About Us
International Business & Technical Consultants, Inc. (IBTCI), a U.S. based international development consulting company established in 1987, has worked in over 100 countries and implemented over 300 projects. IBTCI serves government agencies, private sector companies, and several donor agencies. IBTCI specializes in monitoring, evaluation, research, and learning (MERL) and institutional support across many areas and sectors including, but not limited to, conflict and crisis, democracy and governance, agriculture, economic growth, food security, education, environment, and global health.
Assignment Title: Team Leader
Department/Location: MERL Practice
Technical Point of Contact: MERL Director
Type: Consultant
Classification: Consultancy
Category: Proposal
Clearance Required: N/A
Overview:
International Business and Technical Consultants, Inc. (IBTCI), a US-based international development consulting company, is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Team Leader for an evaluation of UNICEF work in Primary Health Care (PHC). The Team Leader will be responsible for providing leadership and oversight to a team engaged in the evaluation of UNICEF’s primary health care strategies. The ideal candidate will possess extensive understanding of the local context, strong analytical skills, and proven experience in managing teams and delivering high-quality results within specified timelines.
This position is contingent upon UNICEF award.
Responsibilities
Scope of Work:
- Manage and supervise the evaluation team and provide guidance on alignment and respect of IBTCI and UNICEF operations and procedures.
- Oversee the implementation of the evaluation activities and their alignment with UNICEF and IBTCI ethical, gender sensitive and technical standards towards achievement of women and children rights.
- Coordinate the evaluation methodology design, report draft review and validation workshops with UNICEF and other stakeholders.
- Lead the development of a workplan and ensure that evaluation implementation activity schedule and approaches are respected.
- Oversee and support the development of deliverables, drafting and finalizing the evaluation reports.
- Liaise with UNICEF PHC specialist, Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist, Program Specialist, and other key stakeholders.
Qualifications
Minimum Requirements:
- At least 10 years of strong team leadership and management track record, and commitment to delivering timely and high-quality evaluation products.
- At least 10 years of extensive evaluation expertise with strong mixed-methods evaluation skills.
- Familiarity with specific aspects of UNICEF work to strengthen primary health care, health systems strengthening and/or community-based health systems.
- Knowledge of the UN’s human rights, gender equality and equity agendas and experience in applying these to evaluation.
- Demonstrated ability to manage remote teams and keep assignments on-track and delivered timely.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; ability to interact with various stakeholders and to concisely express ideas and concepts in written and oral form.
- Language proficiency: Fluency in English is mandatory; good command of French is desirable.
- Background in public health, or other relevant discipline, including sound knowledge of public health and policy; familiarity with other sectors, namely WASH, nutrition, health systems or community systems will be an asset.
Education: An advanced university degree, preferably a Master’s degree in Social Science or related field.
Supervisory Responsibilities: This position does not have supervisory responsibilities.
Travel: Travel may be required.
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
About the Organization:
IBTCI has been in business since 1987. We specialize in Monitoring, Evaluation, Research & Learning (MERL), Institutional Support (IS), Financial & Risk Management (FRM), Supply Chain Management & Procurement (SCMP); Social & Behavior Change (SBC) and Capacity Building. We provide these services across many sectors including, but not limited to, agriculture, resilience & food security, conflict & crisis, democracy & governance, economic growth & trade, education & human capacity development, energy & infrastructure, environment & climate change, global health & WASH and humanitarian and disaster assistance. At IBTCI, our colleagues are encouraged to collaborate and be part of the solution while getting the tools and guidance needed to grow and support our clients’ missions.
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