Country: Bangladesh
Closing date: 31 Mar 2016
Company Profile:
International Business & Technical Consultants, Inc. (IBTCI), a U.S. based international development consulting company established in 1987, has worked in over one hundred countries and has implemented over two hundred projects. IBTCI has served governments, private sector companies and several donor agencies in the practice area of Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) across many sectors including health, education, economic growth and democracy & governance.
Position Description:
IBTCI is looking for an International Cold Chain and Value Chain Expert for its Final Performance Evaluation of USAID’s Cold Chain Bangladesh Alliance (CCBA) project which falls under our contract for the USAID/Bangladesh-funded Accelerating Capacity for Monitoring & Evaluation (ACME) activity. CCBA is a three-year project, which started in July, 2013 and is being implemented by Winrock International, in collaboration with Golden Harvest. CCBA aims to establish Bangladesh’s first integrated cold chain in order to reduce post-harvest losses, deliver high value agricultural products to the market, and improve the availability of locally produced nutritious foods to improve livelihoods of farmers. CCBA is also aligned with the Government of Bangladesh’s (GoB) 6th Five-Year Plan and Feed the Future-supported Country Investment Plan (CIP) for agriculture, food security, and nutrition. The evaluation is expected to take place from April – May 2016.
Responsibilities:
The International Cold Chain/Value Chain Expert will be responsible for:
- Providing technical guidance to the Team Leader and the team in this area.
- Utilizing his/her in-depth knowledge of agricultural value chains and the cols chain business to work closely with the Team Leader to design the methodology for the evaluation and the approaches that are best needed to answer the evaluation questions.
- Participating in team meetings, key informant interviews, group meetings, site visits, and draft the sections of the report relevant to his/her expertise and role in the team.
- Participating in presenting the report to the USAID/Bangladesh team and other major partners.
- Address pertinent comments provided by USAID/Bangladesh or other stakeholders.
Qualifications:
- Master’s degree or higher in a relevant discipline such as Food Technology, Food Science, Agricultural Economics, or Business Administration.
- Experience in designing, implementing and evaluating projects aiming at capacity development especially in private sector, cold chain or value added agriculture enterprises or agriculture credit sector.
- Significant practical experience in the field, in managing/implementing development projects.
- Experience working in a private sector development program, preferably with a focus on market development, public-private partnership, business development services, or value chain improvement.
- At least 15 years of experience in implementing and evaluating relevant programs and/or projects for USAID or other international development agencies.
- Familiarity with USAID regulations and systems including Evaluation Policy, Feed the Future performance monitoring guidance, gender policy, USAID Global Development Alliance (GDA), annual reporting etc. is essential.
- Experience working with government, public administration improvements and infrastructure financing.
- Knowledge and experience of agriculture production, post-harvest management and marketing processes from grassroots to highest levels is a plus.
- Relevant experience in Bangladesh or South Asia preferred.
- Strong analytical skills.
- Excellent communications and writing skills in English.
- Knowledge of Bangla is an asset.
How to apply:
Please submit a detailed CV, cover letter, and 3 references under the respective job header at https://ibtci.devhire.devex.com/jobs.