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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.
Assignment Title: Senior Advisor
Department/Location: USAID/Zimbabwe Front Office, Harare
Technical Point of Contact: Africa RISSA Project Manager
Type: Consultant, 100 days, including one in-country travel by road of approximately 5 working days
Classification: Consultancy
Category: Ongoing Project
Clearance Required: Facilities Access (role cannot start until Clearance is granted)
Overview:
USAID/Zimbabwe’s Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS) goal is that Zimbabwe transitions from chronic vulnerability to a more resilient, inclusive, and democratic society. To achieve the CDCS goal, USAID/Zimbabwe works through three Integrated Development Objectives (DOs): 1) Ability of Zimbabweans to live healthier lives and sustainably adapt to, mitigate, and recover from shocks and stressors strengthened; 2) Youth contribution to Zimbabwe’s development progress enhanced; and 3) Good governance improved. These DOs deliberately promote an integrated, cross-sectoral approach that will better allow USAID to tackle Zimbabwe’s underlying development challenges in a more holistic and focused manner to bring about sustainable impact.
To achieve these CDCS objectives, the Mission has a total of 120 staff, including 21 U.S. Direct Hires (USDH), 89 Foreign Service Nationals, and 10 EFM/USPSC/TCN employees. The majority of the USDH staff are first or second tour Foreign Service Officers, including nine Career Candidate Corps (C3) officers.
The Mission seeks the support of a consultant with exceptional leadership and communication skills, considerable management expertise, and a strong understanding of USAID to mentor Foreign Service Officers on USAID procedures, operations, and leadership.
The mentorship will focus on the skills outlined in the USAID Leadership Philosophy and the Foreign Service Skills Matrix. The Senior Mentor will provide guidance on areas such as performance management, supervision, conflict resolution, and activity and financial management.
Responsibilities
Essential Duties/Tasks and Responsibilities:
Capacity Building of Staff (40%): Provides guidance to Agreement Officer Representatives (AORs) and Contract Officer Representatives (CORs) to build their professional capacity. Mentors and guides AORs/CORs in managing their portfolios, such as providing best practices on managing an award, highlighting required documentation, etc. Identifies Mission and individual training needs related to award management, and hosts a series of brown bag sessions to further enhance staff development.
Coaching and Mentorship (40%): Mentors and guides Office Directors in managing their portfolios, such as setting priorities and goals for employees, establishing deadlines, making certain that work assignments are completed on time, and in their communication/interaction with Front Office and interagency staff. Provides counsel to individual employees on matters relating to career planning, training, and administrative issues. Identifies Mission and individual training needs, and hosts a series of brown bag sessions on professional development and leadership.
Organizational Guidance and Recommendations (20%): Identifies potential management issues and possible crisis points for teams and/or offices, particularly those with prolonged staff shortages. Examines the management structure, operations and morale of the Development Objective teams, and provides concrete recommendations to the Front Office on how to improve management and operations to better implement the CDCS.
Key Deliverables:
Qualifications
Minimum Requirements:
Experience: A minimum of 10 years of working in a leadership role in international development or humanitarian assistance is required. Experience with transitioning of emergency response to long-term development objectives is preferable. Specific experience should include the following:
Education: Candidate must possess a Master’s degree or bachelor’s degree with sufficient specialized experience developing country.
Skills and Abilities: Interpersonal/team skills: The Applicant must have strong interpersonal skills, including ability to work effectively in a team and manage conflict. The Applicant must demonstrate that they have worked in and managed a culturally diverse team of professional project managers during their career.
Knowledge:
Supervisory Responsibilities: This position does not have supervisory responsibilities.
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.
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).
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