United States of America: Director, Monitoring and Evaluation - E3 Practice

International Business & Technical Consultants, Inc. (IBTCI)is seeking an experienced and motivated Director, Monitoring and Evaluationto support its growing M&E portfolio as part of its E3 (Environment, Education, Economic Growth) Practice area. This position will be based primarily in our Vienna, VA Headquarters with some time in its downtown Washington DC satellite office.

IBTCI is a U.S. based international development consulting company established in 1987, has worked in over 100 countries and has implemented over 200 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 education, health, economic growth, democracy & governance, and agriculture. IBTCI has a major focus in conflict/post-conflict and transitional settings. Quality and integrity form the foundation of our values.

U.S. citizenship or U.S. permanent residency is required.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Management responsibilities include:

· Responsible for a significant level of business development activity, both proactive, and responsive, e.g., bid/no-bid vetting, proposal development, proposal writing, and proposal management, to include all support activities through to submission

· Initiating and following through on new business development opportunities;

· Taking the lead or serving as a team member in proposal preparation activities;

· Drafting M&E sections of proposals in technical areas other than M&E;

· Managing M&E practice resources in project implementation;

· Representing IBTCI in business development or project implementation meetings with partners or clients

· Supervise staff

· Strategic oversight for contract implementation including overseeing logistical and operational aspects of contracts

· Oversee consultant recruitment for proposals and short term technical assistance activities

· Budget management and oversight for contracts

· Quality control for contracts and work products submitted by consultants

· Facilitate development of consultant and sub-contractor contracts and purchase order agreements.

· Manage relationships with U.S. and internationally-based consultants and sub-contractors.

· May serve as primary DC-based point of contact for project’s USG COTR.

Technical M&E responsibilities include:

· Taking team leadership / support roles on M&E projects

· Conducting development project evaluations, assessments and related sector or policy studies

· Designing or providing assistance in the design of performance management systems and evaluation methodologies and tools

· Conducting analytic tasks on evaluation projects

· Providing M&E training services

QUALIFICATIONS

· Master’s degree in International Affairs, International Development, Policy Analysis, Economics,

· Public Administration, Business Administration and/or Statistics/Social Research;

· 5 to 10 years of experience in monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of foreign assistance activities;

· 15 years of experience in program management of foreign assistance or donor activities

· Expertise in at least one of the M&E-related activities such as statistical analysis, impact analysis, performance evaluations, instrument design and management

· Demonstrated experience in two or more of the following sectors: Agriculture/ Food Security, Conflict and Crisis, Democracy and Governance, Economic Growth, Global Climate Change/Environment, Global Health.

· Experience designing M&E systems for international development projects;

· Experience in all aspects of the proposal process: capture management; partnering; research; recruitment; writing; red-teaming; support to costing.

· Overseas experience working in M&E;

· Strong communication skills (oral and written) required.

· Demonstrable results oriented, flexible and problem solving skills.

· Fluency in the English language is required and a working competence in another language is desirable.

· Demonstrated strong communication and problem-solving skills, results-oriented, flexible

· Fluency in the English language is required and a working competence in another language is desirable.

TO APPLY

Please visit www.ibtci.com and find the position under the Opportunities page. If you have any issues please notify yinanli [AT] ibtci [DOT] com.

No phone calls please. Only final candidates will be contacted. IBTCI is an equal opportunity employer.