Career Opportunity: Chief of Party
The USAID-funded PMI AIRS (“Africa
Indoor Residual Spraying”) Project supports the President’s Malaria Initiative
(PMI), as well as USAID Missions in planning implementing, and monitoring
annual IRS programs with the overall goal of reducing the burden of
malaria.
It is expected that during the PMI
AIRS Project, activities will also focus on creating sustainability and
increase in-country ownership for IRS programming.
The COP is required to provide
overall strategic direction, operations management, technical leadership, and
financial and administrative compliance for all project activities to assure
IRS campaigns meet desired outcomes, are completed on-time, and within
budget.
Specific duties and responsibilities include the following:
Specific duties and responsibilities include the following:
- Represents Abt Associates and the PMI AIRS
Project to the PMI Advisor of the USAID Mission, the NMCP, county public
health officials, and other key stakeholders.
- Carries full authority and accountability for
project decisions, as delegated by the U.S.-based Project Director.
- Sets and pursues a results-oriented program
strategy in coordination with the project team and in consultation with USAID,
other partners and stakeholders.
- Leads the development and production of all
deliverables, including annual country work plans, semi-annual reports,
and End-of-Spray reports.
- Ensures that all country planning activities,
spray operations, technical compliance measures, and other deliverables
are achieved in a timely manner.
- Develops a capacity-building plan for
transferring IRS knowledge and skills to local institutions, and develops
important connections for assuring an increased role of local institutions
in IRS campaign planning, implementation, and monitoring.
- Ensures that gender initiatives increase the
participation of women at all levels and in all aspects of IRS
programming, and ensure their safety.
- Supervises and mentors the Operations Manager,
F&A Manager, Technical Manager and others as needed.
- Ensures that staff, team members and
consultants understand their roles and responsibilities and comply with
contract requirements, USAID and Abt policies and procedures.
- Oversees the development and timely
implementation of monitoring plans for all project activities and ensures
that data required for USAID performance benchmarks and results frameworks
are produced.
- Ensures that project budget projections,
expenditure, tracking and reporting are in accordance with USAID and Abt
Associates requirements, procedures and practices.
- Ensures that lessons learned and best
practices are documented and shared.
Qualification requirements include
the following:
- Master Degree (minimum), or a Doctorate Degree
(desirable), in Public Health/Health Administration (or other relevant
health specialization) or Business Administration. Candidates with
Medical Degrees are also desirable.
- 10 - 15 years of relevant international health
experience, including significant experience in the area of malaria
prevention and control.
- Experience in the geographic/cultural region
of the project is preferred.
- At least 5 years of senior project management
experience in large international health projects/programs.
- Demonstrated leadership in management skills
and ability to lead and motivate multidisciplinary, multicultural teams,
ranging from 10 to 30 employees.
- Experience managing a fast paced, results
oriented, deadline driven project.
- Significant ability to establish and maintain
effective working relationships with USAID, ministry officials, and other
development partners.
- Experience developing and communicating a
project vision, aligning key stakeholders around the vision, and assuring
the vision is translated into efficiently implemented program activities.
- Fluency in English.
- Ability to communicate and write reports and
other professional documents in English.
To Apply
Interested candidates are encouraged
to visit the careers page on www.abtassociates.com and
apply online OR send a cover letter and CV to Kenya_IRSJobs@abtassoc.com with
the title of the position being applied in e-mail subject line e.g. “Chief of
Party” by COB July 1st, 2016.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Equal Opportunity Employer
As an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, Abt Associates is committed to fostering a diverse, multicultural work environment where our employees respect one another and share a commitment to our firm's values, mission, and strategies.
Abt Associates Inc. provides equal
employment to all participants and employees without regard to age, race,
color, sex, creed, citizenship status, religion, gender, gender identity,
sexual orientation, national origin, disability, marital status, or veteran
status.
