Job Description
Role and Responsibilities
The Team Leader will provide overall leadership for the team and be the principal liaison with USAID. S/he will develop the work plan and budget, coordinate activities, arrange and lead periodic meetings, consolidate individual input from team members and coordinate the process of assembling the final findings and recommendations into a high-quality documents.
Qualifications and Education Requirements
- A minimum of a Master’s Degree in agriculture, economics, international relations,monitoring and evaluation, or related field.
- Ten years of professional experience in implementing and/or monitoring and evaluating agricultural, food security and/or rural development programs in developing countries, particularly in Africa.
- Minimum of five years professional experience as a Team Leader of development projects.
- Strong background in social and cultural issues affecting rural development, including gender.
- Demonstrated written communication skills, especially in drafting evaluations, assessments and reports, is required.
- Prior experience on USAID activities or evaluations strongly preferred.
- Familiarity with USAID Evaluation Policy and high quality evaluation standards and requirements
About the Organization
dTS is a strategic management consulting firm leading initiatives in social and economic development with a view to promoting equality and accountability. Our services in gender integration; training and capacity building; and monitoring and evaluation have been applied in a variety of sectors across 71 countries for USAID, MCC, USTDA, the US Department of State, and other clients.
