The Opportunity

Abt Associates is seeking a Chief of Party for an anticipated USAID-funded Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Project in Malawi. The Chief of Party has overall responsibility for cooperative agreement fulfillment in country.  This includes management of all of the project’s programmatic and administrative aspects – including supervising a staff of professional, administrative, and clerical employees.  The Chief of Party has full authority and accountability for project decisions as delegated by Abt Associates corporate office.

The Chief of Party will represent the project to the Malawi government, U.S. Mission, and USAID.  You will be responsible for all project work and administrative activities related to the Activity.

Core Responsibilities

• Serves as the highest-ranking Abt Associates’ employee on the project, representing the project to the Ministry of Health (MOH), USAID Malawi, and other stakeholders.
• Provides immediate or secondary supervision over a staff of professional, administrative, and clerical employees.
• Manages all of Abt Associates’ project affairs, including recruiting, hiring and directing project staff, overseeing the financial affairs of the project, managing project reporting and relations with the prime contractor, USAID, and the host country government.
• Directs program planning, implementation, and evaluation activities including strategic planning.
• Sets and pursues a results-oriented program strategy in coordination with the project team and in consultation with USAID, MOH, and other partners and stakeholders.
• Leads the development and production of all deliverables, including annual country work plans, semi-annual reports, and end-of-project reports.
• Ensures that all country planning activities and other deliverables are achieved in a timely manner.
• 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 staff, team members and consultants understand their roles and responsibilities and comply with cooperative agreement requirements, USAID and Abt policies and procedures.
• 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.
• Maintains regular communication with the Abt Headquarters team in regards to project updates and general project management aspects.

What We Value

• Bachelor’s Degree + Fifteen years of relevant experience, or Master’s Degree + Twelve years of relevant experience, or PhD + Ten years of relevant experience
• Masters degree and 5 years of relevant HIV experience OR the equivalent combination of education and experience. This experience would include 5 years of senior project management experience.
• Experience leading a PEPFAR-funded (USAID preferred) contract or cooperative agreement.
• Experience leading VMMC activities
• Experience working in Malawi; preference for Malawi nationals

What We Offer

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.

Disclaimer: Abt Associates will never ask candidates for money in exchange for an offer of employment.

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At Abt Associates, we are committed to creating a lasting culture of equity, diversity and inclusion and recognize that in order to achieve full participation, our practices must be free of prejudice, discrimination, and bias that result in inequitable outcomes. We are actively working to advance equity for everyone, and while we still have much work to do, we know that racial and cultural diversity are an asset to our business and the communities where we live and serve. Our ongoing commitment is focused on creating business practices that advance racial and social equity, investments in community impact programs for the benefit of Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC), and expand upon project work related to racial equity and social justice.