Chief of Party at Abt Associates

Abt Associates - The International Health Division is committed to the improvement of health and healthcare delivery around the world. Serving both the public and private sectors, our efforts include health policy research and evaluation, health promotion and disease prevention, health finance, and health systems management. Our impact is felt in policies that ensure healthcare access for women, children, and individuals with special needs, in strengthening health infrastructures, and HIV/AIDS solutions.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Chief of Party

Location: Nigeria

Job Descriptions

• Under the supervision of the US-based Project Director, the Abuja based Nigeria Chief of Party manages and supervises the successful implementation of the PMI AIR Project, and acts as the primary liaison between the project and USAID mission in Nigeria, the National Malaria Elimination Program (NMEP), other government agencies completing malaria control activities, and various other 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 that they meet desired outcomes, are completed on-time, and within budget.

Key Responsibilities

• Represent Abt Associates and PMI AIRS Project to the PMI Advisor of the USAID Mission, the Ministry of Health, the NMEP and other key stakeholders.
• Carries full authority an accountability for project decisions, as delegated by the US-based Project Director.
• Set and pursues a result oriented programe 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, and semi-annual reports
• Ensure that all country planning activities, entomological surveillance, technical compliance measure, and other deliverables are achieved in a timely manner.
• Develops a capacity-building plan for transferring entomological monitoring ad surveillance knowledge and skills to local institutions, and develop important connections for assuring an increased role of local institution in entomological monitoring and surveillance planning implementation, and monitoring.
• Ensure that gender initiatives increase the participation of women at all level and in all aspect of programming and ensure their safely
• Supervises and mentors the Technical Manager. Finance and Administrative Manager and others as needed.
• Ensure that staff team members and consultants understand their roles and responsibilities and comply with contract requirement, USAID and Abt policies and procedures.
• Oversees the development and timely implementation of monitoring plans for all project activities and ensure that data require for USAID performance benchmarks and result frameworks are produced.
• Ensure that project budget projections, expenditure, tracking and reporting are in accordance with USAID and Abt Associate requirements procedures and practices.
• Ensure that lessons learned and best practices are documented and shared.

Skills Pre-requisites and Qualification

• Master's Degree (minimum), or a Doctorate Degree (desirable), in Public Health/Health Administration (or other relevant health specialization) or Business Administration. Candidates with Medical Degree are also desirable.
• At least 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 employee.
• Experience managing a fast paced, result oriented, deadline driven project.
• Significant ability to establish and maintain effective working relationship 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.

Minimum Experience

• (+15) years of experience and a Master's Degree OR the equivalent combination to fostering a diverse workforce.

Remuneration
Abt Associate provides market-competitive salaries and comprehensive employee benefits.

Application Closing Date
23rd June, 2015.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should submit their CV's and Application letter that provides details of the applicant's specific qualifications for the position to: [email protected]