thus informing the design and implementation of relevant interventions. Utilising innovative quantitative and qualitative methodologies to generate data, we deliver, monitor, evaluate and learn from our programming.

ARK believes in enabling local communities to realise their aspirations and potential through the participatory design of projects and programmes that address the drivers and causes of conflict and instability. We are responsive and accountable to the communities we work in because so many of our staff and partners are from those communities.

We value inclusive, academically-rigorous, ethically-driven research and participatory design. We are innovators and incubators, finding and nurturing solutions in cooperation with our partners, whilst seeking to bridge the gap between our donors and the communities they wish to support. To the traditional project management disciplines of Economy, Effectiveness Efficiency and Equity, we add Empathy.

With over twenty nationalities in the company, we embrace diversity, nurture opportunity and leverage the youthful enthusiasm of our staff, whilst drawing on the experience and expertise of our more senior staff. We believe in hard work, delivering results that everyone can be proud of, and caring for each other. Our staff are our biggest asset and their welfare is our first priority.

THE POSITION:

We are recruiting an Evaluation Consultant (PVE focused) who will work with the MEAL and Operations teams during February and March 2021.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Design a comprehensive evaluation survey (quantitative) tool to test increased community resilience impact as a result of ARK project activities.
• Set up and manage survey in a suitable online platform for collection of results.
• Advise project team on sampling methodologies to ensure representative sampling.
• Conduct data analysis of results including appropriate statistical analysis tools and produce an APA-formatted results report for the project team.

REQUIREMENTS:

Essential

• PhD in appropriate social science related to P/CVE, stabilisation, peace building or conflict studies.
• 10 years+ experience supporting international development programmes in a monitoring and evaluation role. Experience delivering in a Middle Eastern context is a plus.
• Advanced quantitative/statistical analysis skills with demonstrable experience.
• Expert recent knowledge of key debates within the academic/practitioner field relating to P/CVE and conflict studies.
• Comfortable working to tight deadlines and producing excellent results.

Desirable

• Working knowledge of Arabic would be a plus.

ARK Group places human dignity at the centre of its development and stabilisation work and is thus committed to the protection from sexual exploitation and abuse of children and adults. All ARK employees and related-personnel are expected to share this commitment, and only those who also uphold these values will be recruited as part of our team. This vacancy is therefore subject to a range of due diligence checks.