Position: Project personnel and Subject Matter Expert consultants (multiple positions)

Engagement Type: Varies by project: full-time employment, part-time employment, or consultancy (1099 Independent Contractor)

Location: On site, Hybrid and Remote options

Deadline: Rolling – applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis

McColm & Company (McColm) is a mission-driven, customer-focused professional services firm that equips change makers with the knowledge, skills, and insights they need to succeed in an increasingly complex world. McColm supports U.S. federal customers with foreign affairs, international development, human services, and national security portfolios. We manage bespoke professional training programs, deliver capacity-building solutions, and provide specialized technical assistance, research, and evaluation expertise to decision makers.

McColm’s Justice and Resilience Practice supports clients working to ensure the effectiveness and outcomes of international technical assistance projects that address labor rights, trade, and global supply chains, including efforts to combat child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking.

We are seeking candidates at all career levels. These include senior evaluators and program leaders, sector and country specialists, data analysts, and visualization experts. Joining the pool does not guarantee an engagement. When an assignment matches your expertise, a member of our team will contact you to discuss the role, level of effort, and availability.

Individuals with lived experience of forced labor, child labor, or human trafficking are encouraged to apply for any role. Lived experience is valued and may be considered in place of some formal education or professional experience.

In your application, please briefly indicate:

• the type(s) of role you are interested in
• your areas of technical and sector expertise
• the countries or regions where you have worked
• the languages you speak and your proficiency level in each
• whether you are seeking full-time, part-time, or consulting work

Duties

Duties vary by project and role. Depending on the engagement, they may include:

Project Manager
Oversees contract operations, deliverable quality and timeliness, budgets, staffing, and bench workflow. Serves as the primary liaison with the Government client.

• Bachelor’s degree or higher
• 5+ years of contract management experience in an international development context
• 5+ years performing and overseeing multiple types of MEL services
• 5+ years managing deadlines and deliverable preparation and submission
• 5+ years building and maintaining stakeholder relationships
• Fluent written and spoken English; ability to produce and edit high-quality deliverables
• Availability during core ET business hours, plus flexibility during fieldwork periods

Lead Evaluator
Provides technical leadership across all MEL tasks. Matches specialists to assignments, reviews and approves technical work, mentors bench members, and verifies the accuracy of any AI-assisted analysis.

• Master’s degree or higher
• 8+ years of recent MEL experience with international development projects
• Demonstrated experience facilitating trainings and cross-team learning workshops
• Experience with portfolio approaches and thematic analysis
• Experience within the past three years leading evaluation teams virtually and in hybrid settings
• Demonstrated experience with at least one of the following: Adaptive Evaluation, Collaboration, Learning and Adaptation (CLA), Rapid Evaluation, or Use of AI in Evaluation
• Fluent written and spoken English; additional language fluency is a plus
• Experience evaluating labor rights programs is strongly preferred

We are seeking qualified consultants in the following areas:

• Evaluation Team Leads / Senior Evaluators: experienced in leading performance and rapid evaluations, drafting Terms of Reference, managing IRB and ethical clearance, and producing utilization-focused reports
• Sector and Country Specialists: expertise in labor rights, child labor, forced labor, human trafficking, labor law enforcement, trade and labor compliance, critical minerals and mining supply chains, maritime industry and workforce, or global supply chain due diligence
• Rapid Evaluation and Political Economy Analysts: able to deliver credible findings on compressed timelines through desk review and key informant interviews
• Data Analysts: data quality assessments (validity, reliability, timeliness, precision, integrity), Excel and Power Query, and quantitative and qualitative analysis of indicator data
• Data Visualization Specialists: Tableau or Power BI dashboards, infographics, network models, and products for non-technical audiences
• Facilitators and Trainers: in-person, virtual, and hybrid sense-making sessions, learning design, and M&E capacity building
• Editors and Accessibility Specialists: copy-editing and Section 508-compliant document production

Eligibility and availability

• U.S. citizen or otherwise authorized to work in the United States; fluent in written and spoken English
• Travel may be required for some roles
• Prior experience supporting U.S. Government clients is highly desirable

Compensation is offered according to job requirements, market dynamics, and experience/skills of the successful candidate. Full-time employees are eligible for McColm's standard benefits package which includes health insurance, paid holidays, paid time off, 401k and other benefits. Contract and consultant roles are not eligible for benefits.

We are an equal opportunity employer offering employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, gender identity or expression, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Due to the high volume of applications McColm receives and to ensure we comply with our internal hiring policies, we regret we are not able to respond to individual phone calls or emails regarding submission status.