Kenya: Senior Strategy Specialist

Company Profile

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 has implemented over two hundred projects. IBTCI has served governments, private sector companies and several donor agencies in the practice area of Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) across many sectors including education, health, economic growth and democracy & governance.

Project Summary

IBTCI currently holds a long-term contract to provide monitoring and evaluation and strategy support services to the USAID Mission in Somalia. We are seeking a Senior Strategy Specialist that would be able to support USAID/EA/Somalia in the strategic planning process. The period of performance is about30 weeks starting immediately with a Level of Effort (LOE) ranging from 24-26 weeks, including 9 consecutive weeks of field time.The position would be based out of Nairobi and would include some travel into Somalia.

Senior Strategy Specialist

The Senior Strategy Specialist shall be responsible for the following activities:

Written summary of relevant guidance from applicable USAID and USG policies and strategies, and propose policy framework for the strategy on this basis.Written summary of relevant findings and proposals for future programming contained in applicable assessments and evaluations conducted by USAID and other actors.Conduct stakeholder consultations in various locations in Somalia and in Nairobi, Kenya, provide written summary of each consultation, as per above.Lead USAID in creating a "Straw Man" Results Framework on the basis of document reviews, DVC presentation, consultation note, and stakeholder consultations.Lead one-day offsite meeting to present / refine RFDraft a Somalia Strategy (RF with narrative) synthesizing the above deliverables, and incorporating direction received from USAID.Participate in DVC to discuss USAID/Washington issues with draft Somalia Strategy.Revise Strategy in response to feedback and as directed by USAID. Revisions may require substantial re-writing.

The Senior Strategy Specialist must have the following qualifications:

Substantial knowledge and experience in the area of strategy formulation10 years of experience in the design and implementation of development assistance projectsAdvanced degree in economics, international development or a related fieldDemonstrated capability to produce quality strategy documents in a timely fashionExperience working in conflict-affected or fragile states

The following experience is preferred:

Knowledge of the Somalia contextUnderstanding of USAI D’s strategy process