Field Team Leader

Integrated 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.

 

Position Title: Field Team Leader

Department: Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning

Location: Kyiv, Ukraine with regional travel across EUR/ACE countries

Report To: IBTCI Project Director/Task Order Manager

Type: Long-term (Full-time)

Classification: Exempt

Clearance Required: Secret clearance

Citizenship Required: U.S. Citizen

 

Overview: IBTCI is seeking a Field Team Leader to provide in-country leadership for a large-scale MEL support contract for the U.S. Department of State (EUR/ACE). The position will lead field-based MEL operations, ensure alignment with DoS priorities, and oversee delivery of both project-level and meta-level MEL services in complex and conflict-affected environments. The Field Team Leader will serve as the primary in-country technical and operational lead, ensuring that MEL systems generate outcome-based evidence that supports accountability, return on investment, and alignment with U.S. national security and foreign policy priorities.

General Duties and Responsibilities:

The Field Team Leader will:

• Lead in-country implementation of MEL systems across Ukraine and assigned regions.
• Provide strategic leadership for project-level monitoring and evaluation activities.
• Lead and oversee implementation of both project-level and meta-level MEL systems, ensuring integration of data across projects, sectors, and countries to support portfolio-level analysis and strategic decision-making.
• Coordinate MEL site visits, Data Quality Assessments (DQAs), and partner engagement.
• Oversee MEL Specialists and field teams across multiple countries.
• Oversee data collection processes, including quarterly data calls, and ensure timely input, validation, and use of data within the EUR/ACE SPARK (Salesforce) system.
• Serve as primary interface with U.S. Embassy ACOORD teams, implementing partners, and EUR/ACE leadership to ensure alignment of MEL activities with strategic priorities and reporting requirements.
• Ensure compliance with DoS MEL policies (18 FAM 301.4) and security requirements.
• Contribute to strategic learning, adaptive management, and evidence-based decision-making.
• Translate MEL findings into clear, policy-relevant insights, including briefs, dashboards, and presentations tailored to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Oversee preparation of portfolio-level reports, annual summaries, and inputs for Program Performance Reports (PPRs), APRs, and Congressional or oversight data requests (e.g., OIG, GAO).
• Ensure quality, timeliness, and utilization of all MEL deliverables.

Minimum Education/Experience:

• Master’s degree in international development, public policy, economics, or related field.
• Minimum 15 years of experience in foreign assistance programs, including MEL, project design, and performance management in multi-country settings
• Demonstrated experience leading MEL programs in conflict settings.
• Experience managing multi-country multi-sector portfolios.
• Demonstrated experience working with U.S. Government agencies, preferably the Department of State or similar foreign assistance programs.
• Demonstrated sectoral expertise across one or more EUR/ACE priority sectors, including security sector assistance (e.g., law enforcement, border security, counter-narcotics, counter-terrorism), economic growth and trade, energy and critical minerals, democracy and governance, public diplomacy, agriculture, or humanitarian assistance.
• Proven leadership and team management experience.
• Active Secret security clearance required prior to contract performance.
• Experience in Ukraine.
• U.S. Citizenship required.

Preferred Experience:

• Experience working with Department of State MEL systems, data management platforms (e.g., Salesforce/SPARK) and data visualization tools.
• Experience in the countries of Central Asia, Eurasia, Balkans, or Greenland.
• Experience with cost-effectiveness, or return-on-investment (ROI) analysis.
• Strong stakeholder engagement experience with embassies and interagency actors.

Work environment: The position is based in Kyiv, Ukraine, with responsibility for technical oversight across regional MEL teams.

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 has supervisory responsibilities (includes oversight of multidisciplinary MEL teams).

Travel: In-country and regional travel required.

Pay Transparency Statement: We are dedicated to ensuring a thoughtful, compliant, and equitable approach to employment compensation. Our commitment includes conducting a comprehensive salary analysis that considers individual skill sets, qualifications, business needs, internal compensation data, and industry and labor market surveys. The anticipated pay range for this position is $134,000 - $180,000 USD annually.

Benefits (Applicable to Employees only, eligibility may vary for part-time employees):

• Annual Leave
• Sick Leave
• Holidays
• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Flexible Spending Account
• Life Insurance
• Disability Insurance
• 401K Retirement Plan
• Employee Assistance Program

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 an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. This means that IBTCI is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity for all persons without regard to race, color, religion, sex (gender and gender identity), sexual orientation, national origin, age, protected veteran status, disabled status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable anti-discrimination laws. We prohibit discrimination and harassment in all employment practices and decisions, and we comply with all applicable federal, state, and local nondiscrimination laws.

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 Talent Acquisition at talentacquisition@ibtci.com