Team Leader. The Mitchell Group (TMG), an international development consulting firm based in Washington, DC, is currently seeking applications from qualified Team Leader candidates to propose for a Food for Peace study on Somali regional commodities, an activity for USAID in Ethiopia. To note, this opportunity is in the proposal stage and will be considered for the proposal stage and successful award of the contract.
The Team Leader will be responsible for the overall management and technical oversight of the activity. The Team Leader will be responsible for organizing the review, reviewing all relevant documentation, producing an inception report, assembling and coordinating Consumer Commodity Experts and Team Assistants, planning and oversight of data collection efforts, and ensuring the timeliness and quality of deliverables. S/he will be the primary point of contact between USAID and the review team and have responsibility for the submission of all deliverables. S/he will also oversee the Somali Regional Consumer Commodity Preferences Study and mainly responsible for coordination and collaboration with other points of contacts identified by USAID/Ethiopia. The team leader should be an expert in review of commodity management. Substantial humanitarian food assistance background and experience in Ethiopia are desirable.
Required Skills and Experience:
The Team Leader must have the technical and management skills to manage budget resources (dollars and staff) for the consumer commodity review, as well as assist and support the team with field logistics, e.g., coordinating with USAID, implementing partners and/or government ministry to setup initial appointments for interviews.
They must meet the following criteria:
Please send relevant CV/resume to recruitment@the-mitchellgroup.com. In the subject line, please indicate “Team Leader - Ethiopia”. CV/resumes will be reviewed as they are received, early application is encouraged. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. No phone calls please.
The Mitchell Group, Inc. (TMG) is a global solutions leader providing meaningful impact and sustainable solutions to development efforts affecting the lives of ordinary people. We are a veteran-owned business with over 30 years of international development program experience. TMG has performed highly successful, long-term contracts for US government clients such as USAID and National Institutes of Health (NIH) in supporting their various projects in multiple countries on 6 continents throughout the world. Many of those projects have been in Africa, where TMG has worked in 38 of its countries and currently has offices in Ghana, Burkina Faso, Niger, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, and Ethiopia. Through these projects, TMG has gained broad, multi-sector experience in managing more than 100 US government contracts. We work with a large group of highly qualified experts whose specialized skills provide expertise to perform services in various technical areas, logistical management, financial management, administration, project management, MIS services, capacity building, training, and other sectors.
TMG has been a leading contractor in assisting the US National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and other domestic and international agencies with their important international biomedical research efforts to find cures for such human scourges as Malaria, AIDS and Ebola. TMG has also assisted USAID in successfully performing major contracts implementing its international development programs in such functional areas as Monitoring and Evaluation, Education and Training, Health Services, Countering Violent Extremism, Disaster Management, Agriculture and Food Security, and Outreach and Communications.
