Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP), Operations 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: Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP), Operations
Department/Location: MERL, Afghanistan
Technical Point of Contact: Chief of Party (COP)
Type: Regular Full-Time
Classification: Extemp
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 Deputy Chief of Party, Operations 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 Deputy Chief of Party, Operations will be responsible for overseeing the financial management of the contract, coordinating with local partners and host country officials, security, coordinating movement, and other administrative and personnel issues in country.

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

Responsibilities

Essential Duties/Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Serve as the primary point of contact for Afghan authorities, and other key stakeholders in-country, fostering strong, cooperative relationships.
• Oversee and manage permissions for fieldwork with Afghan authorities, ensuring smooth, compliant operations in-country.
• Ensure effective communication across the entire project with team and relevant stakeholders.
• Manage all fiduciary duties responsibly and professionally, ensuring financial integrity and compliance.
• Interact professionally with IBTCI home office staff, senior Mission, Embassy, and government officials, demonstrating strong interpersonal and communication skills.

Operational Support to Tasks:

• Monitor task order implementation against the work plans.
• Oversee the provision of day-to-day operational and administrative support to the various tasks and activities. This includes liaison with home office to facilitate international travel for all international Short Term Technical Assistance (STTAs); procurement of equipment such as laptops, mobile phones, recorders, etc. needed for data collection; procurement of translation and transcription services; arrangements for logistics travel to various areas in Afghanistan as necessary.
• Local travel will be necessary and may include travel to fragile and conflict-prone zones.

MECLA Office Management:

• Monitor the effectiveness, timeliness and quality of services provided by third-party service providers, ensuring all service level agreements are adhered to and inform the Chief of Party (CoP) of any possible shortcomings.
• Work with the Office Manager to ensure the office lease, parking spots, and all other contracted services are paid for in a timely manner and in accordance with the various contracts and agreements.
• Liaise with the Landlord and the facility managers for all issues related to project offices.
• Follow-through on any required actions for registration and other permissions.

Banking and Finance Operations:

• Collaborate with the CoP to implement the separation of duties in the Finance and Admin Office. These include check authorizations, petty cash management, bank payments, among others.
• Review all payment packages for accuracy and adherence to IBTCI Finance policies before final approval by CoP

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.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

• Previous experience as a Deputy Chief of Party for a USAID contract is required of comparable size.
• 10+ years of senior-level experience in managing USAID-funded large and complex contracts.
• Excellent donor management skills with demonstrated public relations, policy development, project management, and diplomacy skills required.
• Demonstrated ability to foster and maintain collaborative partnership arrangements through both formal, financial relationships (e.g. prime and sub relationship) and non-financial collaborative relationships.
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of USAID policies and programs.
• Demonstrated strategic planning, team leadership, and capacity building experience.
• 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 Public Administration, International Relations, Economics, Business Administration, Law, or a related field.

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).