CHARITY JOBS IN AFRICA

Organization: International Business & Technical Consultants, Inc.
Country: Mali
Closing date: 28 Oct 2014

COMPANY PROFILE

International Business & Technical Consultants, Inc. (IBTCI), a U.S. based international development consulting company established in 1987, has worked in over one hundred countries and has implemented over two hundred projects. IBTCI has served governments, private sector companies and several donor agencies in the practice area of Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) across many sectors including education, health, economic growth and democracy & governance.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is seeking proposals to establish and implement the USAID/Mali Performance Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) “PLATFORM” to support the USAID/Mali’s management information capacity building needs, facilitate program management decisions, and shape long-term strategic direction and decision-making. The primary objective of the contract is to establish and implement an M&E platform that will provide USAID/Mali with continued services in performance monitoring, verification, and impact and performance evaluations. Additionally, the contractor will conduct assessments, special studies, and surveys that will help inform the design of individual activities and/or larger projects

POSITION SUMMARY

The Capacity Building and Training Specialist is responsible for organizing and managing the training and mentoring activities for USAID Mission Staff and implementing partners. S/he will develop systems, capacity, and ownership of local partners and the timely achievement of related indicators, performance criteria, and benchmarks through customized training activities. In addition, will work closely with the COP to coach USAID Mission Staff and implementing partners in gathering, analyzing, and assessing data and information to measure program performance and impact. Will take direction from the CoP.

QUALIFICATIONS

The Capacity Building and Training Specialist Responsible must have:

• Master’s or higher university degree in relevant subject areas including statistics, economics, international development, public policy, or business administration;
• Minimum of 5 years of progressive experience in designing and implementing capacity building projects, preferably in West Africa; prior experience in Mali preferred;
• Minimum of 3 years of proven experience implementing monitoring and evaluation activities;
• Demonstrated knowledge of development and maintenance of M&E systems, including indicator development, data collection and analysis, data validation and audits, and performance reporting;
• Prior utilization of Geographic Information System (GIS), web-based reporting and database management, a plus;
• Excellent facilitation and team management skills;
• Familiarity of Malian development challenges, a plus;
• Prior experience in post-conflict reconstruction zones preferred;
• Excellent written and oral communication and outstanding interpersonal skills;
• Fluency in English; proficiency in French preferred

How to apply:

Please submit all application materials along with three references at https://ibtci.devhire.devex.com/.

Any questions please contact yinanli [AT] ibtci [dot] com