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Post Title: Team Leader
Country: Uganda
Organisation: International Business & Technical Consultants, Inc.
Background Information:
International
Business & Technical Consultants, Inc. (IBTCI) is recruiting for a
Team Leader for the anticipated Performance Evaluation of 2006 – 2011
USAID Assistance to Northern Uganda.
The purpose of this performance evaluation project is detailed below:
•
To assess the contribution of USAID/Uganda assistance to promoting
stability, peace, and recovery in Northern Uganda, relative to evolving
context and other donors’ contributions, and share USAID/Uganda’s
“stabilization story” with key stakeholders.
• To evaluate the
scale, scope, relevance, and effectiveness of enhanced services,
benefits and collective outcomes of USAID-funded projects in Northern
Uganda.
• To identify whether or not certain, effective sector
investments and approaches were used that could be applied to i) promote
rapid stabilization and transfer of services to Ugandan actors and ii)
enhance and improve USAID’s role, program management and implementation
practices in conflict and post-conflict settings that could inform
ongoing and future USAID/Uganda and other donors’ programs.
Roles and responsibilities: Team leader:
Working
with other team members, the team leader will shoulder the
responsibility of leading the production of all the deliverables,
including:
1. In-briefing with USAID/Uganda on arrival;
2. Assigning of specific roles and responsibilities to other team members;
3. Interviewing key USAID Washington and Uganda and other stakeholders cited in this terms of reference;
4. Finalizing and negotiating with USAID the post-Desk Review work plan, evaluation tools, etc. for the evaluation;
5.
Developing a time line within the final work plan reflecting a
commitment to completing the evaluation within the negotiated
time-frame;
6. Ensuring that the logistical arrangements in the field are complete;
7.
Holding conference calls with past and current, core team members and
USAID/Uganda representatives prior to and following the visit to
Uganda;
8. Debriefing USAID/Uganda and key stakeholders on evaluation findings; and
9.
Producing a draft report to be left with USAID/Uganda prior to
departure, followed by a final report for USAID/Uganda incorporating
USAID/Uganda and key stakeholders’ feedback.
Required Qualifications:
Education:
Master degree in International Development/Development Studies,
International Affairs, Conflict Recovery or other, appropriate social
science discipline, ideally those related to conducting evaluations. A
PhD in an appropriate discipline would be preferred.
Experience:
•
10-15 years of experience in designing, implementing and evaluating
stabilization and reconstruction programs designed to address conflict
and reconciliation and restore services to displaced populations.
•
Versatile international development professional with appreciation of
‘best practice’ approaches to addressing conflict-oriented and enhance
governance and service delivery interventions, with substantial
experience in at least two of the sectors evaluated, particularly
conflict, health and education, and broader socio- economic recovery.
• Substantive knowledge/familiarity with the evaluation’s other sectors, including agricultural and socio- economic recovery.
•
Previous donor experience leading evaluations in conflict and
post-conflict settings in sub-Saharan Africa will be an added advantage.
• Must have demonstrated experience writing high-quality reports for evaluations of complex, multi-sector programs.
• Demonstrated strong problem-solving, analytical, managerial, leadership and writing skills are critical for this assignment.
•
The Evaluation Team Leader must have demonstrated inter-personal
communications skills and experience interacting and communicating
effectively with a broad range of internal and external partners,
including international organizations, host country government
officials, and NGO counterparts.
• The Evaluation Team Leader
must be fluent in English and have proven abilities to communicate
clearly, concisely, and effectively, both orally and in writing.
Organization Description ;
IBTCI,
a US based international development consulting company established in
1987, has worked in over eighty-five countries and has implemented over
one hundred and fifty projects. IBTCI has served governments, private
sector companies and several donor agencies in practice areas of
Monitoring & Evaluation, Accountancy and Financial Management;
Procurement Services; Banking and Finance and Private Sector
Development.
Job years of experience: 10+ years
How to apply:
To Apply:
Please
send your most recent CV, three references and a writing sample in
English to recruiting@ibtci.com, subject-line: Northern Uganda –Team
Leader. No phone calls please, only finalists will be contacted.
Job ID: #590124
Closing date: 17 Aug 2013
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