Deputy Team Leader – FAO Iraq TPM

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 Team Leader

Department/Location: Crisis, Conflict, & Governance (CCG) / Iraq

Reports To: Team Leader

Type: Field-Based Employee

Classification: Exempt

Category: Proposal

Clearance Required: N/A

Overview:

IBTCI seeks a Deputy Team Leader for the potential award of a 4-year Long-Term Agreement (LTA) to provide Third-Party Monitoring and Assessment services to the United Nations’ (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization in Iraq. The Deputy Team Leader will be responsible for coordinating study activities and supporting the day-to-day management of the TPM team, which will include the Team Lead, the Deputy Team Lead, 2 Reporters, 2 Administrators, 2 GIS/Data Management & Visualization Specialists, 5 Field Data Collection Supervisors, 2 Civil Construction Engineers, 2 Livestock Production Specialists, 2 Crop Production Specialists, and 20 Enumerators.

Responsibilities

Tasks and Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and oversight of the project in the absence of the Team Leader;
• Lead and manage programmatic functions, including development of work plans, budgets and quarterly/annual report;
• Support the Team Leader in the design of the TPM and impact evaluation, including developing key questions and data collection instruments, ensuring technical rigor of the methodology, and overseeing the development of an analysis plan prior to the start of data collection;
• Support and coordinate overall data collection procedures and study activities, including in-person household surveys, Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI) household surveys, in-person and CATI interviews, and focus group discussions;
• Communicate with FAO Iraq verbally and via written communication, ensuring timely correspondence between all members of the TPM team and relevant stakeholders;
• Support the production, completion, and submission of all final reports as outlined in the SOW;
• Support timely completion of all other activities and submission of deliverables throughout the lifecycle of the project;
• Assist with Learning and Capacity Building activities over the course of the project, including the preparation and execution of all knowledge-sharing events, face-to-face training sessions, and online training sessions;
• Coordinate information management and visualization project development over the course of the project;
• Liaise with FAO Iraq, local stakeholders, subcontractors and IBTCI Home Office personnel;
• Ability and willingness to travel throughout Iraq as necessary;
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

• 7 years of conducting baseline surveys, evaluations, or impact assessments;
• Fluency in English and Arabic languages;
• Excellent organizational, time management and interpersonal skills;
• Proven ability to lead and mentor staff members over the lifecycle of a project;
• Proven ability to provide timely correspondence and deliverables to project stakeholders.

Education: Master’s degree in either Agricultural Economics, Development Studies, or Social Sciences;

Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Experience managing or supporting large international development projects, preferably in the Monitoring and Evaluation field;
• Experience in providing Third-Party Monitoring (TPM) services to international donor agencies like the United Nations.

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

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: Travel is essential and may include travel to fragile and conflict-affected areas of Iraq. An average of 25%-35% travel for project implementation and/or project management duties. Percentages may vary.

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.

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.

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