Higher Education Strategy Expert Consultant

Summary

Join Dexis as a Higher Education Strategy Expert consultant under the Education Support Initiative II (ESI II) Institutional Support Contract (ISC). The consultant will work remotely for a period from December 1, 2024 through October 31, 2025. The expected level of effort for this consultancy is 960 hours (120 days).

Requirements

• Experienced international higher education professional and researcher with a graduate degree in social science or a related field preferred
• A Bachelor's and six years or Master’s and five years of prior experience working on international higher education, preferably with USAID funded activities
• Experience in the design, implementation, management and/or evaluation of higher education activities
• Experience developing and delivering interview protocols
• Experience writing reports and strategic documents
• Excellent writing and editing skills
• Experience synthesizing complex research for general audiences
• Ability to use Microsoft Office and Google Suite products required

Responsibilities

• Review relevant background documents related to USAID’s higher education portfolio
• Conduct KIIs and FGDs with members of HELN, the internal Higher Education Working Group, and the BE2 Higher Education SIG
• Conduct KIIs and FGDs with Missions with higher education programming
• Produce recommendations related to 1) the relevance of the existing HELA for the sector and USAID’s priorities, 2) the ecosystem of learning networks and how they can/should meet the needs of stakeholders, and 3) how those two streams (the HELA and HELN) can work together to strategically advance USAID’s higher education programming
• Collaborate with HELN and the higher education SMEs to reimagine the HELN network
• Map the connections uncovered through the interviews and document review to produce an internal strategy to guide the work of the higher education team
• Participate in regular check-ins with USAID to discuss progress and troubleshoot challenges