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Abt Associates Jobs
Location » Mozambique.
Abt Associates Jobs: Abt Associates is one of the largest for-profit government and business research and consulting firms in the world. They seek to recruit a suitable candidate for the following position: 1. Chief of Party Qualification Masters Degree (minimum) in economics, public health, or related discipline is required, Ph.D preferredProven experience in designing and implementing projects focused on:
a) providing technical assistance on HIV prevention, care and treatment for Most-at- Risk-Populations.
b) building organizational capacity of public and civil society organizations providing HIV/AIDS services
c) decentralization of service delivery management and integration of HIV/AIDS services into primary health care.
Minimum 15 years of experience working in public health in developing regionsAbility to establish effective working relationships with USAID and local counterparts and stakeholdersExperience in health financing, health reforms, health managementProven leadership managing a program of similar size and scopeKnowledge of working in Sub-Saharan Africa preferredDemonstrated ability to manage project resources, activity and financial reporting, and timely completion of projectGood interpersonal skills and ability to lead a diverse team of technical expertsPortuguese speaker highly desirableStrong oral and written communication in English and PortugueseFor more information and application, see: Chief of Party Application deadline: December 7th 2011
Location » Liberia .
1. Senior Associate / Technical DirectorQualification Masters Degree (minimum), Doctorate degree (desirable), in Entomology, Public Health, Environmental Health, Entomology or other relevant field.13 to 15 years of relevant professional work experience with a Masters Degree (or 8-10 years with a Doctorate Degree) with significant amounts of experience directly in Vector Control and IRS Operations.Experience in regulatory and operational aspects of insecticide use and managementDemonstrated ability to work with a minimum of direction and supervision.Demonstrated ability to work both as a member of a team and as a team leader, with the ability to accept the inputs of other team members.Strong management and planning skills of project tasks and budgets.Demonstrates leadership and team work and produces high quality work in a timely, cost effective manner and has excellent writing skills.Excellent organizational, interpersonal communication and computer skills.Experience with USAID and donor projects is highly desirable.English language fluency.For more information and application, see: Senior Associate / Technical Director Application deadline: November 30th 2011
Location »Malawi
1. Chief of Party Health Policy and Systems StrengtheningRESPONSIBILITIES: Provide leadership and technical and managerial oversight for the HPSS project and ensure timely implementation and reporting of activities. Ensure the achievement of results and accountability and ensure that quality of services is maintained at the highest standard, and that all project objectives are met. Provide technical leadership for project strategy and activities focused on policy analysis and development. Provide financial and technical reports to USAID in timely manner, and represent the interests of HPSS and Abt Associates to the technical and contractual clients in USAID. Build and directly manage relationship with USAID/Malawi clients. With members of the project Senior Management Team, adapt and implement management systems with standard operating procedures to administer all activities funded by the agreement, ensuring sufficient financial staff for disbursing all local costs under this project, monitoring and tracking expenditures, and preparing financial reports of project expenditures for submission to USAID. Ensure collaboration with the Ministry of Health, partners, other stakeholders and government representatives. Supervise direct reports with particular focus on their key tasks and project deliverables. Communicate, implement, and assure adherence to project policies, guidelines and values.Develop staff skills and knowledge; and facilitate supervisee success and professional development whenever possible. Supervise and manage technical and program inputs of project subcontractors, ensuring adherence to approved scopes of work and budgets.Skills/Knowledge Required: Minimum of a Master’s degree in a relevant discipline. Significant (10 years+), senior-level experience designing, implementing, and managing complex health programs with an emphasis on policy and health systems strengthening and leadership and management programs in developing countries. Demonstrated technical depth in at least one of the following areas is preferred but not required: health policy and advocacy or health financing/performance-based financing. Possess outstanding professional reputation and have strong demonstrated interpersonal, written, and oral presentation skills (English required). Demonstrated success managing complex consortia or multi-donor programs is highly desired. Experience building and maintaining partnerships with other projects, local organizations, host country governments, and international agencies.Send applications, and testimonials to:MalawiJobs{at}abtassoc.com Application deadline: 02 Dec 2011
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