Employer: Abt Associates
Position: Chief of Party - VectorLink, Tanzania
Deadline: Unspecified
Organization Overview
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.
Opportunity
Abt Associates, a major American business and government research,
technical assistance, and consulting company, manages the USAID-funded
Vector Control Task Order 1. Task Order 1 will support the U.S.
President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) and USAID to plan and implement an
integrated vector control approach with the overall goal of reducing the
burden of malaria. Abt has implemented indoor residual spraying (IRS)
for PMI since 2011, delivering high-quality IRS programs and gathering
the most comprehensive vector control entomological data in the world.
Under this contract, Abt will expand entomological monitoring to guide
programs focused on insecticide-treated mosquito nets and IRS and
continue to assist PMI in reducing the burden of malaria through IRS and
capacity building in 22 African countries where malaria is endemic. Abt
also will continue to support PMI in IRS monitoring and evaluation, as
well as environmental compliance.
Under the supervision of the US-based Project Director, the Chief of
Party manages, and supervises the successful implementation of the
Vector Control TO1 Project, and acts as the primary liaison between the
project and the local USAID mission, the National Malaria Control
Program (NMCP), 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 IRS campaigns meet
desired outcomes, are completed on-time, and within budget.
Key Roles and Responsibilities
- Represents Abt Associates and the VC TO1 Project to the PMI Advisor of the USAID Mission, the Ministry of Health, the NMCP, and other key stakeholders.
- Carries full authority and accountability for project decisions, as delegated by the US-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, Technical Manager, Finance and Administrative 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.
- Maintain regular communication with Abt Headquarters team, in regards to project updates and general project management aspects.
Preferred Skills / Prerequisites
- 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.
- 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.
Abt Associates is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer
committed to fostering a diverse workforce. Abt Associates provides
market-competitive salaries and comprehensive employee benefits. Local candidates strongly encouraged to apply.