Chief of Party

About Us

We are International Business & Technical Consultants, Inc. (IBTCI), a global consulting firm working some of the most complex and impactful development problems worldwide. We work on programs that help government agencies, private companies and donors improve the lives of others. At IBTCI you will be part of an inclusive team that provides expert solutions and advice to understand and address critical problems while giving you opportunities to succeed and grow.

Job Title: Chief of Party/Project Director

Department/Location: SEAD/Washington, D.C

Reports To: Home Office Director

Type: Regular Full-Time

Classification:

Category: Proposal

Overview: IBTCI is seeking a Chief of Party (COP)/Project Director for an upcoming USAID/Bureau for Resilience and Food Security (RFS) Evidence Aggregation for Programmatic Approaches Activity. USAID’s Bureau for Resilience and Food Security (RFS) leads USAID’s efforts to implement measurable solutions to sustainably reduce global hunger, poverty, malnutrition, and water insecurity. To support these efforts, RFS strives to use evidence to inform its decisions and planning. While approaches are conceived of as “evidence-based”, the availability of formal evidence aggregation and syntheses is mixed. This gap raises questions about the degree to which promoted technical approaches are evidence-based, limit the ability of the bureau to assess and incorporate new evidence, and prevent the identification of key evidence gaps. This position is contingent upon award.

Responsibilities

Essential Duties/Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Leads and manages the REAPER II team;
• Provides vision, leadership, and guidance;
• Assumes overall responsibility to ensure that Task Order objectives are successfully met and that all deliverables are completed on schedule;
• Performs all fiduciary duties in a responsible and professional manner;
• Provides technical expertise (research, writing, training, and facilitating) in evidence aggregation and analysis, machine learning, evidence gap maps (EGMs) and other related topics;
• Provides subject matter expertise in resilience, food security, WASH and other related topics;
• Manages the implementation of rigorous analytical research to help guide program approaches;
• Ensures compliance with U.S. Government rules and regulations;
• Serves as the primary point of contact (meeting routinely) with USAID for activity design and implementation and management;
• Provides quality control, ensuring that all products delivered are technically sound and of publishable quality;
• Meets weekly with the Home Office team; and,
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

• At least 10 years of experience successfully managing donor-funded analytic research and learning activities and/or evidence aggregation and evidence gap mapping, and/or machine learning for program support mechanisms;
• At least 10 years of direct program/subject matter experience in resilience, food security, WASH, and other related topics;
• At least 5 years of experience leading large projects, as chief of party or comparable position, with complex and concurrent tasks;
• Familiarity with a range of evidence generation approaches and their associated levels of rigor, including systematic evidence review and synthesis, and dissemination formats to facilitate knowledge utilization
• Experience working on large USAID-funded contracts; and
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English, including experience preparing high-quality reports and presentations.

Education: Master’s degree in social science, data science or related field with specialization in any one or more of the following evidence aggregation and analysis, monitoring and evaluation, public administration, political science, international relations, resilience, food security, statistics. PhD preferred.

Working Environment: Work is typically performed in an office environment.

COVID Vaccine status: As a condition of employment, IBTCI requires all new employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Candidates should be prepared to submit proof of COVID-19 vaccination upon hire or request for an accommodation with HR that is consistent with our COVID-19 safety protocols and policies.

Physical Requirements: This is largely a sedentary position that requires the ability to speak, hear, see, and lift small objects up to 20 lbs.

Supervisory Responsibility: This position does have supervisory responsibilities.

Travel: Periodic country travel.

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, 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.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

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.

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