Career opportunities and Jobs at Abt Associates

Abt Associates is an international consulting firm with a primary focus on health and economic development.

We are seeking applicants for various positions requiring advanced degrees and extensive professional experience in public health, knowledge management, and/or organizational development for a USAID-funded Program in Kenya to support the Ministries of Health strengthen the National Health Information System (HIS).

All positions will work together with specialists in key technical areas, including HIS development, knowledge management, data quality assurance, M&E, organizational development, and capacity building. Positions for which Abt Associates is currently recruiting include:

Organizational Development (OD) Specialist

The OD Specialist will work closely with U.S.- and Nairobi-based technical specialists to provide technical leadership and oversight on local project activities related to OD and change management.

Key responsibilities will include working closely with the health ministries and other health system stakeholders to assess ministerial organizational structures, develop a work-plan to support strengthening of the HIS organizational leadership and management, implement the workplan, and undertake any other duties relevant to the task as may be assigned.

Experience in designing and implementing OD projects required.

Relevant advance degree in subject area and a minimum of 8 to 10 years of experience required.

OD Coordinator

The OD Coordinator will work closely with the OD Specialist to implement local project activities related to OD and change management. Relevant advance degree in subject area and a minimum of 4 to 6 years of experience required.

Learning and Knowledge Management (LKM) Specialist 

The LKM Specialist will work closely with U.S.- and Nairobi-based technical specialists to provide technical leadership and oversight on local project activities related to developing and implementing an LKM system for health in Kenya.

Key responsibilities will include working closely with the health ministries and other health system stakeholders to assess LKM structures, develop a workplan to develop and implement an LKM system, implement the workplan, and undertake any other duties relevant to the task as may be assigned.

Experience in designing and implementing LKM projects required.

Relevant advance degree in subject area and a minimum of 8 to 10 years of experience required.

LKM Coordinator 

The LKM Coordinator will work closely with the LKM specialist to implement local project activities related to developing an LKM system for health in Kenya. Relevant advance degree in subject area and a minimum of 4 to 6 years of experience required.

Accountant

The accountant will work with the project’s finance and operations team and is responsible for the accounting of the project.

Qualified individuals will have at least 6 years of relevant experience, a CPA, experience working with US Government regulations, and will be proficient in Quicken and Excel.

Senior HMIS Technical Advisor 

The Technical Advisor will work to design and implement tools, methods and capacity building activities necessary to operationalize health system indicators through their proper collection, aggregation, management, reporting and analysis.

Qualified individuals will have proven the ability to define appropriate performance and program indicators and to achieve consensus among diverse stakeholders.

Unwavering attention to detail, at least 10 years of experience, and an advanced degree in a relevant field are required.

Please send all applications to KenyaJobs@abtassoc.com.

For more information please visit us at
 abtassociates.com.

Female applicants are encouraged to apply.


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