This study explores the extent of ‘inclusiveness’ of Chief of Party (COP) job descriptions in USAID tendering documents. The research approach was informed by academic literature and human resources’ industry guidance on good practice in writing ‘inclusive job descriptions’ and assessed the number of criteria, minimum years of experience, and use of ‘coded language’ among other aspects such as alignment with adaptive management skillsets.
JESSICA RUST-SMITH
Senior Consultant
I work across markets, business and supply chains, impact investing, agriculture, and women’s economic empowerment. I am an experienced monitoring, evaluation, research and learning consultant and project manager with expertise in the use of mixed methods, theory-based approaches and data collection and analysis. I have been working in M&E for market systems development for 10 years now, and going strong.