Talent Pool: International Monitoring, Evaluation & Data Specialists

McColm and Company • Arlington, VA

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About The Position

McColm & Company is building a talent pool of project personnel and subject matter expert consultants for multiple positions supporting international monitoring, evaluation, and data work. Engagement type varies by project and may be full-time employment, part-time employment, or consultancy as a 1099 independent contractor. Onsite, hybrid, and remote options are available. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, and joining the pool does not guarantee an engagement; candidates will be contacted when an assignment matches their expertise to discuss the role, level of effort, and availability.

McColm is a mission-driven professional services firm supporting U.S. federal customers in foreign affairs, international development, human services, and national security. Its Justice and Resilience Practice supports clients seeking effective outcomes from international technical assistance projects addressing labor rights, trade, and global supply chains, including efforts to combat child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking. Candidates are sought at all career levels, including senior evaluators and program leaders, sector and country specialists, data analysts, and visualization experts. Individuals with lived experience of forced labor, child labor, or human trafficking are encouraged to apply; such experience may be considered in place of some formal education or professional experience.

Duties vary by project and role. Potential assignments include project management, evaluation leadership, sector and country expertise, rapid evaluation and political economy analysis, data analysis, data visualization, facilitation and training, editing, and accessibility support. Some roles may require travel. Candidates must be U.S. citizens or otherwise authorized to work in the United States and fluent in written and spoken English. Prior experience supporting U.S. Government clients is highly desirable.

Applicants are asked to indicate the role types they seek, technical and sector expertise, countries or regions where they have worked, languages and proficiency, and whether they seek full-time, part-time, or consulting work. Compensation depends on job requirements, market dynamics, and the successful candidate’s experience and skills. Full-time employees are eligible for McColm’s standard benefits package; contract and consultant roles are not eligible for benefits.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship or authorization to work in the United States.
• Fluency in written and spoken English.
• Project Manager: Bachelor’s degree or higher.
• Project Manager: At least 5 years of contract management experience in an international development context.
• Project Manager: At least 5 years performing and overseeing multiple types of MEL services.
• Project Manager: At least 5 years managing deadlines and deliverable preparation and submission.
• Project Manager: At least 5 years building and maintaining stakeholder relationships.
• Project Manager: Availability during core Eastern Time business hours, with flexibility during fieldwork periods.
• Lead Evaluator: Master’s degree or higher.
• Lead Evaluator: At least 8 years of recent MEL experience with international development projects.
• Lead Evaluator: Demonstrated experience facilitating trainings and cross-team learning workshops.
• Lead Evaluator: Experience with portfolio approaches and thematic analysis.
• Lead Evaluator: Experience within the past three years leading evaluation teams virtually and in hybrid settings.
• Lead Evaluator: Demonstrated experience with at least one of Adaptive Evaluation, Collaboration, Learning and Adaptation (CLA), Rapid Evaluation, or use of AI in Evaluation.
• Travel may be required for some roles.

Nice To Haves

• Additional language fluency is a plus for Lead Evaluators.
• Experience evaluating labor rights programs is strongly preferred.
• Prior experience supporting U.S. Government clients is highly desirable.
• Lived experience of forced labor, child labor, or human trafficking is valued and may be considered in place of some formal education or professional experience.

Responsibilities

• Oversee contract operations, deliverable quality and timeliness, budgets, staffing, and bench workflow, and serve as the primary liaison with the Government client (Project Manager).
• Provide technical leadership across MEL tasks; match specialists to assignments; review and approve technical work; mentor bench members; and verify the accuracy of AI-assisted analysis (Lead Evaluator).
• Lead performance and rapid evaluations, draft Terms of Reference, manage IRB and ethical clearance, and produce utilization-focused reports (Evaluation Team Leads / Senior Evaluators).
• Provide sector or country expertise in labor rights, child labor, forced labor, human trafficking, labor law enforcement, trade and labor compliance, critical minerals and mining supply chains, the maritime industry and workforce, or global supply chain due diligence (Sector and Country Specialists).
• Deliver credible findings on compressed timelines through desk review and key informant interviews (Rapid Evaluation and Political Economy Analysts).
• Assess data quality, including validity, reliability, timeliness, precision, and integrity, and conduct quantitative and qualitative analysis of indicator data (Data Analysts).
• Develop Tableau or Power BI dashboards, infographics, network models, and products for non-technical audiences (Data Visualization Specialists).
• Facilitate in-person, virtual, and hybrid sense-making sessions; support learning design and M&E capacity building (Facilitators and Trainers).
• Copy-edit documents and produce Section 508-compliant materials (Editors and Accessibility Specialists).

Benefits

• Full-time employees are eligible for health insurance, paid holidays, paid time off, 401(k), and other standard benefits.
• Contract and consultant roles are not eligible for benefits. Compensation is based on job requirements, market dynamics, and the successful candidate’s experience and skills.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed