Team Lead – Third Party Monitoring (TPM)

Omtok Consulting Services is a data-driven management consulting firm specializing in monitoring, evaluation, research, business intelligence, digital solutions, and AI-enabled analytics for development, humanitarian, government, and private-sector organizations.

We help organizations transform data into actionable insights, strengthen performance, improve accountability, and make evidence-based decisions. Through a combination of technical expertise, innovative technologies, and deep contextual knowledge of Afghanistan, we deliver practical solutions that generate measurable impact.

By leveraging advanced analytics, artificial intelligence, and proven consulting methodologies, Omtok enables organizations to solve complex challenges, improve operational effectiveness, and achieve their strategic objectives.

Omtok Consulting is seeking a qualified Team Lead with strong monitoring and evaluation (M&E) experience in the education sector to lead a Third Party Monitoring (TPM) assignment for a multi-province education project in Afghanistan. This position is subject to project approval.

• Position: Team Lead (Subject to Project Approval)
• Number of positions: 1
• Duty station: Kabul, with frequent field travel to several provinces
• Contract type: Short-term consultancy, about 4 months, ending December 2026 (subject to project approval)

About the assignment: The project is a multi-year education program implemented through multiple local partner organizations. It supports ECCD centres, Community-Based Schools, catch-up and remedial classes, teacher professional development and Shura capacity building. The TPM will independently verify project outputs, partner compliance, service quality and beneficiary feedback across several provinces. It includes post-distribution monitoring, spot checks and a results dashboard.

The Team Lead manages the TPM services and brings the education M&E expertise that shapes how the project is monitored. Report drafting is handled by a dedicated reporting specialist; the Team Lead guides, reviews and signs off on the content.

Key responsibilities:

• Overall management: Lead the TPM team, set work plans and timelines, assign roles and keep the assignment on schedule and within budget.
• Methodology and tools: Lead the design of the M&E approach, including the inception methodology, indicators, sampling, data collection tools and dashboard concept, together with the qualitative and quantitative specialists.
• Field operations: Oversee enumerator and research officer training, and supervise data collection, spot checks and post-distribution monitoring across the project provinces.
• Quality assurance: Run QA checks on field work, data quality and all deliverables, and give technical direction and final sign-off on reports.
• Client and partner liaison: Act as the main contact with the client’s Project Management Unit, coordinate with local implementing partners and give regular progress briefings.
• Presentations and workshop: Present findings to the client and stakeholders and lead the TPM Socialization Workshop in Kabul.
• Ethics and safeguarding: Ensure the team follows child safeguarding, informed consent, confidentiality, data protection and referral procedures.
• Risk management: Manage security, access and operational risks in the field, and escalate issues promptly.

Required:

• Master’s degree in education, another social science, or statistics.
• At least 5 years of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) experience in the education sector, including designing and managing large-scale M&E surveys or monitoring education projects across multiple provinces.
• Proven experience with education M&E methods such as classroom observation, learning assessments, indicator tracking and post-distribution monitoring.
• Fluent English, spoken and written.
• Fluency in Dari and/or Pashto.
• Able and willing to work in Kabul and travel frequently to the project provinces.

Desirable:

• Experience leading Third Party Monitoring for international organizations or donors, especially in education.
• Familiarity with Community-Based Education, ECCD, catch-up or remedial programs, and Education Cluster indicators.
• Experience with donor- or INGO-funded education projects in Afghanistan.
• Sound understanding of gender equality, inclusion and child safeguarding in the Afghan context.
• Experience managing large field teams and mixed-methods data collection (surveys, KIIs, FGDs, observation).
• Experience presenting findings to senior stakeholders and facilitating workshops.

Interested candidates can apply by filling out the online application form at
https://forms.gle/5at9XcXAkVctMZeu8

Please complete the form by 14 November 2026, 4:00 PM Kabul time. Applications are reviewed as they arrive, so early submission is encouraged.

When filling out the form, please upload or provide the following:

1.   An updated CV in English (maximum 4 pages), highlighting your M&E experience in the education sector.

Copies of your degrees (Master's degree required; Bachelor's degree optional)