Abt Associates, a major American
business and government research, technical assistance and consulting company,
seeks qualified candidates for a USAID- funded project, Afyainfo.
Afyainfo is 5 year project designed
to integrate the multiple Kenya health information systems into an integrated
data warehouse which will serve as the sole source of health information in
Kenya.
Position: Executive Assistant
The position will be responsible for
providing administrative and logistical support to the Chief of Party (COP).
Specific Responsibilities are:
- Providing administrative and logistical
support to COP and other team members as requested.
- Drafting and sending official letters and
maintaining organized files for COP, as well as keeping updated contact
lists.
- Making necessary arrangements to set up
meetings, workshops, and training activities as requested.
- Assisting in the orientation and training of
newly hired operations officers / administrative assistants.
- Preparing and circulating the TDY monthly list
to project staff and USAID, and obtaining USAID clearance for TCNs and
home office staff.
- Arranging hotel accommodations for all project
STTAs and home office staff.
- Compiling the project's monthly technical
field activity calendar and sharing it with USAID.
- Receiving, distributing and filing project
incoming and outgoing faxes and letters.
- Assisting the COP in preparing and
communicating project activities for inclusion in USAID monthly
newsletter.
- Assisting the COP in coordinating PR events as
requested.
Qualifications:
- Diploma and/or degree in relevant field,
- minimum of 5 years relevant
experience,
- working experience in development assistance
projects is an added advantage,
- excellent interpersonal skills,
- excellent oral and written communication,
- proficiency in MS word.
How to Apply
An applicant must submit CV and an
application letter that provides details of the applicant’s specific
qualifications and relevant experience to Kenyajobs@abtassoc.com
In the subject line of the email,
write the title of the position as Executive Assistant.
Application Deadline: Apply by March
31, 2015
