Evaluation Team Lead – Infrastructure Impact Assessment

Banyan Global Introduction: Banyan Global is a development consulting firm founded on the principle that integrating expertise and experience from the development community and private sector will achieve a broad and lasting impact. Our unique team comprises seasoned private sector and international development professionals. Headquartered in Washington D.C. Banyan Global maintains staff around the world.

Position Overview: We are seeking an experienced Evaluation Team Lead to oversee the design and implementation of an independent evaluation to assess a portfolio of approximately 15 operational infrastructure projects in Africa Latin America and S.E. Asia. These projects vary in typeranging from greenfield developments to upgrades and expansions of existing infrastructure. The evaluation will examine the benefits generated by these projects to the U.S. government U.S. businesses and the host countries where projects are implemented. These infrastructure projects are supported through direct investments political risk insurance or via financial intermediaries such as investment funds. The evaluation will employ a combination of qualitative analysis and expost costbenefit analysis (CBA) to answer a set of prioritized questions. The insights from this evaluation will identify gaps in current practices and improving project screening due diligence monitoring and evaluation across the infrastructure project lifecycle. The position is flexible and remote with travel to project sites in low and middleincome countries (LMICs).

The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in qualitative research methods experience evaluating infrastructure development programs and a demonstrated ability to lead multidisciplinary teams in low and middleincome country contexts.

• Lead the design and implementation of the evaluation ensuring robust qualitative research and integration with expost costbenefit analysis.
• Guide the development of evaluation frameworks theory of change models and data collection tools tailored to infrastructure investments.
• Oversee qualitative data collection and analysis across diverse geographies and infrastructure types.
• Coordinate with subject matter experts quantitative analysts and field teams to synthesize evaluation findings.
• Lead the writing of case studies and the final evaluation report ensuring that findings address prioritized evaluation questions and are presented in a clear relevant format.
• Identify key lessons systemic gaps and opportunities for enhancing investment assessment processes.
• Oversee fieldwork planning team coordination and quality assurance processes in diverse and sometimes challenging settings.
• Represent the evaluation team in meetings with stakeholders and local partners.
• Ensure high standards of ethical research data quality and team performance.

• Masters or PhD in Evaluation Public Policy Environmental Studies Economics or a related field.
• At least 710 years of experience in evaluation with a focus on infrastructure or development finance.
• Proven expertise in qualitative methods (e.g. key informant interviews focus groups case studies) with demonstrated ability to lead analysis that informs strategic decisionmaking.
• Experience evaluating environmental and social impacts of infrastructure investments.
• Proven expertise in qualitative data collection and analysis methods including use of software (e.g. NVivo MAXQDA).
• Prior work in low and middleincome countries particularly on donorfunded or multilateral projects.
• Experience with costbenefit analysis and integrating qualitative insights into mixedmethods evaluations.
• Excellent communication team management and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Strong writing skills with experience producing evaluation reports for donor or multilateral audiences.
• Familiarity with political risk insurance blended finance or financial intermediaries.
• Ability to translate complex findings into practical recommendations for institutional learning.
• Multilingual capacity (e.g. French Spanish or Portuguese) is an advantage.

Interested candidates should submit their CV and salary expectations by May 19 2025. No cover letter required. Salary commensurate with background and experience. We will only contact eligible candidates to discuss their availability. Please no phone calls.

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