Team Leader: USAID East, Central, and South Africa (ECSA)

 

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.

POSITION DESCRIPTION

IBTCI is seeking a Team Leader/Lead Investigator to lead the East, Central and Southern Africa Health Community (ECSA-HC) evaluation. The purpose of the evaluation is to assess ECSA-HC performance in implementing USAID/East Africa and USAID/South Africa's projects and the contribution to USAID's development objectives. The evaluation is expected to last 5-6 weeks with some additional pre-field and post-field work.

Evaluation Team Leader/Lead Investigator: The TL is ultimately responsible for the overall management of the evaluation team and the final products. In addition, the TL is responsible for coordinating evaluation activities and ensuring the production and completion of an evaluation report in conformance with this scope of work and timelines. The TL will also ensure high quality analysis, writing quality and report integration. S/he is also responsible for quality assurance and timeliness of all deliverables. S/he is responsible for the writing of the final evaluation report and preparing and submitting all Task Order deliverables. S/he will also lead the preparation and presentation of the key evaluation findings and recommendations to the USAID team and other stakeholders.

All team members report to the Team Leader.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

• A post-graduate degree in public health or an applicable social sciences field.

Desired Experience:

• Extensive experience in conducting mixed methods (combining quantitative and qualitative) evaluations/assessments in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Strong familiarity with health, nutrition, health systems strengthening and monitoring and evaluation/knowledge management
• Excellent oral and written skills in English are required
• Experience in leading evaluation teams and preparing high quality documents
• Prior experience in Eastern and Southern Africa is highly desired.

HOW TO APPLY:

Please submit application documents to https://ibtci.devhire.devex.com/jobs under "Team Leader: USAID East, Central, and South Africa Health Community (ECSA-HC) Evaluation". Any difficulties with applying please contact yinanli[at]ibtci[dot]com.

Only final applicants will be contacted. IBTCI is an equal opportunity employer.