Country: Bangladesh
Closing date: 21 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 Midterm Performance Evaluation of USAID’s Evaluation of Enhanced Coastal Fisheries (ECOFISH), a five-year activity, which started in June 2014 and is being implemented jointly by World Fish and the Department of Fisheries (DoF). ECOFISH supports coastal fishing communities and other fisheries value chain stakeholders to improve the resilience of the Meghna River ecosystem and communities reliant on coastal fisheries. ECOFISH contributes to the USAID Country Development Cooperation Strategy Objective 4, “Responsiveness to Climate Change Improved,” which aims to increase the nation’s responsiveness, adaptation to climate change, and mitigation of climate change through three inter-related intermediate results. ECOFISH aligns with two of these: (1) improved management of natural resources focused on biodiversity conservation leading to indirect adaptation benefits, and (2) enhanced adaptation capacity and resilience to shocks.
Period of Performance:
This is a short-term consulting opportunity, approximately 51 days of full-time engagement during June-August 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 post graduate degree in agricultural economics, agribusiness management, aquaculture enterprise development, economics or an applicable social science field.
- Must be an international with at least 10 years of work experience with demonstrated experience leading at least two evaluations of projects with similar scope and complexity within last 10 years.
- Must have extensive experience in conducting quantitative and qualitative evaluations and strong familiarity with business and value/supply chain development.
- Should be familiar with USAID regulations and systems including Feed the Future performance monitoring guidance, gender policies and guidance, project management, budgeting, and financial analysis and reporting.
- Experience in international donor development program management and overseeing multiple program areas simultaneously, preferred.
- Relevant experience in Bangladesh or South Asia, preferred.
- Excellent oral and written skills in English, required. Must be a U.S. Citizen and/or Green Card Holder.
How to apply:
If interested in this opportunity please submit your most up to date resume to stesfagiorgis@ibtci.com with"Fisheries Team Lead" in the subject line; also, provide three professional references of supervisors from your last three evaluations. Please no follow up emails or phone calls, only those who meet the position qualifications will be contacted.