Senior Director of Analysis, Monitoring and Evaluation At International Business & Technical Consultants, Inc.

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.

Job Title: Senior Director of Analysis, Monitoring and Evaluation
Department/Location: MERL, Afghanistan
Technical Point of Contact: Chief of Party (COP)
Type: Regular Full-Time
Classification: Extemp [To be provided]
Clearance Required: N/A

Overview:
International Business and Technical Consultants, Inc. (IBTCI), a U.S.-based international development consulting company, is an industry leader in MERL since 2005. In the previous two decades IBTCI has held over 26 regional and bi-lateral MEL service support platforms across the world.

Currently IBTCI is recruiting a Senior Director Analysis, Monitoring and Evaluation for the upcoming Monitoring, Evaluation, Collaboration, and Learning Activity (MECLA) in Afghanistan. The purpose of MECLA is to provide third party monitoring, evaluation, collaboration, and learning services and program support to the USAID/Afghanistan Mission, USAID Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) and the Department of State’s Bureau of Population, Refugee and Migration (PRM), enabling the interagency partners to assess whether their programs are meeting their goals in Afghanistan and provide information to activity managers that will allow them to adapt programming and pivot to alternative approaches or geographic areas as needed.

The Senior Director Analysis, Monitoring and Evaluation will be responsible for overseeing the technical inputs required under the MECLA contract. This involves overseeing analyses, third-party monitoring inputs, performance and impact evaluations, and other Monitoring, Evaluation, and research related tasks to be completed. Importantly, this position is responsible for coordinating technical inputs from local partners.

This position is for Afghanistan national candidates, will be based in Kabul, and is contingent upon award.

Responsibilities

Essential Duties/Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Lead a small team of technical analysts to oversee the technical inputs required under the contract including ongoing TPM site visit reports from partners of humanitarian projects to harmonize data collection, processing, analysis, and consolidated reporting.
• Assist in development and management of data management processes with MECLA data.
• Provide direct technical assistance to USAID CORs/AORs and provide feedback, including review of Activity Level Monitoring, Evaluations, and Learning Plans, AMELPs as directed.
• Design or review/contribute to the development of evaluation Scopes of Work or similar documents.
• Oversee any analytic or data collection activity conducted, especially anything done in country.
• Provide technical inputs into training, learning, and communications tasks as directed by the COP.
• Provide subject matter expertise and supervise and manage training of STTA M&E.
• Assist the COP and technical staff in the development of a comprehensive USAID portfolio-wide M&V plan.
• Along with the COP, develop and implement a data quality assurance and accountability plan with appropriate verification of partner inputs by working together with partners to standardize our approach as possible.

Other Tasks/Responsibilities:

• Participate in meetings and select technical working groups as appropriate to represent the project and ensure collaboration with relevant technical work.
• Maintain relationships with USAID/Afghanistan and other national and international partners, and other key stakeholders through frequent consultation.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

• 10+ years of senior-level experience in a MERL role on USAID-funded contracts including previous experience as a technical director on a project of comparable size
• Minimum five years of experience in a related field such as third-party of M&V needs and activities associated with humanitarian projects in Afghanistan.
• Technical expertise in the monitoring of health, nutrition, WASH, protection, and infrastructure programs.
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of USAID MEL policies and programs.
• Excellent management, communication, and organization skills are required.
• Experience in Afghanistan is required.
• Fluency in English is required; and fluency in Pashto and Dari required.

Education:

• Master’s degree in international development, social science, or relevant degree; advanced degree preferred.

Working Environment: Work is typically performed in an office environment. The assignment will be based in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Physical Requirements: This is a largely sedentary role that requires the ability to talk, hear, and use hands to handle or feel objects, tools, or controls. Specific vision abilities required include close vision. The employee must occasionally lift or move up to 25 pounds.

Supervisory Responsibility: This position does have supervisory responsibilities.

Travel: Travel may be required and may include travel to fragile and/or conflict-prone areas.

Work Authorization: Candidate must be authorized to work in Afghanistan.

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.

IBTCI is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity for all persons without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identification, age, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, national origin, disabled veteran or Vietnam-era veteran, or any other classification protected by applicable anti-discrimination laws. We prohibit and do not tolerate any form of discrimination or harassment. VEVRAA Federal Contractor.

If you are an applicant with a disability that requires a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process or are limited in the ability, or unable to use the online application system and need an alternative method for applying, you may contact the Talent Acquisition team at TalentAcquisition@ibtci.com (Do not send your resume to this account, for consideration please apply in our career page, https://careers.ibtci.com/jobs).