Team Leader - Evaluation

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 implemented over three hundred projects. IBTCI serves government agencies, private sector companies and several donor agencies. IBTCI specializes in Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) across many sectors including, but not limited to, conflict and crisis, democracy and governance, economic growth, education, environment, and global health.

Assignment Title: Team Leader

Department/Location: Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning Practice

Technical Point of Contact: Vice President or Designee

Type: Consultant

Location: IBTCI Office or Remote

Classification: Consultancy for Proposal

Overview:

The International Trade Centre (ITC) is a multilateral organization with a joint mandate under the United Nations and World Trade Organization to deliver assistance to Least Developed Countries (LDCs) to enhance their participation in the world economy and improve the international competitiveness of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in LDCs.

IBTCI is seeking qualified Team Leaders to support ITC’s Independent Evaluation Unit in conducting various types of evaluations, including corporate, thematic, programmatic, and project-level assessments.

This position is contingent upon ITC award.

Scope of Work:

• Manage and supervise an evaluation team, conducting corporate, thematic, country-portfolio, and program/project-level evaluations.
• Assist ITC in the development of evaluation guidelines, manuals, and toolkits, as well as training materials for evaluations.
• Coordinate the evaluation methodology design, report draft review and validation workshops with ITC and other stakeholders.
• Lead the development of a workplan and ensure that evaluation implementation activity schedule and approaches are respected.
• Oversee and support the development of deliverables, drafting and finalizing the evaluation reports.
• Liaise with ITC Independent Evaluation Unit staff and other stakeholders.
• This position does not authorize/require the consultant to have decision making authority on final work product.

Preferred Experience:

• Proven ability to supervise multidisciplinary teams and ensure timely delivery of high-quality technical outputs within budget and contractual parameters.
• Strong editing, quality assurance, and document review skills with a demonstrated ability to synthesize technical findings into concise and structured written deliverables.
• Excellent organizational and communication skills; capable of interfacing with clients, ensuring clear lines of communication, and resolving implementation challenges as they arise.
• Ability to manage competing priorities in fast-paced, remote team environments.

Minimum Requirements:

• At least 8 years of relevant experience, including leading evaluations related to trade issues in an international development context.
• Strong working knowledge of UN evaluation norms and standards.
• Demonstrated experience managing teams, tracking deliverables, and ensuring compliance with contract requirements.
• Demonstrated professional experience conducting desk research and writing assessment reports.
• Demonstrated experience with qualitative and quantitative analysis.
• Strong capabilities in MS Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to deliver high-quality output under tight timelines.
• Oral and written fluency in English required.

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Economics or a related field. Master's degree preferred.

Supervisory Responsibility: This position will oversee the activities of the research team.

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

Travel: No travel is required.

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.

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