Country: Bangladesh
Closing date: 28 Jul 2017
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 & Learning (MEL) across many sectors including health, education, economic growth and democracy & governance. IBTCI is currently implementing the Accelerating Capacity for Monitoring & Evaluation (ACME) activity in Bangladesh in support of USAID’s Feed the Future (DO2) and Global Climate Change (DO4) portfolios, contributing to the long-term, sustainable development of MEL practices in Bangladesh.
Position Description:
IBTCI/ACME is seeking a Team Leader/Evaluation Specialist for its Final Performance Evaluation of USAID’s Agriculture Input Project (AIP), a five-year activity, which started in September 2012 and is being implemented by CNFA in collaboration with the Spatial Systems Associates, Capacity Building Service Group, GMark, Ashroy Foundation, Banchte Shekha and Association of Voluntary Actions for Society (AVAS). This is an activity under “Development Objective (DO) 2: Food Security Improved,” of USAID Bangladesh’s Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS).
Period of Performance:
This is a short-term consulting opportunity, approximately 55 days of full-time engagement during May-July 2017. This position will require 5-6 weeks of work in Dhaka, Bangladesh, with some travel anticipated within other areas of Bangladesh.
Responsibilities:
The Team Leader/Evaluation Specialist will:
- provide overall leadership to the team
- finalize the evaluation design, coordinate activities, arrange periodic meetings, consolidate individual input from team members, and coordinate the process of assembling the final findings and recommendations into a high quality document
- lead the preparation and presentation of the key evaluation findings and recommendations to USAID/Bangladesh team and major stakeholders.
Qualifications:
- Must have a postgraduate degree in agriculture, agronomy, economics, agribusiness, or an applicable social sciences field.
- Must be an international expert with a minimum of 10 years of professional work experience conducting similiar evaluations.
- Must have demonstrated experience leading at least two evaluations of projects with similar scope and complexity within the last 5-6 years.
- Must have extensive experience in conducting quantitative and qualitative evaluations and strong familiarity with agri-business, market information system, capacity development, productivity, and input markets.
- Should be familiar with USAID regulations and systems including performance monitoring and evaluation guidance.
- Experience with international donor development program management, preferred.
- Excellent oral and written skills in English are required.
- Relevant experience in Bangladesh or South Asia is preferred.
- Must be a U.S. Citizen and/or Green Card Holder.
How to apply:
If interested in this opportunity please apply by submitting a copy of your most up to date resume with three professional references, two of which should be from the past two evaluations conducted; submit all resumes to stesfagiorgis@ibtci.com with "Team Lead Agriculture Input Project" in the subject line. Please no follow up emails or phone calls; only those who meet the qualifications will be contacted.