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.
Under
the supervision of the U.S.-based Project Director, the Kenya Chief of Party
(COP) manages, and supervises the successful implementation of the PMI AIRS
Project and acts as the primary liaison between the project, the USAID/PMI
mission in Kenya, the National Malaria Control Program (NMCP) and other various
malaria stakeholders in-country.
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:
- 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 onwww.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: 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.